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    IssueJune 1997

    Shift & Tilt System Variable PrimesO N L O C A T I O N :

    Le Plus Beau Metier Du Monde American Werewolf

    P R O D U C T S :

    LOCPRO 35 ARRI X

    R E P O R T S :

    Bandits Asteroid Shine

  • 2A Smashing Success for NBC and Stargate

    Asteroid

    Earthquakes. Floods.

    Avalanches. In-

    terstellar cataclysms. The

    end of the

    world? No, just another

    day at work for

    Sam Nicholson, Presiden

    t and CEO of

    Stargate Films. Creation o

    f these catastro-

    phes and dozens of othe

    r mind boggling

    special effects is Stargate'

    s stock and trade.

    If you can imagine it, the

    y can achieve it.

    If you can't imagine it, Sa

    m probably can.

    In existence for only eigh

    t years, Stargate

    has grown to become on

    e of Hollywood's

    most prolific effects hous

    es primarily due

    to the irrepressible spiri

    t of its founder,

    Nicholson. Most recently,

    Sam and Star-

    gate were pressed into se

    rvice on the NBC

    Mini Series ASTEROID whe

    re they were as-

    signed the duty of destroyi

    ng Dallas among

    other tasks. The resultin

    g effects were

    spectacular, believable, d

    elivered on time,

    and under budget.

    ASTEROID, which aired on

    NBC February

    16th and 17th, drew hig

    h ratings due in

    part to it's stunning effects

    . With a budget

    of $19 million and no f

    ewer than 265

    special effects scenes, A

    STEROID was de-

    signed to put NBC over t

    he top during

    Sweeps Week. A huge r

    ock, exploding

    buildings, people fleeing

    what's not to

    love? raves NBC Enterta

    inment President

    Warren Littlefield. Appar

    ently audiences

    agreed as ASTEROID litera

    lly blew the com-

    petition away.

    Using a combination of

    miniature, live

    action, and CGI effects, N

    icholson created

    what the writers and pro

    ducers had only

    imagined. Sam's camera

    of choice for this

    project was the new AR

    RIFLEX 435ES.

    I like the versatility of th

    e system, says

    Nicholson, We used the

    435 for a varie-

    ty of shots, under crankin

    g, over cranking,

    motion control, everythin

    g.

    For live action, the 435

    viewfinder is a

    lifesaver, especially at n

    ight. We spent a

    lot of time shooting in a

    crater that we

    had created on our back

    lot. Shooting in

    the darkness with smoke

    effects is always

    a challenge. With the 43

    5, no problem,

    Nicholson continues. It i

    s not at all unu-

    sual to have to set up in v

    ery tight quarters

    or at an unusual angle to

    shoot miniatures.

    The orientable viewfinde

    r simplifies the

    process. It allows us to g

    et radical angles

    that would otherwise be

    impossible.

    Sam Nicholson

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  • 3I used the 435 to shoot p

    late shots of the

    Denver skyline, and also

    had a chance to

    use the new Variable Pr

    ime lenses. The

    combination was amazin

    g. The Variable

    Primes are unbelievably

    sharp and the

    435's movement is rock ste

    ady. These shots

    were later combined with

    computer gen-

    erated images at Starga

    te. Many of our

    projects which we comp

    osite in digital

    video, such as ASTEROID fo

    r NBC, or Road-

    warriors for Viacom, are

    transferred to

    35 mm film for theatrica

    l release. The

    superior clarity of the n

    ew VP lenses is

    essential to achieve a top

    quality film neg-

    ative from a digital vide

    o composite. The

    end result is remarkable.

    Nicholson adds,

    Normally I would have

    used my Mitchell

    to do the plate work. The

    435 was a wel-

    come change. At the tim

    e we shot there

    were relatively few 435s

    in Los Angeles.

    The camera always drew

    a crowd on the

    set. Everyone was curiou

    s about the new

    ARRI.

    Back at our Burbank fa

    cility, I used the

    435 to shoot a miniature

    of a flood se-

    quence. An ASTEROID strik

    es a dam which

    floods the town. We used

    the 435's speed/

    shutter ramp capacity to

    shoot the flood

    sequence over and over. W

    ith the RCU unit,

    repeating the ramp was

    simple.

