{"id":4524,"date":"2014-09-03T00:34:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T00:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/?p=4524"},"modified":"2014-09-23T17:52:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T17:52:36","slug":"here-comes-the-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/here-comes-the-knight\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Comes the Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4525\" alt=\"gotham2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham2-1050x700.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><strong>David Stockton, ASC, and his talented New York-based camera team go 1970s dark noir for the sensational new FOX series <em>Gotham<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more mythic import to Batman than just the notion of a dark knight. Ask Ridley Scott, who originally intended <i>Blade Runner<\/i> to be called Gotham City, before falling afoul of legalities associated with copyright owner DC Comics.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Nolan\u2019s <i>Dark Knight Trilogy<\/i> proved such a success on both creative and financial levels that a further exploration of the city that spawned Batman and his adversaries seems, in retrospect, a no-brainer. Hence Fox\u2019s new TV police drama, <em>Gotham<\/em>, follows the exploits of war hero and rookie cop James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) as, amid growing squalor and corruption, he investigates the murder of Bruce Wayne\u2019s wealthy parents.<\/p>\n<p>For <i>Gotham\u2019s<\/i> all-important first-impression pilot episode, Executive Producer Bruno Heller turned to director\/producer Danny Cannon and his solid background in TV drama (various incarnations of <i>CSI<\/i>) and directing credits with crime stories dating back to his ingeniously low-budget feature <i>The Young Americans<\/i>. Cannon says he welcomed the opportunity to be in on the ground floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my perspective, it\u2019s always helpful to come on early to work alongside the writer,\u201d he reflects. \u201cI can use my visual sensibility to help flesh out the concept more completely. We\u2019re following in Chris Nolan\u2019s wake, who not only did a brilliant job of bringing Batman back, but also grounded the story in a believable kind of reality everyone can relate to \u2013 Gotham is EveryCity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love superheroes,\u201d Cannon continues. \u201cBut these are about a costumed vigilante, not someone who transforms himself through science or chemistry. They\u2019re credible tales in a city where the lunatics seem to be running the asylum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4529\" alt=\"Cr: Jessica Miglio\/FOX\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham3.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham3-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham3-578x400.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham3-1011x700.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>With Gotham being set two decades prior to Batman\u2019s donning<\/b> his cape, Cannon thought the city should resemble a past-era Big Apple. \u201cI suggested to Bruno that Gotham could feel like late-1970s New York, before gentrification,\u201d he describes. \u201cPhotos from that era showed the graffiti train and the burnt-out cars and the beginning of the punk movement; it was dangerously alive.<\/p>\n<p>Putting our characters in that edgy place felt right, while also allowing for a poetic presentation. I was channeling a bit of Tim Burton as well, going more industrial like his work on [<i>Batman<\/i> and <i>Batman Returns<\/i>], though my view is more of what you might describe as Dickensian, filtered through Sidney Lumet and William Friedkin\u2019s New York, and tossing in a little Blondie and Ramones,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n<p>All concerned agreed that shooting in New York was essential to capturing <i>Gotham<\/i>, with both location and stage work accomplished there. Cannon also chose a cadre of past TV collaborators, including 1st AD Michael Viglietta [<i>Eleventh Hour<\/i> and <i>Alcatraz<\/i>] and production designer Doug Kraner [<i>Nikita<\/i> and <i>The Forgotten<\/i>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4577\" alt=\"gotham6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham6-1050x700.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Gotham\u2019s<\/i> DP, David Stockton, ASC, had been brought by Cannon onto <i>CSI<\/i> for season 5 after Canon had been impressed by a Stockton short. Their work together has included three other series and ten pilots, with Stockton earning three ASC nominations in the process, including a win for <i>Eleventh Hour<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Danny it\u2019s all about efficiency, so pretty early in prep we all know what we\u2019re doing and remain in synch on the overall vision,\u201d says Stockton, who, while based in Los Angeles for nearly a quarter-century, hails from New York. \u201cThe density of this city makes it difficult for a unit to get across town, but the tradeoff is that you get a texture impossible to achieve on any backlot \u2013 there\u2019s no constructed equivalent to the real Soho.