Production Sound & Video

Spring 2017

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32 They ended up running snake cables and wire- less between the stages and sent feeds in both directions to make the setups at L.A. Center Studios identical. "Doing this allowed David to run back-and-forth between sets with his iPads. We used a roving monitor with a live switcher attached to the top so he could manually choose the feed between the three main stage cameras and the two cameras from the action unit stage. It was a technological feat to give him the abil - ity to review a shot next door, send approval to the action unit director or see a rehearsal or grab an iPad to view all the cameras at once or select them individually." When asked about working with Ayer, Jenkins says, "He's a phenomenal person who surrounds himself with the best of the best as far as crew and talent goes. Once you get to know his sense of humor, which is very dark, and he starts say - ing hysterical things that bring the level down, you know you're doing your job right because that's his way of complimenting you." In The Revenant, renowned filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, Babel) directs Leonardo DiCaprio on set. (Photo: Kimberley French © 2015 20th Century Fox. All rights reserved.) Top left: Tom Hanks stars in STX Entertainment's The Circle. (Photo: Frank Masi/Courtesy of STX Entertainment) Middle left: Sound Mixer Lisa Piñero and Director David Ayers " " I'll then try to find out how many cameras there will be, and on Bright it was two but a lot of times three. I'll try to find out how the ACs work if there is somehow a focus monitor that sits off somewhere. I will also find out who the key grip is and see how they work. Then I'll add up all the variables and find out what's the best way we can approach the project. Complete Bright VTR Crew Willow Jenkins Willie Tipp Carlos Patzi Byron Echeverria Anthony Perkins Chris Kessler Michael Bachman Dave Schmalz

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