    A longtime friend of AR

    RIFLEX, Sam

    Nicholson was instrumen

    tal in the crea-

    tion of the LCC laptop com

    puter control

    system for ARRIFLEX cam

    eras. The ex-

    change of ideas and tech

    nology between

    ARRI and Stargate has b

    een beneficial for

    both companies. Located

    virtually across

    the street from ARRIFLEX

    Corporation's

    Burbank facility, Stargat

    e employees often

    just walk over to ARRI to

    pick up new cam-

    era and lighting product

    s.

    Sam and his crew help u

    s realize the full

    potential of new equipm

    ent. By asking,

    What if?, Sam has oft

    en spurred new

    ideas that our engineers

    have translated

    into new products, or im

    provements in

    existing products. We cou

    ldn't ask for a

    better friend or associate,

    says Bill Russell,

    ARRIFLEX Corporation's

    Western Sales

    Manager. He's always o

    n the cutting edge

    of new technology. Alway

    s thinking ahead.

    What's next for Stargate

    ? The phones ring

    off the hook. A lengthy l

    ist of new projects

    cover Sam's desk and wa

    lls. Staff members

    are busy assembling m

    iniatures and the

    computers hum as artists c

    reate new images

    for Nicholson's approva

    l. On Stargate's

    back lot, a miniature ski l

    odge awaits de-

    struction. Just another d

    ay.

    Sam Nicholson, Dan Schm

    it and

    Stephan Cojot Goldberg

    Fire on the Mountain

    Dave Kuklish, Sam Nicho

    lson

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  • 4B a n d i t sB ANDITS, the first full-length feature filmby the Academy Award and Bundes-filmpreis (German film prize) winner, Katjavon Garnier (ABGESCHMINKT!) opens thisyears Munich Film Festival.

    For a while, explains Katja von Garnierduring a break in mixing for her new fea-ture film BANDITS, the whole of ARRI waspretty much hit by BANDITS-fever. Wefilmed with ARRI cameras and developedthe neg in their lab. Also post-productionand digital effects were done here. Wher-ever you opened a door, you found someBANDITS-shots on the screen on which theARRI team was doing really good work.We edited on the Avid the capacity wasincreased especially to enable access toall the stock. The working-print was re-edited in the lab and optical effects wereprepared. The titles were prepared on theHenry, sequences from that colour-timedon the Cineon, a cord was digitally takenout from a bungee jump shot, and so on

    Katja von Garnier

    A REPORT BY ROLF THISSEN

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  • 5This collaboration continues a tradition forthe young director: in 1992 she beganfilming the short film ABGESCHMINKT! on anARRIFLEX 16SR 3 in Super 16. Originallythis was only intended as a training filmfor the Munich based film and TV collegeHFF. But the 55-minute story of a cartoonartist and her friend who go out togetheron a man-hunt and experience a few sur-prises became the summertime hit of 1993:together with the short film DER SCHNSTEBUSEN DER WELT, ABGESCHMINKT! booked overa million spectators in German cinemas.tip-magazine wrote about it at the time:The characters of this training film bythe talented college student, Katja vonGarnier, breathe far more life than theprattling clichs of a typical comedy aboutrelationships.

    Awarded with, among others, the StudentAward for the best foreign film (by theAcademy of Motion Picture Art andSciences), the Bavarian film prize, the Ernst-Lubitsch-prize and the German film prizefor best young director, Katja von Garnierreceived many script offers to considerbefore she decided on an original story.Together with Ben Taylor she developedthe idea of a dramatic music film and then

    wrote the script with Uwe Wilhelm. Theresult: the Blues Brothers meet Thelmaand Louise. Several very different wom-en, played by Katja Riemann, NicoletteKrebitz, Jasmin Tabatabai and Jutta Hoff-mann, get to know each other in prisonand form the group BANDITS. On the wayto a police ball at which they are supposedto play, the four Blues Sisters happen toget the chance to escape. They cause quitea sensation in the press, become a cultband and are hunted the whole time bya persistent policeman (played by HannesJaenicke). We wont tell you the rest.