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Among Stockton\u2019s first challenges was determining<\/b> just how gritty and dark <i>Gotham<\/i> would be. \u201cThere is a fantasy element in that this is based on DC Comics,\u201d the DP concedes. \u201cBut the story is largely an urban cop drama, set in a realistic environment. We stylize things only slightly so as to remain believable.\u201d Locations used to great effect include the massive Calvary cemetery in Queens and a beautiful old Long Island mansion in English Tudor style, the latter serving as Wayne Manor.<\/p>\n<p>Stylistically, Stockton and Cannon wanted a cinematic look that wasn\u2019t gimmicky. \u201cIt became very much about finding a shot so good, we could stay on it a bit longer than is the fashion,\u201d Stockton acknowledges. \u201cWe\u2019re not dutching the camera, but instead being more economical with our visual approach to how the drama plays out. We had effects and rigs that helped us tell the story, so if somebody gets knocked down and dragged along the ground, we\u2019ll use a Lensbaby and smear stuff on a clear filter to create a distorted perspective. To intensify a foot pursuit there are rigs like Parrot Cam, with the actor wearing a 5D on a post coming off his chest, so we can see him up close and in motion as he chases down a suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4579\" alt=\"gotham8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham8-1050x700.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stockton also takes into account the process of discovery that goes on for actors. \u201cI\u2019ll find a place in the corner to watch the cast during rehearsal as they feel out the space,\u201d he reveals. \u201cBy that point we\u2019ve done a technical scout and know how a given interior works and where the light comes through, but our plans can be fluid, depending on how the performers respond to the set. Danny may want a light turned off when he sees how the staging develops, so it isn\u2019t all by rote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Stockton still originates on film for some projects, he admits HD dominates the small screen. \u201cThe digital cameras have become more sensitive and have greater latitude in certain ways,\u201d he states. \u201cAnd while this allows for new opportunities, it also brings challenges. I\u2019m no longer able to light through the eyepiece during rehearsals because there really is no eyepiece. An operator can get an idea through the viewfinder if he is still in focus, but the DIT tent station is really the only place you can get an idea of how it all works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4582\" alt=\"Cr: Jessica Miglio\/FOX\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham9.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham9-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham9-578x400.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham9-1011x700.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tech-wise, most of the series was shot on Alexa,<\/b> recording in log-C. Production carried A and B cameras in Studio mode on dollies that utilized Ang\u00e9nieux 12:1 and 4.7:1 zooms, while a third body \u2013 available for Technocrane, Steadicam or handheld \u2013 utilized Ang\u00e9nieux compact zooms in the 15\u201340, 28\u201376 and 40\u2013120 range.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHD does allow us to make more efficient use of existing light,\u201d Stockton continues, \u201cespecially with night exteriors. There\u2019s a learning curve as you realize the same size or type of light you used previously is no longer needed to achieve a similar effect. I think that we\u2019ve got as much black behind the camera as in front of it, just to reduce illumination and increase contrast. In order to create shape and model the image, it is now more of a subtractive process. Still, no matter how dark the moment emotionally, and in terms of location and time of day, I like some eyelight so we can see the character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even with all the new digital tools at their disposal, the filmmakers did improvise to snare a desirable visual. \u201cThere was a scene with young Catwoman running across a rooftop,\u201d Stockton recounts, \u201cand Danny wanted the camera to rise up to reveal Gotham in the background. But the building was a walkup, with just no way to get anything up there, so key grip Keith Califano came up with a nice manually operated jib arm rig built from small parts that could be carried up easily. [A-camera and Steadicam] operator Gerard Sava executed a perfect move by stepping up onto apple boxes, and afterward said it felt just like a Technocrane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4580\" alt=\"gotham7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham7-1050x700.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stockton notes that his crew \u2013 Sava, A-camera 1st AC Chris Silano, A-camera 2nd AC Troy Sola, B-camera operator Peter Agliata, B-camera 1st AC Rebecca Arndt, B-camera 2nd assistant Joseph Metzger, DIT Ted Viola and loader Haffe Acosta \u2013 were rock solid on the busy New York locations and stages, and brought their \u201cA-game\u201d throughout.