American Cinematographer - February 1995 - 34

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made

Easier

Cheaper

faster

couldn't

you

the source
of the light."
With a color
see

temperature of

A look at the spec
sheet for a special
camera rig (seen at
right) used to
achieve moving

shots down the

5500

degrees aisle of a bus.
Kelvin, the daylight-balanced light looked blue, an
effect McPherson and Geddes pur¬

posely sought for atmosphere.
"Tire film stock we used is balanced for

tungsten light (3200 degrees Kelvin),"
explains Geddes. "When you expose
tungsten film to daylight or daylightbalanced lamps, it records it as blue.
Cast members told me the lighting ef¬
fect facilitated their performances by
setting the mood."
While the Xenon

was on

full power

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for the long shots, a neu¬
tral-density gel had to be placed in
front of the lamp for the tighter
shots. Otherwise, the light was too
overpowering.
Effects like those used in
the fan

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scene
helped give Incident at
Deception Ridge a big-screen look

and feel, as did the 40-foot crane

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equipment at his disposal. "The big

sticking to

difference between features and

a

reverses, as most
television movies do, McPherson

TV movie like Incident at

designed complicated moving
shots which took advantage of the

made the time. We

camera's

carefully planned scheduling and

fluidity. "John designs

choreographs the shots

so the
master also becomes your cover¬
age," says Geddes. "Everything

basically takes place in

(SIS) 766-3525 (SC€) sec-3.52.5
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pass

them and follow

close-ups and

and
Penecke, luc.

they

by, then rotate on
as
they turn away.
It's all one shot. Choreographed
properly, you can do an entire
scene this
way."
as

styl¬

conscious decision to
a

crane

feature.

equipment, McPherson and Geddes
made

show the whole location, then
down as people walk toward
the camera; you pick up coverage
to

Asked what he considered
the biggest challenge on the shoot,
McPherson laughs: "Just being able
to breath going up those moun¬
tains." For Geddes, it was finding
the time to use all the wonderful

Hot Head and

the daily use of the Steadicam.
In addition to the liberal use of
such high-cost, time-intensive

ize and shoot the film like

maybe two, but the camera is al¬
moving. For example, on a
crane shot
you set up the shot wide

ways

February 1995

one

shot,

Deception
Ridge is time," says Geddes. "We
ergy

put a lot of en¬
into production values, and

locations
the

so we

could not

only have

toys, but have the time to use

them."



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