    The filming for this seven million DM project(production: Olga Film) was carried out inHamburg, Nrnberg, Bad Neustadt andMunich. The 14 pop/rock songs performedin BANDITS were produced prior to filmingin the Audio Studios Berlin (Udo Arndt) anddubbed in during filming. Katja Riemann,Nicolette Krebitz and Jasmin Tabatabaiwrote much of the music themselves, andKatja learnt to play the drums especiallyfor the film, and Nicolette learnt bass,Katja von Garnier explains. But its notjust about the visually lavish music scenes;the music is important as an outlet for pent-up emotions, for the dramatic basic tenorof the film, at the centre of which is thedeveloping friendship of the four women.While writing the script I did a lot ofresearch on mythology to find out what

    really makes up a heroic tale. The charac-ters in our film should be bigger than life characters for the cinema.

    BANDITS was filmed with the ARRIFLEX 535and 435. DoP Torsten Breuer, who alsocomposes film music and who had alreadyworked with Katja von Garnier, shootingthe camera trial film LAUTLOS and thenABGESCHMINKT!, explains the reasons: The535 is a wonderful camera. We used itpartially because we intended to shootsome scenes with filmspeed changes, sub-tle transitions. Another effect we created

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    in Hamburg was also strenuous. TheBANDITS team was incidentally the first toreceive permission to film on it. TorstenBreuer explains: In one and a half dayswe had to film 80 shots with two explo-sions, two stunt jumps, a complicatedcrane move and a helicopter shot. Weused three cameras and a Steadicam forit. This schedule could only be adheredto with strict planning and a second unitheaded by Breuers long-time assistant,Dixie Schmiedle.

    nitely use it for dialogue scenes too. It isalso a very good camera for shoulderoperation. The 535 is actually too. I car-ried it on my shoulder for hours andyou dont need to be a strong young manto do that either. The project was filmedon Eastman-Kodak stock 5298, 5293 and more seldom 5248. The new Vision-emulsion simply would have looked tooclear, too much video-like, explainsTorsten Breuer.

    Of course, filming was strenuous, saysKatja von Garnier. The emotions varyfrom despair, to euphoria, to total exhaus-tion, but I think this is good for the film,and you will feel that between the lines.Sometimes there are also some great feel-ings of happiness: for example, when theweather is perfect for exactly the threedays on which you have to film a concerton the roof. I believe that these emotionsare also noticeable in the finished film.Filming on the famous Khlbrand Bridge

    is otherwise only known from video-pro-ductions: we filmed at 6 frames per second later the images were prolonged to getback to 24 frames per second. The resultsare some interesting wipe-effects in theimage. Also the 435 was used a lot becauseit enables speed changes from normal toslow motion very nicely. It needs 3.7 sec-onds to go from 24 to 130 fps; that ispretty fast if it was faster, it would ofcourse be even better.

    Torsten Breuer continues: As an MOScamera, the 435 is otherwise mainly usedas a second unit, or for commercials.Although it is actually not a sync-soundcamera, it is still very quiet. If you uselonger focal length lenses you can defi-

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    The soundtrack to the film will be broughtout on CD. The final number Catch Mewill come out separately as a single. Notwanting to give away the end of the filma separate video of was also made straightaway. You can easily believe Katja vonGarnier when she promises that BANDITS issomething different, something new inGerman film. BANDITS is the opening filmof this years Munich Film Festival and willbe brought to German cinemas through-out the country by Buena Vista on 3 July.

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    Director: Katja von GarnierProduction: Olga FilmProducers: Harald Kgler,Molly von Frstenberg, Elvira Senft

    Distribution: Buena VistaDoP: Torsten Breuer2nd unit: Dixie SchmiedleCamera-Assistant: Olaf Wildenhaus

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    way. We consciously did away with normalin-focus pictures in order to irritate theviewers and thereby grab their attention.Only a small part of the image was in-focus. Nevertheless the eye always looksfor a focused point. By letting the focusedpoints wander through the image, we ledthe viewer.

    We used this effect to guide the viewerseye over the models face. On one clip thefocus moves from the womans right eyeto her left eye. Finally you only see the redlips in focus. That very closely imitates anatural way of seeing.

    ?: How else do you use the shift and tiltsystem?

