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Street Knowledge
hats," Libatique says, referring to the
ubiquitous baseball caps the characters
wear. "Part of the use of smoke was
practical, but it was also conceptual, as it
helped establish a sense of time. It
might be too meta, but if you look at the
films of the 1980s, they always have
smoke. Also, smoke suggests 'smoke,'
even if you don't see anyone doing
anything."
This idea was exemplified by a
scene in which Dre demonstrates his
turntable skills to Ice Cube and Cube's
cousin Jinx (Cleavon McClendon), as a
fog of smoke hangs in the air, highlighted by white-hot practicals placed
strategically about the cramped, greenhued house interior. "Part of the idea
was that they had been there for a
while," Libatique says, laughing. "It's
just these guys hanging out, but I try to
build color contrasts into scenes - in
this case white and green - to add
energy and depth.
"This scene was also partially
shot with spherical lenses," he continues, "because this was a practical location and I just didn't always have room
to use the anamorphics and see what I
needed to see."
"Shane Valentino and his guys
supplied the practicals, and the only
additional interior lighting was a
Sumo100 LED right of the camera for
some fill," says Ferrero. "It's dimmable
and runs on AC or DC; we used it with
a battery and a snap-on Octagon
Beautybank as diffusion. Sumolight
gave it to us to try out, and we used it
throughout the shoot.
"This scene is set late in the day,
so we tented off the house and silked
the windows on what would be the west
side of the house, and we added a
warmer sunset effect behind that to
suggest the sun going down."
The yellowish glow of sodiumvapor streetlights also helped set the
tone for numerous scenes, including a
nocturnal faceoff between Ice Cube and
the LAPD. "That sodium-vapor light
has a very specific effect on black skin,"
says Gray. "There's a yellow, greenish
hue to it that captures the sense of
Top: Dr. Dre, Ice
Cube and Eazy-E
go for a ride.
Middle: Libatique
and crew prep a
scene. Bottom: The
greenscreen stage
used for car work
was equipped with
LED displays
- provided by
VER - to create
reflections and
interactive
lighting.
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