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Robots Run Rampant Near right: Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) and Mikaela Banes (Fox) run for cover during a Decepticon attack. Far right: Banes checks to see if the coast is clear. Below: Autobot Bumblebee prepares to roll into action. use the cameras on all the gear we wanted to use them on. “As far as lighting goes, we had to do very little to accommodate the larger format,” he adds. “Because we were shooting day exteriors, it wasn’t hard to get the T16 or T22 stops with 5219.” The greater resolution of the 15-perf 65mm negative led to significantly longer render times for those shots at ILM, according to Farrar. “The negative area is roughly 10½ times larger than 35mm anamorphic, and the amount of detail in these robots that showed up in a single frame was incredible,” says Farrar. “It was taking us six times longer to render each shot. In some cases, we have shots with a fully synthetic background and a very complex, animated character in the foreground; there’s a lot of information in those frames. Sometimes it took 72 hours per frame to render. “We did things on this film that we’ve never done before,” he continues. “The Devastator character is the largest and most complex character we’ve ever rendered — he’s about 150 feet tall standing up. We’ve never had a bigger staff of modelers, painters and animators on one film. Everything about this project is huge; for the first Transformers film, we hit about 20 terabytes of information, and on this one, we passed 150 terabytes! Each shot has taken months and months of man hours to complete.” “In all aspects of filmmaking, you’re always learning, and this project was no exception,” concludes Seresin. “Each new job takes on a life of its own, and you experiment with lighting, camera moves and so forth. We took on Imax and learned the rules as we went along, and the results are quite impressive. For image quality, there’s really nothing better.” I 58 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 - 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 - 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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