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Right: The grip
team prepares

for

a

typically
dolly

arduous
move.

Below: A

burlap wind
blocker (right)
shields the
camera

while

crewmembers
use

handwoven

screens

(left) to

texture the

light

for the shot.

Brazil, you don't have many options
when it comes to anamorphic equip¬
ment," he notes. "We primarily use Arri,
am very comfortable with their
equipment." Aware that wind and sand
would play havoc with the gear, he
brought along five cameras, Arri 535s.
Although he initially hoped to shoot all
and I

material with two cameras, half the
time

only one would function. The
production's Arri technician never
stopped working.
Della Rosa's package, rented

from JKL in Sao Paulo, included a set of
Zeiss Ultra Primes and an Angenieux
25-250mm HR

zoom.

The

cinematogra¬

pher, who shared operating duties with
Flavio Zangrandi and Fabio Sagatio,
favored the primes because they were
better at dealing with the flare that
bounced off the white sand. "We used

only NDs, no other filters. We shot in
backlight as much as possible to have a
white sky and used a lot of negative
fill."
After
he settled

testing several emulsions,

on

Eastman EXR 50D 5245,

Kodak Vision 250D 5246, and, for night
scenes, Kodak Vision2 500T 5218. "I
wanted all the night scenes lit with
torches. I wanted the look of darkness
and

firelight that you see in paintings by
Georges de la Tour and Caravaggio. My
key grip, Luis 'Mineiro' Gonzaga, built

three

or

four fixtures that used gas to

produce flames. We also used some
great firelight sources created by my

gaffer, Sergio Isidore, and another
gaffer, Jamelao: 10-by-10-inch boxes
that each held six to nine incandescent

bulbs. Each bulb had its

own

starter, so

they would flicker on at different times.
Because they worked off of regular AC
power, we needed only a couple of
small generators to power them.
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