Breakdowns | DP. Jake Gabby
DP. Jake Gabbay
Camera Setup:
🔎 CANON FD K35 LITE 14mm T2.9 White Point Rehoused
📹 ARRI Alexa Mini
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Recording format: Open gate
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Frame rate (fps): 25fps
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Color temperature: 4400K
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Filters used (ND and/or others): Tobacco filter
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T-stop: T5.6
How did you light the scene of the characters playing chess?
For the chess scene we built a black box around the scene and lit it with hmi’s warmed up and apatures 1200d and jokerbugg. We wanted to completely black the daylight and we couldn’t shoot at a good time in the day so we wanted to control and create shape. We keep the light single direction feel but taking out a lot of top light to build more contrast.
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The scene has a strong documentary feel, yet the character composition is very precise. Was that challenging to achieve?
It took a little to find the best positions for everyone, and inches make huge differences, and then blocked movements. But I guess it wasn’t any more difficult than anything else involved in shooting. It’s always difficult to...
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