American Cinematographer - March 1985 - 89

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that one again. On Your Toes was one
of those times. The closing scene, in

particular the Slaughter on Tenth Ave¬
ballet, was completely black on
black with lots of mirrors and practicals.
To have had the videoman play with the
gamma and black stretch controls on
nue

the cameras would have maximized the
detail in the blacks and given it all a

slightly smoky look, which would have
been great considering the setting. But
other than that I was very pleased.
A final and major problem we
often face in shooting theatrical per¬
formances is when all of us - director
and crew - start to lose it during a
hilarious or touching scene. More than
once I have found myself totally choked

and inaudible. One scene comes im¬
mediately to mind in The Human Com¬
edy - a nonstop series of moving
up

musical sketches.
For this production we had

control room/switching gear
small center-mezzanine-lobby area
inside at the rear of the theater, and I
can recall being intensely involved in
set up our

cutting the show. At one point the en¬
slipped into the back of

tire chorus had

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Suddenly, the music exploded into an
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