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Workflow of photography Lionel Jan Kerguistel to be as fluid as possible. CPG did its best to meet our demands.” The film was shot with two RED Epic 5K cameras simultaneously, one camera for each eye, as required for a 3D-shot film. “The cameras had to be totally in sync and shoot exactly the same images,
workflow system and without that we would not have been able to shoot the film in the time we were given.” The film took three years to complete, with a full year of preparation before shooting. “The logistical aspects sometimes seemed daunting,” admits Les Films en Vrac producer François Carsalade
All in all, the team made eight different trips to that remote part of Russia. The film was completed within the limited €5.6 million budget, despite 12 to 25 people required at any one time on set, much more than what is usually standard for a wildlife picture. “Shooting in 3D unavoidably means employing a bigger crew. There
“Shooting in 3D unavoidably means employing a bigger crew. There were two separate teams for each camera, for instance” Guillaume Vincent
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at the same time, at a rate of 24 frames per second,” Vincent continues. “It was a huge constraint because the light had to be identical and the lenses required the same depth of field. But that’s where the Cameron Pace Group’s technology and Manning Tillman’s expertise came in and were so essential. We used CPG’s Fusion 3D rig and
Du Pont. “All of the equipment had to be flown in from LA, and each time we left the Kamchatka peninsula, it went back to CPG. When we returned it had to be flown in again.” The only exception being a couple of Angénieux 45-120 Optimo lenses, which could not be found in America and which were rented in France.
were two separate teams for each camera, for instance,” describes Vincent. The cameras would either be set up next to each other for the longer distance shots, or perfectly aligned with one camera facing a mirror for the closer shots. In order to capture some wide landscape views, the crew resorted to aerial shots. “We opted for a spherical helium