American Cinematographer - October 1986 - 15

ON LOCATION WITH LIGHTFLEX
u

I couldn't have done it without

Lightflex.. .it would have been
impossible to stay on schedule.

W arka
k
Herbert PRaditschnig,
Photography, The Lamp.
14-r

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Director of

r

Herbert Raditschnig is
of the growing number

one

of

cinematographers that
discovering the effective¬

are

ness, ease-of-use, time-sav¬
ing and creative powers of
Lightflex. In the 28 days of
shooting The Lamp in Texas,

Mr.

Raditschnig used
Lightflex every day. He

says:

"I realized immedi¬

ately what

a

wonderful

artistic tool I had in my

hands...and one that
could save set-up time in

big way. Pre-packed
Lightflex filter packs
nicely achieved the 3 very
a

different moods the pic¬

required and it was
to control the inten¬
sity. And I was able to
save maybe 20% of set¬
up time by using Lightflex
as fill light. I hope to use
my experience with it on
many other features in the

"For the shot shown above, where
the film's murderous Genie is heav¬

ily backlit, we wanted a very distant,
cold feeling. So, I used my
Cold Blue filter pack to bring out the
night effect, and change the forest's
shadow detail to a strong blue."
very

ture

THE LIGHTFLEX®

easy

future."

Lightflex. It's always been
an

important creative

con¬

Lightflex is
camera

an onaccessory,

which overlays a con¬
trolled amount of light
on the film at the time
of exposure as the scene
is being photographed.
It allows the camera¬
to

man

has become an important
and practical creative tool.
Call us for further informa¬

gamma curve

tion or to arrange
onstration.

for a dem¬

Director of

Photography Herbert Raditschnig has
been a cameraman for 25 years, and has shot fea¬
tures for The Ladd Company and Wolper Produc¬
tions, and has worked with such directors as Arthur
Penn, John Schlesinger and Fred Zinnemann. His

equipment, Arriflex 35BL-3s and the Lightflex Sys¬
tem, were supplied by his regular rental facility,
Otto Nemenz International in Hollywood.

modify the

cept and now, redesigned, it

film, in the

of the

camera,

during shooting. This
extend the photo¬
metric range of the film
up to 2 stops and pro¬

can

vide more detail in the
shadow areas without

increasing grain.

Lightflex works exactly
the

same

cameras,

with video

providing

shadow

area de¬
tail with no increase in
noise. Lightflex also
more

A TOOL FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY.

permits in-camera
color modifications

"I put together 3 special Lightflex
filter packs to subtly emphasize the 3
distinct moods our script called for.
For this closeup of the lamp I needed

warm-colored atmosphere, so I
used my Tungsten-Warm filter pack."

a

to

selectively tone the im¬
age, and is capable
of producing special
in-camera effects

such

as

rainbow

or

moonlight effects.

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