    Stefan von Borbly: Mainly I use theshift and tilt system for beauty work, whichoften involves extreme close-up shots, forexample around the eyes. Tiny hairs, whicheven the most beautiful woman has, canbe easily hidden. You set the line of focusso that the pupil is totally in-focus and theskin around it slightly less so. The image stillappears in-focus to the viewer. With adiffusion filter the whole image would makean soft impression. You would lose the in-focus reference point for the eye.

    Especially for macro work, the shift andtilt system has advantages for the produc-tion: it doesnt cost much more than renting4 macro lenses, but you have the additionalpossibility of setting the focal plane asdesired. This is particularly important inmacro work, since you can normally onlycompensate the missing depth-of-field ofsuch shots by using far more light and highaperture-stops. The system is also more flex-ible through the extension with the bellows.

    ?: New focal length lenses will be comingout shortly. Which ones have you misseduntil now?

    Stefan von Borbly: I missed the 20 mmlens most as you can only shoot buildingsfrom close-up with a wide-angle lens. Inter-esting viewpoints will certainly be possiblewith the 20 mm. You can not only correctthe perspective of buildings or objects, butalso create extreme distortions in perspec-tive. I could for example imagine a pan shothigh up on a building: to create a moreextreme viewpoint the lens could be shifteddownwards. So you would actually pan wid-er than the buildings height, and therebycreate even more extreme cambered lines.

    ?: Youve also already used the shift and tiltsystem in combination with Motion Control.

    Stefan von Borbly: I worked for Un-titled and Matthias Zentner with MagicMove in Munich, a motion control company.They adapted additional motors to theshift and tilt system and integrated theseadditional control possibilities into theMotion Control. On this shoot we control-led focus and the horizontal tilt plane.

    For a reverse tracking shot, products en-tered the image, and finally so did an ac-tress. Using the tilt plane we could setwhether the products and the actress shouldbe in-focus, or just the actress. On oneclose-up shot of her face we panned thesystem the other way for a change, tomake her mouth totally out-of-focus. Thatworked really well.

    ?: Why is this type of image creation withthe shift and tilt system so modern now?

    Stefan von Borbly: Because previ-ously we didnt have these possibilities,which come from large format stills photo-graphy, in a professional form. Adapta

    As distinctive as a face, recognisableat first sight, interesting and mysticalat the same time: that is how commercialsshould look in the late 90s. In search ofexpressive possibilities, a process has beenrediscovered for the moving image whichwas always known and used in stills pho-tography: shifting and tilting of the lens.What is new is the how: Before it used tobe all about showing technical perfectionwith seemingly infinite depth of focus. Nowselective focus is called for meaningthe discovery of the psychological poten-tial of a subtly directed glance. Shots arecreated, and even experts ask how theycould have been made without great effortor extensive post-production costs. Theanswer is easy: with the shift and tilt systemand a focus setting which contradicts allpreviously applied (Scheimpflug-) rules.

    Roman Kuhn and his team used this tech-nique for the series of FACES spots whichwere made for RTL. We spoke to DoP Stefanvon Borbly about the possibilities of theShift & Tilt system, which he has alreadybeen using for the past year.

    Stefan von Borbly: The FACES areshown before the commercial breaks. Thegoal was to get the viewers attention asquickly as possible for the following com-mercial break. To do this we wanted toshow womens faces in a new, interesting

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    tions from photo-shift lenses were available,but these are very limited in their creativepossibilities.

    ?: Is this just a short-term trend or is thisform of image creation here to stay?

    Stefan von Borbly: I think itll be likedutching which was very popular for awhile: in the early 90s every image had tobe dutched. With time though this hasbeen reduced to where it is used to supportthe image. The out-of-focus effect will alsolevel off. But the shift and tilt system alsoreally does extend the boundaries of whatis technically possible and so goes far be-yond a trend. People will find images whichcant be created in any other way forexample in dream sequences. Effects shouldbe used very consciously; you do some-thing like that once or twice in a film, butnot all the time.

    ?: What tip would you give someone whohas never used the system before?

