American Cinematographer - December 2000 - 48

Man of Steel
Outlined in

tions of the actors in the

a

doorway, Dunne
contemplates the
implications of

flags had to be used to make

his

invulnerability.
Over the

their backs weren't

course

fronts. That

of the film,
Serra's lighting
scheme for the
character
becomes more
and more

hot

as

as

scene

long take."
interesting one-shot
handheld sequence that
was one

is

a

shows the aftermath of

a car

crash.

The shot

begins with David picking
himself up off the wet street, and the
camera tilts up to his face and follows
him

a

superhero "or a
piece of marble
sculpture,"
according to the
cinematographer.

as

he

runs

towards the wreck.

Realizing that his wife is trapped
inside the burning car, he wrenches
the door open, unfastens her seat
belt, takes her in his
addition, the light had to be bounced
[to maintain a soft feel]. We ended

windows

up at Til or T16 on the real actors
and T2.8 or T4 for their reflections in

216 and aimed two 6K Pars with

As he sets her down

medium lenses

camera

the

The worst problem of all
keeping the lights out of the shot.
It was a very long, hot shot."
Litecky details, "There were
screen.

was

on

both sides of the TV. We

covered the window

on

the left with

straight through it to
light the front of Elijah's face. On the
right, we bounced three 2.5K HMI

her

across

the

arms

street

as

and carries

the

camera

on

the road, the

is lowered with her.

A Chinese lantern

pole

(comprising

a

on a

fishing

250-watt

Pars into headboard. That gave us

Photoflood with dimmer controls

just enough light to

the handle of the

see

the reflec¬

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Soft

is

walked backward in front of them.

Soft

46

sure
their

Another

stylized, until he
is eventually lit
rather harshly,
almost like

screen.

Later, the camera pulls back and we
see the people themselves, so a lot of

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