American Cinematographer - May 2000 - 90

Must-See TV
episodes of NYPD Blue.
Mind Prey is a grisly thriller
about a police detective (Eriq La
Salle) on the trail of a psychotic killer
who has imprisoned a woman and
her two daughters in a makeshift
dungeon. Cop and villain are both
computer-sawy - the detective
moonlights as a software developer
and their cat-and-mouse game is
played out in part on the Internet.
Sokolsky readily volunteers
that he patterned the movie's dark,

-

desaturated

look

after

David

Fincher's 1994 thriller Seven, which
was

was

shot

by Darius Khondji,

ASC, AFC (see AC Oct. '95). "I like
to

give credit where credit is due,"

he says with a laugh. Another key
influence was the Dutch painter
Vermeer.

The

son

of

fashion

photographer-turned-commercial
director and

cameraman

Melvin

Sokolsky, the cinematographer grew
going to art museums in his

up

City, and he says he
always drawn inspiration for his

work from classical artists. He says

Vermeer's

of hard

light and
sepias supported
the claustrophobic, film-noir mood
that he and Caruso sought to create
for Mind Prey.
The traditional Sokolsky look
use

monochromatic

is

a

combination of hard and soft

light. On tight TV schedules, he likes
to shoot the master with hard light
because it's quicker and more effi¬
cient. For close-ups, he switches into
a
soft-light mode. "I like a lot of
back crosslight," he notes. "If I'm
going to silhouette people, it will be
all backlight, and you won't see any
features on their faces. You get a feel
for who

or

what is there, but you

don't

really see it. Seeing all the gore
nearly as suspenseful or
powerful as [getting] the impression
of what's
going on. Iordan
is not

Cronenweth [ASC] was one

The 17 directors of

Cinemato

ree

native New York

has

of

my

mentors,

and he taught me that

what you
don't light."
not

light; it's what

One of Sokolsky's favorite
lighting tools is the Leonetti Master
Light, made by Sun Ray. He praises
the 1K Par lights for their small size
and versatility. "The unique part of

photography profiled in this book

encompass three generations of filmmaking, representing a
wide range of visual styles - from The African Queen to
Delicatessen. Lavishly illustrated with over 500 color pictures,
rtecigui

300 black-and-white photos, and numerous diagrams, this
reference features informative accompanying text based on
interviews with each cinematographer. This is a perfect book
for practicing professionals, students, and movie buffs alike.

Softcover, 9"x12", 208 pages

$37.00

(800) 448-0145 * www.cinematographer.com

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