Shooting Gallery 2010

Somewhere, Out There

When we asked Local 600 photographers to submit work for our Shooting Gallery spread, the only requirement was that the image be shot on location.  Anywhere, anytime, anyplace, as long as it told a story about that singular time and place captured through the lens. The results were so astonishing that a winnowing down (to the 22 images contained in these pages) was fiendishly tough. The moment before young lovers kiss transforms an iconic backdrop into something fresh and magical; a stunned glance from a son to his father, as a man, stripped naked of far more than his clothes cowers in “the road” behind them; a century-old Gothic prison echoes the stark melancholy of an inmate, head down, and focused on his task. Images and moments, like all the others in this spread that throb with power, mystery, joy and drama. Somewhere, out there, if you go looking, you’ll find these places. But it took a photographer with a still camera to flesh them out in just a single frame. Read more

Exposure: Steve Ritzi

Stunt coordinator and 2nd Unit director Steve Ritzi grew up around boats on Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway on the Atlantic coast. In 1989 he auditioned for and won a role in the stunt boat show at Universal Studios Orlando. At the time, Florida ’s film and television industry was booming, and Ritzi decided he wanted to learn more about stunts. Fortunately, veteran stuntman Glenn Wilder had moved from Los Angeles to Florida, and Ritzi began attending informal training sessions in Wilder’s backyard where scaffolding had been erected so they could practice falls, and, of course, fights. Ritzi also attended a driving seminar held by another veteran stuntman, Wally Crowder, and soon found himself heading over to Orlando-area soundstages, resume and headshots in hand, to introduce himself to the stunt coordinators. The result has been a stellar career in Hollywood’s action game that has included executing physical “gags” on dozens of films – Passenger 57, The Patriot, Bad Boys II, Transporter 2, Body of Lies, Zombieland among them – while also adding stunt coordinator and second unit director credits to his resume on a number of films, most recently, Jonah Hex. Read more

Two F-Stops Forward

A current snapshot of Union Labs and the Still Lab Technicians of Local 683. By Braden Wright

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Darkest Nights

Wally Pfister, ASC, and Christopher Nolan implode cinematic boundaries again for their dreamy new thriller, Inception. By Bob Fisher Read more

ICG July 2010

FEATURES

INCEPTION
DP Wally Pfister
By Bob Fisher

PREDATORS
DP Gyula Pados
By Ted Elrick

SHOOTING GALLERY 2010
On Location

GREAT LOCATIONS
By Pauline Rogers

ECA AWARDS: THEN & NOW
By Jim Matlosz

EXPOSURE: Emma Thomas

DEEP FOCUS: Frank Masi

ON LOCATION: Michigan

UNSCRIPTED: Phil Bray / Ernie Malik