In prep, the cinematographer spent significant energy and time developing a one-look LUT that was used for monitoring on set throughout the entire film. Both camera models recorded RedCode Raw at 5:1 compression to 512GB Red Mini-Mags. The Weapon was often employed in “tight car interiors where the compact form factor allowed us to shoot with longer lenses inside the car,” he notes. For selected scenes when multiple cameras were rolling, he employed a prototype Red Weapon camera fitted with a 6K Dragon sensor. “Usually you fight as a cinematographer to make interesting and darker, and the director will say, ‘I want to see the performance! I want to see their faces!’ But Roland would be like, ‘Darker! Darker!’ until there was almost no light hitting the sensor! The way to get away with that is to make sure you have the right kind of eye light - then you can go dark and still be connected to the characters.”įörderer shot 4K and 6K anamorphic on Red Epic Dragons for the bulk of the movie. “For Resurgence, Roland wanted a really dark look,” he continues. I know that movie inside and out I had it on VHS and I watched it hundreds of times as a kid.Ĭinematographer Markus Förderer, BVK (right) and camera operator Robby Baumgartner line up a shot. Independence Day was the film that sparked that in me. “I started reading books and figured out that what I was really interested in was cinematography. “I watched the first Independence Day in the theater with my sister and I thought, ‘Oh, my God, this is amazing! I have to become a filmmaker!’” Förderer recalls. The original film (shot by Karl-Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK AC July ’96) has a particularly special place in the cinematographer’s heart. “My goal was to make it feel like an Independence Day film, but to give it its own character.” “The main challenge of something like this is, how do you make the movie look consistent in its own universe, but still have an interesting take and variety to it?” says Förderer. Förderer’s previous work includes the Mike Cahill-directed drama I Origins ( AC Sept.
Writer-director Roland Emmerich returned to helm this long-awaited sequel to his blockbuster action film - this time with Markus Förderer, BVK at his side to bring the colossal tale to the big screen.
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