a lover and a French Revolutionary - he formed the only Black battalion to fight in the civil war - and the purpose of this film was to bring his story into the light. " As with most dark skin tones, I worked with more reflectivity on Kelvin's face. I used a lot of silver reflector boards to key him, as well as traveling fixtures moving around with him - often a LightMat 2 with heavy diffusion and a smaller Creamsource [Micro Colour RGB] fixture. " The LightMat 2 was placed in a customized lightweight housing Hall Top: A-camera/ Steadicam operator Geoffrey Haley lends kinetic camera energy to a swordfight. Bottom: Bounced light was used to give this setting and others " that natural northern softlight feel, " says Hall. " It's quintessentially French light. Add a little atmosphere, and that's the look. "