    Stefan von Borbly: I would start byadjusting the shift plane and watchinghow the image frame is altered. Then youcan swing away one plane such as thehorizontal and watch how the focal planeis displaced. With the shift adjustment theimage frame can be corrected again. Ifyou feel safe at this point you can tilt in thesecond plane and turn the shift plane. Go-ing through the process step-by-step helpsto understand it.

    With kind support:RTL Television/Manfred Becker, Creative Directorand Roman Kuhn & Partner GmbHFilmproduktion

    The Basic Version of the ARRI Shift & TiltSystem Comprises:Adjustment unit with colour-coded operat-ing elements for ease of use:

    Adapter fr 15 mm und 9 mm support rods

    4 lenses:24 mm/T4 45 mm/T2.8 90 mm/T2.8 110 mm/T2

    Ident No.: K0.52001.0

    In addition the following accessories areavailable:

    7 additional lenses, see table

    Retro-adapter to enable use ofthe lenses in retro focus positionfor extreme enlargements K2.52021.0

    PL adapter for lenses with PL mount K2.52020.0

    Filter attachment for round 4.5" filter K2.52034.0

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    Lenses18/T3.8 20/T2.8 24/T4 28/T2.8 35/T2.8 45/T2.8 60/T3.5 80/T1.9 90/T2.8 110/T2 150/T2.8

    Focal length 18 mm 20 mm 24 mm 28 mm 35 mm 45 mm 60 mm 80 mm 90 mm 110 mm 150 mm

    Max. aperture 1:3.5 1:2.8 1:3.5 1:2.8 1:2.8 1:2.8 1:3.5 1:1.9 1:2.8 1:2 1:2.8

    Image circle diameter 38.6 43.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.2(1.52") (1.7") (2.29") (2.29") (2.29") (2.29") (2.29") (2.29") (2.29") (2.29") (2.29")

    Front diameter 95 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87

    T-Stop scale 3.8-22 2.8-22 4-22 2.8-22 2.8-32 2.8-22 3.5-22 1.9-22 2.8-22 2-16 2.8-22

    Weight (g/lb.) 330/0.72 350/0.77 480/1 400/0.88 300/0.66 500/1.1 590/1.3 510/1.12 440/0.9 780/1.75 660/1.5

    Lens angle (degrees)

    TV horizontal 59 54 46 40 32 25 19 14 13 10 8

    TV vertikal 46 42 35 30 25 19 14 11 10 8 6

    1.85:1 horizontal 61 55 47 41 33 26 20 15 13 11 8

    1.85:1 vertikal 35 32 27 23 18 14 11 8 7 6 4

    Order number K2.52031.0 K2.52018.0 K2.52010.0 K2.52033.0 K2.52032.0 K2.52011.0 K2.52022.0 K2.52017.0 K2.52012.0 K2.52013.0 K2.52019.0

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    An often asked question the mediaindustry is Who does what, withwhich tools?. Increasingly this need forinformation is answered in an opticallyimpressive way with show reels, self por-traits and image trailers. With our 15-minute scenic image trailer we wanted topresent the German broadcasting companyZDF abroad. In 12 days filming we por-trayed the ZDFs main offers: series, film,news, documentaries and sport, all shownwithin a scenic framework to enable us towork with as little archival material aspossible.

    Highest quality was required, so we pro-duced on 35 mm film using the ARRIFLEX535. Together with the standard lenses14, 25 and 85 mm, we rented the newZeiss Variable Primes from the film equip-ment rental house Pille in Wiesbaden.

    These focal lengths as well as the manu-facturer have accompanied me throughoutmy career. That made it even more inter-esting to now be able to follow and assessthe latest developments.

    Our filming experience was very positive:the maximum aperture, which is T 2.2 onall three VPs, allows night shoots basicallywithout greater lighting needs. The large

    focal length range offered by each lenscovers all the necessary image angles.The lenses are superb, distortion-free, andexceptionally sharp. Due to the maskingof the front lens, stray light had practicallyno chance, even without a matte box orformat masks. A small but very importantfeature.

    Of course through the all-in-one effect,frequent lens change is a thing of the past:I could offer the images faster, and theassistant was also freed up for other ac-tivities.

    In physically tight sets the actual length ofthe VPs occasionally caused a slight ob-stacle. Then we reverted to the tried-and-true standard lenses. You should not un-derestimate the three cases one for eachVariable Prime that need to be stowedin the camera van.

