The rig from Left to Right:- Two DVCPro HD decks for dubbing tapes- LCD Monitor for the Frame Rate Converter & a Sony HD 14″ monitor- Panasonic’s Frame Rate Converter- Justin’s Apple computer with Final Cut Pro HD Justin captures some of the slo-mo footage Here are some frame grabs of the footage… These files are uncorrected and reduced to 320×170. The next two frames are good examples of the in-camera effect of dimming out the backgrounds as we dollied into our principle… We used a Tweenie for the foreground elevator, another tweenie for the second floor walkway, a 1K Mickey for the second floor ambient, and yet another Tweenie to backlight the folks taking the elevator and for the mid-ground tree. All these lights are on dimmers. Our foreground actors are lit by 4′ 4-bank Kino Flo and backlit by a Tweenie. I like this shot despite its simplicity. Most of the room is lit by practicals that were redirected. Our actress is lit with two Tweenies (650W Fresnels). The front, rear three-quarter is cut by the barn doors and the backlight has a snoot on it – both with dimmers. Her face is filled in by a 2′ 2-bank Kino Flo. The shot is a circle dolly shot (4x 45° sections of track) that comes from left to right – she’s revealed from behind the painter on the left of frame. More dolly shots… Here the background has two 1K Mickeys on dimmers as splashes of light with ambient from a 1200HMI PAR with lighting shutters. All three lights were dimmed as we dollied into our actor. She’s lit by a Tweenie from an off-screen window to the right of frame and a 2′ 4-bank Kino Flo to the left of frame. Another Tweenie with a snoot is backlighting the smoke and the burger. One of my favorite shots from the shoot… fire! We shot this at about a ƒ2-2.8 split. When the weld starts, the iris had to be pulled nearly five stops to get exposure. Alternative Rentals has a fantastic screening room which is available for screening projects, test footage and possibly, in the future, can be used for colour correction. It’s a 20′ screen with a Panasonic projector (almost 2K projection). The image quality is fantastic (we watched some footage from a DVD). The sound is something to experience. The last time we prepped there, the prep room was rumbling which lead me to think that a train was passing by. Nope. It was the sound system. Life is good… ]]>
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