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actually had 13

cameras rolling at
the same time: the nine-camera rig,
three Eyemos rigged at ground
level for a triptych, and a single Arri
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stopped down in back than in the
front. I was carrying neutral 60
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the frame, shifting to neutral 30
grads on the side, around to no
grads on the front. Focus was set at

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different intervals on five of the
cameras and on four of the cameras
there was a focus pull when it came
in close. All of this had to be

synched with the moves of the ac¬
tors and the dolly."
Three weeks later, the
company arrived at the final loca¬
tion: the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
For one 360 shot it was necessary to

carry the camera some 200 yards
down a hill, piecemeal, and set it up
on a

dolly track at the cliff edge. In

another shot the camera, descend¬

ing from

a helicopter, moved ten
feet above the ground and over the
brink of the canyon, down through
a narrow

notch and into the depths

to skim

along the Colorado River.
attempt the expedition
nearly came to a tragic end when
the helicopter, carrying its heavy
burden, was caught in a down draft
and almost plummeted to destruc¬
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Relaxed and still grinning
after his difficult and dangerous

adventure, Herrmann said, "I'd go
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