    The VPs are not designed as zoom lenses,but they do offer more so with the supportof a zoom fluid the possibility to com-pensate somewhat, for example to zoom ina little, a framing which is hardly noticedby the viewer because of the action in theimage.

    Handling on pan shots was also surpris-ingly good. The solid construction and theresulting considerable weight allow forbalanced camera handling.

    The scales for focusing and aperture areprinted very large and the mechanics areextremely precise. Due to its long focalrange, we used the VP 3 most frequentlyon our production. The ability to vary aclassical portrait focal length continuouslyfrom 85 to 105 mm with an open apertureis of course very interesting. Additionallythe particularly bright finder image despite the zoom capability was veryconvincing. The VP 2, which is more oftenused for full shot/medium shot and medi-um close-ups, is physically the longest ofthe trio. Working with it was still comfort-able though and thanks to the lens supportalso absolutely safe for the flange focaldistance.

    Our conclusion: Excellent lenses whichshould be part of the standard equipmentof any production, particularly when thingshave to move fast: as for example on ourshoot with Horst Tappert (in the GermanTV-series Derrick) when we could only beon set for a very short time so as not todisturb the production plan more than nec-essary, and where we had to get by withjust one take if possible.

    The Team:Production: ZDF, Screenworks, WiesbadenExecutive producer: Rolf HermannDirector: Olaf SteenfadtDoP: Roland BreitschuhCamera assistant: Michael KernGaffer: Karlheinz BrcknerGrip/Set: Stefan Undeutsch

    ZDF-Image Trailer with the Variable PrimesROLAND BREITSCHUH DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCES

    left to right:Winy TomscykRoland BreitschuhOlaf Steenfadt

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    V P stands for Variable Prime, i.e. vari-able fixed focal length. At first glancethat seems contradictory, but it expressesvery well what the system intends: insteadof the usual 8 to 12 fixed focal lengthsand an additional zoom lens for the rangebetween 18 and 100, the VP-packageconsists of three short zoom-lenses. Theirfocal ranges overlap slightly, and altogeth-er they cover a range from 16 to 105 mm.The VP 1 has a focal range from 16 to30 mm, the VP 2 from 29 to 60 mm andthe VP 3 from 55 to 105 mm. And sincewere on the technical data: all three op-tics have a very acceptable aperture open-ing of T 2.2.

    That was one of the main reasons why weput the VPs on our equipment list. Ourcinema clip for adAugrus accessoriesrequired after a car chase exterior/nightand cross-cut interior shots. The locationwas a part of the Mannheim industrial portIV. Not just due to the image sequencethat director Jrg Lhdorff with operatorThorsten Schmidt had worked out requir-ing a multitude of tracking shots, flash pansand zooms, but also because of the shortfilming schedule from sunset to sunrise wewere grateful for every possible time-sav-ing. In a word, the Variable Primes offeredthe solution to all these problems and weretherefore as if made for our purpose.

    Of course some uncertainties remainedwhich we were only able to clarify whileshooting. With the Eastman Kodak 5287filmstock and using a sepia filter as wellas the ARRI Varicon, we had just 125 ASA.We agreed to film mainly with an open ornearly open aperture. The second uncer-tainty was the optical quality of the lenses.Despite the fantastic zooms available to-

    day, you do tend sometimes to accept theirsmall optical disadvantages in use mini-mal chromatic aberrations, light focalpumping, slightly reduced resolution etc.But we would treat the VPs as fixed focallength lenses and also use them as such.

    To state the result up-front: the VariablePrimes are completely satisfactory as var-iable fixed focal length lenses, which inevery way are comparable to the primecompetition, and are actually better. Evenwith an open aperture, the optical qualityof the VPs is perfect in all focal lengths,without reservation. The generous focusingscale allows surprisingly extreme close-upshots, even on long focal lengths. Particu-larly Jochen Stblein, our first cameraassistant, was very impressed.

    One thing which would occasionally havebeen desirable for our purposes is a some-what more geared-down zoom control,but in most cases its not really necessary.Resolution and contrast of the optics areenormous. Even the classical case of carlights at night didnt cause any reflectionsor stray light. That was particularly impor-tant for the lighting concept which I hadworked out with my gaffer Tom Grok. Strongcontrast and glaring reflections and prac-ticals were used to optically underscorethe story.

