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My approach was often to use HMI fixtures for harder backlight and directional soft bounce for fill.” The action quickly moves from daylight into darkness as McClane and Farrell’s police car is forced into an underground tunnel by the villains’helicopter. The terrorists, who have gained control over the computerized traffic-control system, direct vehicles into the one-way tunnel from both ends, and sequentially turn out the lights, plunging the tunnel into almost complete darkness. “This is the first major sequence in the film, and it was very time-consuming to set up,” recalls Duggan. “The location was a working 1,000-foot-long service road, part of which was open to the ground level. To create the tunnel effect, we blacked out the rest of the road and then lit it with about 60 Lumapanels mounted along its length. Rigging gaffer D.J. Lootens and his crew had to lay miles of DMX cable, as every single tube in each panel was linked to a control desk. When the Lumapanels are turned off, the main source becomes the headlights of the cars, which we supple- mented with tracking and panning Source Four Lekos through the shots, using them as back- and rimlight. For very low-level fill, and to create some color contrast, I used more Lumapanels as bounced sources, creating a shadow-less blue/green ambience, and then punctuated the scene with small red glows, justified by the taillights of the cars.” Live Free or Die Hard features action sequences involving a multitude of cars, trucks and helicopters, and even a jet fighter. As is the norm with action movies, much of the stunt and special-effects work that didn’t involve the actors was shot by the second unit, led by director Brian A flying police car collides with the villains’ helicopter in a spectacular stunt that was staged the old-fashioned way by specialeffects coordinator Michael Meinardus and his crew. Led by director Brian Smrz and cinematographers Jonathan Taylor, ASC and Brian Capo, the second unit captured the action. American Cinematographer 37

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - July 2007

Contents
Editor’s Note
DVD Playback
Production Slate
One-Man Riot Squad
Laws of the Jungle
A Hollywood Whodunit
Pièce de Résistance
Short Takes
Post Focus
Filmmakers’ Forum
New Products & Services
Points East
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up
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