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Denis Lenoir, ASC, AFC, shoots the mean streets of Righteous Kill;
De Niro and Pacino’s first on-screen pairing in thirteen years.
By Pauline Rogers |
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| There were so many “hot” tools (both literally and figuratively – temps at this year’s Cine Gear, June 19-21, soared near 110 degrees!) we were unable to cover them all in our August issue. So, ICG Magazine took another metaphoric stroll through the heat and excitement on the Universal Studios Backlot to profile another batch of tools that just might make things easier, faster, and more creative for your next commercial, music video, documentary, television or feature shoot. |
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Brute 16
The Brute 16 from LEDz began shipping in early August and is already a popular tool with both television and feature crews. At just 2.5” deep, 8” wide and 23” high, the new element is a powerful 5500W Kelvin LED fixture. It is equivalent to an HMI 200 watt flood. Weighing in at just 5.5 pounds, it is powered by AC-DC, with a 100-240 volt AC input and 16.5 volt/4.4Amp output or 60 watts. A rectangular horizontal field provides a beam angle from six to 16 feet, and a color temperature of 5500 degrees Kelvin. “The Brute 16 system will prove to be one of the most powerful 5500 Kelvin LED fixtures in the world,” boasts Malcolm Mills, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of LEDz, LLC. “It’s got an amazing life span and extremely low power consumption, which is what so many productions are looking for these days.”
www.led-z.com |
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Scorpion
The Scorpion Robotic Lighting System from LRX is designed to use multiple bulbs in a tight arrangement. The Scorpion head takes strides forward in safety and remote position-ability, where sets are built after the lighting is installed and focusing could be a difficult or time consuming task. The tilt, pan and optional trolley are operated from a hand controller or any DMX type lighting console. The 36-650 watt DWE bulbs, with a 23.4 kilowatt total output are extremely flexible; because the fixture has been wired to accept three 19-pin soca-pex cables and the bulbs are grouped as pairs, light density can be changed without dimming. The Scorpion can pan 340 degrees non-continuous and tilt from 0 to minus 120 degrees. Powered by 110/120 VAC – 50/60 Hertz – on a non-dimmed line, the fixture goes long, strong and robust. It can be hung in ceilings and cantilevered from rooftops with no chance of movement or weathervane from the wind.
www.lrx-lighting.com
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Alpha 18k
From P56 Lighting, the sister branch of K5600 Inc. comes this new design for HMI Fresnel lighting called the Alpha 18K. The light allows cinematographers and gaffers to switch from the soft Fresnel look to a hard shadow open-eye by interchanging lenses instantly from the front of the light by the pull of a button. The Alpha 18K weights 125 pounds, with a small shallow profile of only 23-inches and still uses the standard 24-inch Fresnel. “It has redefined the concept of the ‘big lights’ by being the smallest, lightest and most versatile 18K ever designed,” says P56 President Thierry Dubois. “At the core of this innovation is a patent-pending custom-made reflector molded out of quartz composite material allowing the lamp position to be much closer to the reflector and therefore reducing the size and weight of the Alpha 18K by one-third.” Although the Alpha 18K is new to the market, the element has already been used by cinematographer/gaffer teams like Bob Richardson, ASC and Ian Kincaid, Jim Muro and Dayton Nietert, Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC and Mark Manthey and Peter Deming and Michael LaViolette, on both feature and commercial projects.
www.P56LIGHTING.com |
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The Rag Place
This firm, based in North Hollywood, CA, provides high quality technical fabrics, grip backings, and rigging equipment for use in motion picture, television, theater, trade and corporate events. They are a global source for blue screens, and green screens, including Chromakey Green, Chromakey Blue, Digital Key Blue, and Digital Key Green. The company’s new single-layer double net fabric is durable and flame retardant, and can be designed in sizes up to 20’ x 50’. Its “silver windbounce” was created specifically so that wind can pass through it, avoiding bounce movement on locations or in sets with motion machines. The Rag Place has developed a sewn technique that is durable and strong. The fabric egg crates are used to control light in 50 degrees, in sizes from 4’x 4’, 6’ x 6’, 8’ x 8’, 12’ x 12’, 12’ x 20’ and 20’ x 20’.
www.theragplace.com
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