    The VPs sharpness is superb. Thanks toinner focusing of the lenses with a stablefront lens group, the annoying pumpingon focal changes has been entirely elimi-nated. In addition, focus of course remainsstable over the entire zoom range.

    My only criticism is the weight of the optics,due to the very robust construction and

    A REPORT BYDOP PHILIPP TIMME

    Car-Commercialwith theVariable Primes

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    the up to 14 optical elements. This makesshoulder-operation unlikely. Of courseyou have to use a 6.6" x 6.6" matte boxwith the Variable Primes, together with theadapter ring for the Cooke 1:5 zoom.

    In summary I must say that I was positivelysurprised, despite the high expectationswhich I naturally had of an Zeiss/ARRIproduct such as the VP optics. They areone of those occasional aids which makeit easier for the DoP to realize his visionswithout worrying about the technology.Their use for our purpose was a completesuccess and I think that the images in ourclip speak for themselves and at the sametime for the Carl Zeiss/ARRIFLEX VariablePrimes.

    Philipp TimmePhillip Timme is a German DoP who daredthe move to Hollywood and made it there.After numerous commercials and featurefilms shot in Germany he moved to the Statesto work as a visual effects DP. Currentlyhe is shooting for Touchstones ARMAGEDDON,directed by Michael Bay. Among his ex-

    tensive experiences as a visual effects DPare THE POSTMAN, INDEPENDENCE DAY andDantes Peak. INDEPENDENCE DAY was present-ed with the Academy Award for the bestvisual effects in 1997.

    The Team:Producer: AV GaierExecutive producer: Sylvia SabiwalskyDirector: Jrg LhdorffDoP: Philipp TimmeOperator: Thorsten SchmidtFirst assistant: Jochen StbleinMaterial assistant: Marc Bobby RogollGaffer: Tom GorkDolly-Grip: Andr HahnCamera: ARRIFLEX 35 IIILenses: Variable PrimesFilm: Eastman Kodak 5287

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    I magine a pole-vaulter sprinting towardsthe camera, which is running at thestandard speed of 25 fps. As he jumps,the frame rate changes to 125 fps. Opti-cally this gives the impression that he hasjumped over the bar at just a fifth of hisactual speed.

    This trick is possible with the ARRIFLEX435ES, which is capable of altering theframe rate while the computer controlledmirror shutter automatically compensatesthe exposure with a continuously variableshutter angle between 11.2 and 180 .A fantastic possibility! Perfectly exposedacceleration and deceleration effects di-rectly while filming. Of course the exposureprogramme must be set in the camerabeforehand. Then you simply push a button.

    This creates a variety of creative possibili-ties for producing commercials, clips andfeature films and at the same time post-production costs in the lab or on the com-puter are reduced.

    For the Dutch/Belgian journal AV Maga-zine I had plenty of opportunity to tryout the possibilities of the ARRIFLEX 435ESand the Variable Primes.

    PreparationBefore the shoot I had the camera and lens-es measured by Fofics ARRIFLEX specialist,Edgar Gomes. We checked the lenses onthe collimator and they all showed a won-derfully sharp image. These high-speedlenses (T 2.2) offer not only fantastic imagequality, but can be used both as zooms andas genuine fixed focal length lenses. I haveoften had to move camera and tripod backand forth while filming a commercial witha prime lens until I finally found the rightframe. With the Variable Primes thats nowmuch easier. You turn the focal length ringuntil you find the desired image frame thats all! Intermediate focal lengths arenow also available. The desired focal lengthcan be locked on the lenses with a clampscrew. Thats very useful if you need exactlythe same frame again, as for example ondouble exposures.

