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When Not in Rome was doing in order to learn his lighting style and mimic it in our 3-D environments.” The Sistine Chapel scenes serve as a good example of how CG elements were blended with sets and practical lighting. “Allan’s crew built a fabulous set that went up to 40 feet high, and MPC had to digitally create the ceiling and build some detail in the windows,” says Bickerton. “Essentially, we used the same methodology for all of those locations: we’d go out and accrue as much photography as possible and then image-project that onto as low a resolution geometry as we could get away with. There’s a lot of online reference material for the Sistine Chapel; with a bit of concentrated searching, you can find fairly detailed imagery. Thousands of tourists take pictures of it every day, even though you’re not allowed to, so we passed ourselves off as tourists to get pictures of that, as well as the Pantheon, St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square.” Of the six windows along each side of the Sistine Chapel, only one was physically built into Cameron’s set; the rest were CGI. “I had to put in several lighting units to replicate the sunlight that would be coming in those windows,” says Totino. “I used a 20K beam projector coming through the one window we had and then several others in a row for the windows Angus would be adding.” Bickerton, working with MPC visual-effects supervisor Richard Stammers, put in the CG windows and some lighting effects that were blended with the physical beams from Totino’s lights. Among other architectural treasures glimpsed during Langdon’s hectic dash around Rome is the Passetto di Borgo, an elevated walkway that links St. Peter’s Basilica with the Castel Sant’Angelo. Owned by the Vatican and the city of Rome, parts of the Passetto were accessible to the filmmakers, but the area was Top to bottom: Input elements (first and third photos) and final shots (second and fourth photos) show MPC’s work on a Sistine Chapel sequence, carried out under the supervision of MPC’s Richard Stammers and Angus Bickerton, the film’s visualeffects supervisor. 48 August 2009

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - August 2009

American Cinematographer - August 2009
Contents
Editor’s Note
Letters
Short Takes: “Carousel”
Production Slate: ASC/BSC Panel and Stingray Sam
Fellow Foodies
Exposing a Secret Slaughter
When Not in Rome
Robots Run Rampant
Post Focus: Technicolor’s DP Lights 2.0
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Aaron Schneider
American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Intro
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Contents
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Letters
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Short Takes: “Carousel”
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Production Slate: ASC/BSC Panel and Stingray Sam
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Fellow Foodies
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Exposing a Secret Slaughter
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - When Not in Rome
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Robots Run Rampant
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Post Focus: Technicolor’s DP Lights 2.0
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - New Products & Services
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - International Marketplace
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Ad Index
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - Clubhouse News
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American Cinematographer - August 2009 - ASC Close-Up: Aaron Schneider
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