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department and was replaced with a CG spaceship in post. “To give the ship a hot center of light hitting the ground, we used Par cans pointing back into the structure and down through Quarter Grid. Around the edge, space lights provided a soft glow.” All lights were programmed on a chase sequence and pulsed individually through a dimmer rack. Duggan digitally graded Knowing at Park Road with colorist David Hollingsworth. Using the Quantel Pablo, they worked at 2K resolution. “The footage was very flexible when digging into shadows or pulling down highlights without introducing noise,” says the cinematographer. “The on-set grades and one-frame reference pulls increased the efficiency and speed of the timing process — definitely a big advantage. For the printing, we found that Fuji [Eterna-RDI] 4511 in combination with Kodak inter- mediate stock [2242] and Fuji [Eterna-CP] 3513-DI print stock gave us the best results.” Park Road Post handled the filmout, and Deluxe Laboratories generated the release prints. The DI also proved useful for very specific image manipulation. “The film is set in autumn, during the short period when the leaves change color,” explains Duggan. “However, because many of the trees were still green at the time of our shoot, we spent quite a while in the DI changing the leaf colors through color and luminance keying to create the full range of pinks and oranges. Skin tones generally fell into place. Sometimes a little extra contrast was required when adjusting subtleties of tone and color, such as when heavier makeup was used on the actors.” Duggan sums up the process of shooting Knowing by observing that Proyas “likes to have creative tension on the set, because he feels it brings out the best in everybody. He pushes all of his collaborators to their limits, and that’s why I love working with him.” I TECHNICAL SPECS 2:1 (Protected for 2.40:1) 4K Digital Capture Red One Cooke and Angenieux lenses Digital Intermediate Printed on Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI Samy’s DV & Edit WE ACCEPT MASTERCARD, VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS & DISCOVER. SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY & CORPORATE P.O.’S WELCOME BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR DIGITAL CINEMA EQUIPMENT, TALK TO US! A Division of Samy’s Camera WE’VE MOVED - NEW ADDRESS! 12636 Beatrice St. Los Angeles, CA 90066 www.samysdv.com April 20 - 23 Booth #C3843 NAB See us at (310) 450-4365 FAX (310) 450-3079 PMW-EX3 XDCAMEX SEMI SHOULDER CAMCORDER • 1⁄2-inch interchangeable lens system •1/2” imagers with 1920x1080 pixels • Genlock in • Time Code in/out • 8-pin remote control for studio operation New! New! Interchangeable Lens HD Camcorder • Shoulder-Mount Design teams with Native 2.2-Megapixel Imagers, AVC-Intra Recording, and 17X lens AG-HPX300 AJ-HDX900 • Adds on support for 1080i and 720p • Three 2/3" 1 million pixels Progressive CCD imagers • 24P/30P/60i recording capability • Captures film-like 24-frame images using CineGamma Affordable Professional Hi-Definition Camera PMW-EX1 Flash Memory Capabilities 1/2” HD Camera • Record to ExpressCard high-speed flash media • Switchable between 1080/60i and 720/60P • Capable of recording 1080/50i/30P/25P/24P and 720/50P • MPEG-2 compression technology with three, 1/2” imagers Interchangeable Lens Professional HDV Camera New! Sony HVR-Z7U PRODUCTION PACKAGE PROMOTIONS! Please call for our AJ-SDX900 Also Available • Switch between 1080p, 1080i in the HDV format, DVCAM™, and DV recording • Down-convert material from HD to SD New! Sony Interchangeable Lens Pro Shoulder Mount HDV Camera • Native progressive recording • Increased sensitivity for low-light • Hybrid solid-state recording • 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor system SONY IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK Sony HVR-S270U Digital Camcorder Sony XDCAM HD PDW-F355 PDW-700 2/3” XDCAM HD Camcorder • Three 2/3-inch progressive CCD sensors, each with full 1920 x 1080 resolution • HD recording at a data rate of up to 50 Mb/s using the MPEG-2 4:2:2P@HL compression technology,“MPEG HD422” Three 2/3”CCD P2 HD Camcorder • Utilizes interchangeable lenses • Can shoot everything from 1080i to 720p variable frame rates •Features four XLR inputs, a chromaticaberration compensation function, and eight gamma modes AG-HPX500 The next generation of P2 cameras • Solid-state handheld camcorder enables high definition and standard definition recording • Widest zoom lens in its class • HD-SDI interface • Lightweight 4.2-pound body AG-HPX170 Longer record times are available by supporting the new dual-layer 50GB Professional Disc. XDCAM HD PDW-F335 ALSO AVAILABLE PDW-F355 & PDW-F330 ALSO AVAILABLE AG-HVX200A Also Available NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 53

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