THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

NEW MEDIA IV: DIGITAL FILMMAKER SPECIAL ISSUE
JUNE 23, 2000

The Perfect Storm Lighting - Click to see larger image

Second assistant camera and documentarian Heather Scobie was given the monumental task of recording lighting positions, camera movement and general camera continuity notes for each sequence in the film. "This diagram was of scene 157," Scobie offers, "which was during the height of the storm. George [Clooney] must climb out onto the ship's outrigger to cut loose the sea anchor, which is flying around in the wind and ripping apart the boat. Overall on Stage 16, John [Seale] created a general soft wash with 89 10K Sky pans through an 80' x 60' silent frost diffusion and highlighted specific areas with 20K Fresnels from the perms [shown on the inset diagram]. For this particular shot, the #3 storm drop was placed on the back wall [from bottom along right hand side of page over the bluescreen], and the Image 80s were not used. John also had a fiber-optic acetylene torch rigged up for George to carry with him, and used the MR-16 at the end of the outrigger to create some interactive for that effect."



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