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harsh. I wanted the midtones to be
softer in the faces, and 5229 allows

achieve that. It's very similar to
flashing the positive." He adds, "The
blacks in 5229 are not very rich, but
you can crush them in the digital

you to

intermediate [DI]."
The cinematographer
want

the

production to

dailies with washed-out

contrast

blacks,

did not
low-

screen

in

so

consultation with

Beverly Wood, vice president of tech¬
nical
engineering at Deluxe
Hollywood, and Ian Robinson and

meticulously maintained
custom camera packages
Arriflex/Aaton/Panasonic
Photo-Sonics 4ER+
35 mm/16mm/DV/HD

accessories/support
lenses/speciality items
filters/expendables,
call for details. fTTR
16 years

experience.
Serving the midwest.
Film and now digital. ■

JhB

Clive Noakes at Deluxe London, he
had the 35mm dailies treated with

a

30-percent application of Deluxe's

proprietary ACE silver-retention
process. This gave the filmmakers a
better idea of the picture's final look.
"The midtones and highlights were
not too contrasty, but the blacks
remained black because

we

left

some

silver," says Lubezki. "You can never

duplicate silver-retention processes
exactly in a DI, but you can get close
to

the kind of contrast and

jy1

1

■

1

;| .jJllfe

iHiniffitffn

curves

they give." For the DI, he worked with
colorist Steve Scott at EFilm to desaturate

the

images. "We didn't want the

full Kodak-color look;

we

wanted

something more naturalistic."
Even with

a

low-contrast stock,

of the

biggest challenges on
Children ofMen was shooting lengthy
scenes that take place in a car, as the
protagonists journey to the coast.

one

"Most of the

car scenes

aren't lit, and

I love all the accidents you

get when
don't light - sunlight coming
through a canopy of trees, hitting the
actors and bouncing around in the

you

car

...

is

an

effect that

comes as

as it disappears. I
these variations happen

denly

sud¬

love that all
naturally. It

would take you hours to re-create
that with lighting."

Lubezki's minimalist
even

approach

extended to wardrobe choices. "I

learned

on

■

-loiurt

OPTICS

Tu Mama and The New

World that you get a more

natural

image if you let the wardrobe depart¬
ment do their work without trying to
control it, like having everybody dress
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