American Cinematographer - August 1990 - 31

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"We
a

exposed about

half million feet of film,

Mikael Salomon.

says

"For 5

months,

in and around

we

a

shot

tank 300 feet

long and 60 feet deep."
"Cameras got wet repeatedly.
Motors got dunked.
But

we

had

brought spares."

Mikael Salomon ASC
was Director of Photography on
The Abyss. He shot
the picture with eleven cameras
from Clairmont.
he

Abyss was shot in Super

A 35," says Mikael Salomon,
"And
as

was

35mm

released in 70mm

as

well

Unique 2C
camera rig built for this

Custom

groundglass designed
"Clairmont made

special
groundglass for all their Arriflexes,
with the image offset and moved
up. The top frameline was then the
same for Super 1.85, Super
us a

one

a

lot easier."

shoot

"This motor

synced with the
projection and with the other
electronics, just like the BL
rear

motors. And Clairmont added
electronic remote focus."

an

an

explosion."

"Frequently, we didn't have room
for a Steadicam. So we used
that 2C for running shots, hand-held

"They modified their ARRI 3

shotgun style. The Clairmont

finder

people mounted a video transmitter

optics to work with this fullaperture groundglass. They
also built a special 35-2C rig for us,

says Mr. Salomon, "Most of it on the
water or under it. At times,
we had three units using eleven of
their cameras at once. Of
the half million feet, we lost exactly
one frame - when a steel
door hit an ARRI 3 magazine during

Custom electronics

2.35 and 70mm. Of course,

that made
composing for the three formats

with eleven cameras
at once

"The shoot lasted nine months,"

anamorphic

for 3 formats

Shooting

with a modified Steadicam
motor up next to the 200 foot maga¬
zine. A very compact package."

and

a

V-k. inch monitor

camera,

on

the

in place of the viewfinder."

CLAIRMONT
CAMERA
Studio

City and Vancouver

*

(818)761-4440



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