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Danny Cannon says his biggest challenge was determining how much of <i>Gotham<\/i> would be built on stage. \u201cUnless you luck into finding a perfect location, building from scratch is best,\u201d he confesses. \u201cFor example, I wanted our police precinct to have a lot of masculine weight, much like Grand Central Station [not feasible for extended location work] and for it to reflect a lot of history. I showed our production designer pictures of London\u2019s St. Pancras [railway] station, and what we wound up with has these girders and a real Gothamy presence to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stockton describes the police station set as \u201cGothic meets Penn Station, with old-looking iron arches and great staircases. I worked with [production designer] Doug Kraner, going over the set plans to incorporate practicals wherever possible, and found he had already anticipated most of my needs. To contrast with that, we have sets like a very nice penthouse with a custom day\/night backdrop rigged outside, which looks rich and gorgeous,\u201d and where Mole-Richardson Cyc Strips, Maxi Coops and Spacelites were employed to illuminate the faux skyline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4531\" alt=\"gotham4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham4-1050x700.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>To recreate the sun on stage, Stockton used <\/b>Arrimax lights. \u201cThe special reflector on those units gives a very natural look,\u201d he reports. \u201cThe quality of the 18K is the closest thing to an arc light when bringing classic sunlight through the windows.\u201d Gaffer Charlie McNamara also used 6K and 4K pars, both to extend the 18Ks and in other lighting situations.<\/p>\n<p>Stockton says he wanted to carry over a strong sense of the city when stagebound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city\u2019s energy and presence impinges on every room through the windows,\u201d he states. \u201cI always wanted to keep an interactive presence coming in, like flashing police lights and car headlights, which can help light our characters. These lights coming in and playing on background walls and faces inspired other enhancements. Somebody doing sound design will see these cues and put in something that builds on the interactivity, be it cars going by, or a horn or running footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danny Cannon\u2019s own notion for the <i>Gotham<\/i> audio track was based on old recordings. \u201cI found tapes of New York from the early 1980s,\u201d he smiles. \u201cThe older trains, car engines and siren sounds, even as background, were enough that certain noises emerge and help take you back to a different era, back before so many things became subdued or went digital. Gotham\u2019s sound is heavier, clunkier, and more manual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4530\" alt=\"gotham5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham5.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham5-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cityscapes \u2013 a combination of location plates and CGI \u2013 also reflect the oppressive gritty feel. \u201cYou\u2019re walled in by all these skyscrapers, almost like you\u2019re in a canyon, with elevated trains done in CG running overhead, so the available light only bleeds in,\u201d Cannon adds. \u201cI did my own drawings, taking some New York buildings away and adding other structures, to pursue this visual notion of a city where the building commission and zoning laws didn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI showed those to our VFX group [CosA VFX] and they understood right away how to build on it,\u201d he adds. \u201cWith typical New York helicopter shooting, you\u2019re forced to hover too far from the city for it to seem like you\u2019re within the canyon of buildings. They showed how David and his team could shoot from offshore with a longer lens, and still get that canyon feel through the addition of foreground CG buildings on each side of the frame.\u201d Aerials were shot on the RED EPIC, using a card that permitted 40 minutes of shooting that minimized reloading, while DP David Knox handled underwater shooting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4528\" alt=\"gotham1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham1.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icgmagazine.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gotham1-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Post work and dailies were done at Encore, with colorist Paul Westerbeck handling the DI. Stockton, who saw Cannon\u2019s director\u2019s cut, was pleased with how many looks in the finished grade matched those established on set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always fun with Danny because there is no confusion about what we\u2019re going for,\u201d the cinematographer concludes. \u201cIt has been said that if Kubrick hadn\u2019t been a director, he\u2019d have been the best gaffer ever. The same could be said for Danny, since he knows what is needed and how it will all cut together.Since he doesn\u2019t shoot a lot of stuff that won\u2019t go into the final, we can make the most of our 12-hour days. The fact that <i>Gotham<\/i> is such a very visual project speaks well for the whole [Guild] camera team, helping me establish these interesting looks in the pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0by Kevin H. 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