Indy 4

Ok, so hopefully most of you have seen the new Indiana Jones. I won't spoil anything for anyone who hasn't seen it, I promise. I just wanted to share an little bit of the article in this months American Cinematographer Magazine.

' A 4K Xenon lamp was used to create the hard shadow on the car in full daylight. “We were in New Mexico, and it was 108°, and all of our electronic lights kept shutting off because of the heat,” recalls Devlin. “So we came up with very elaborate air-conditioning and huts for all of the ballasts, and we made sure the heads and cables were out of the sun. We ended up giving a lot of star treatment to all the electronic lighting because it just hated being in that kind of temperature. Steven just smiled and said, ‘Well, that’s why we used arcs last time!’” '

...that's all I am going to say.



To read the entire article, click here: http://www.ascmag.com/magazine_dynamic/June2008/CrystalSkull/page1.php#

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If it isn't broken, don't fix it.