American Cinematographer - September 1983 - 8

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Typographical Effects

Concerning the article on "Optical
Effects for Return of the Jedi,'' there
were

SEPTEMBER 18-24
MAGIC OF THE MOVIES:

LETTERS

misquotes in the article

1. First sentence "More than 1500

John Dykstra

separate elements were com¬
bined into some 900 separate ef¬
fects frames (should be "shots")

ELECTRONIC CINEMATOGRAPHY & LIGHTING WITH THE
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Dean

some

which I would like to correct.

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Cundey

for Return of the Jedi.
2. "I would say there is an average
of 15 (should read 5) elements

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per shot ..."
3. "And if you can move

FILM DIRECTING

in 1.0001
(should read .0001) inch incre¬

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ments ..."

William Fraker A.S.C. & Laszlo Kovacs A.S.C.

ACTING FOR THE CAMERA II

4. Dave

Richard Donner & Norman Jewison

Barry should read Dave

Berry

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5. "In the bike chase sequence in
the forest we were dealing with

Garrett Brown

extreme
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amounts

blue

(should be blur) ..."
6. "The rain (should be rancor) se¬
quence was a very smokey type
of environment ..."
Bruce Nicholson

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Optical Supervisor
Lucasfilm Ltd.
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CINEMATOGRAPHER, SEPTEMBER, 1983

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