    Testing in PracticeEarly this year I read a report in AmericanCinematographer by DoP William Bennett.He reports how during the shooting of acommercial, a 435 was accidentally hit bya car. The camera fell five feet, crashedonto the concrete sidewalk, and slid twelvemore feet. The matte box was destroyed,but the only damage to the camera was aslight crack in the magazine. We replacedit with an ARRIFLEX 35 III type magazineand shot the rest of the night. All the foot-age, before and after the accident, wasperfect! The day after the accident we testedthe steadiness of the movement against alatent-image grid, pre-exposed on an op-tical printer using an Acme camera with aBell and Howell 7709 type fixed-registra-tion pin movement. We took this latent-image film and exposed it a second timein the 435ES with the grid rotated about10 , so the two sets of grid lines wouldcross each other on the negative. Using anew 435 type magazine, we ran the cam-era at: 12, 24, 30 and 150 fps with a180 shutter. In all cases the image wasrock steady!

    Testing the ARRIFLEX 435ES and the VP-Lenses

    Rob de Windduring the test

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    A similar thing happened to me during ashoot: I was working on a rolling fishingboat when the remote control cable gotstuck behind the rigging. The RCU crashedto the deck. I thought there go the seashots. But everything was fine not eventhe paint was damaged.

    On a further take I wanted to film seagullsflying around the shrimp boat while thecatch was being sorted. The 435 was fittedwith the VP 3. The speed had to changefrom 8 fps to 125 fps during shooting. Inaddition I set a program to make the cam-era carry out this acceleration sequence.The remote control unit displays not onlythe actual duration of the acceleration ordeceleration process but also calculatesthe screen time in the cinema. Thats veryuseful. For my effect I programmed a screentime of 15 seconds.

    Once enough seagulls were circling overthe stern, I pressed the green start key onthe camera. I then activated the gradualslow motion sequence with the RAMP key.The camera accelerated without a prob-lem. But when youre filming at 125 fps thats 5 times normal speed the film isgone in no time. You have to be aware ofthat, even if youre captivated by a beau-tiful scene.

    The optical impression of this effect wasfantastic. Hundreds of seagulls are divingin search of food in the wake of the boat,then suddenly in the starting slow motionsequence they remain nearly still. The ex-posure remained perfect throughout thetake. It was marvellous. The mirror shutteron the ARRIFLEX 435ES adapts perfectlyto the speed-change and the depth-of-fieldremains completely constant.

    The ExperiencesThe ARRIFLEX 435ES is easy to handleand has a very bright and flexible findersystem. It feels reliable and good on yourshoulder, and it is user-friendly. Its goodthat the Vario Speed Unit was integratedinto the 435. Programming the camera iseasy. I used the RCU-1 remote control unitwhich is easy to operate. I particularly likedthe perfection with which the ARRIFLEX435ES allows you to change frame rate.

    The image sharpness was also noticeable.Looking at the results Bert Hulshoff (Cine-co filmlab), a connoisseur suprme in suchmatters, said the images created with thiscamera are 100% perfect. Ive never seenanything like it. On a double exposurewhere we had high tension wires (of coursewith no wind), even the wires are sharp asa knife. Thats unique.

    The camera is as fantastic in use as in theresults. With the ARRIFLEX 435ES its easyto design creative shots. You can give yourimagination free rein. For me the ARRIFLEX435ES is a camera with revolutionary pos-sibilities, and its ideal for commercialsand clips.

    Rob de WindDuring 23 years Rob de Wind has beenactive in his company Rob de WindVakfotografie & Filmproduktie. He mademore than a thousand hours in helicop-ters for airial photography and crossedthe Sahara in a Land Rover. His activitieshave brought him numerous prizes.

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    THE MOST MAGNIFICENT JOB IN THE WORLD:being a teacher in the turbulent multi-cultural Parisian suburbs? With GrardDepardieu in the leading role and 300prints, this was one of the biggest and mostsuccessful films of 1996 in France. Jean-Luis Deriaz and Yves Clanet (of TechniCinphot, France) talked to Jean-Yves LeMener, DoP on this box office hit. In thelast 10 years he has made over 40 films,including Les Visiteurs (The Visitors,1993), the biggest and commercially mostsuccessful French film in recent years.

    T.C.P.: You shot THE MOST MAGNIFICENT JOBIN THE WORLD (LE PLUS BEAU METIER DU MONDE),a film by Grad Lauzier, with the VariablePrimes. This was the first time these lenseshave been used on a French feature film.

    J. Y. Le Mener: Thanks to the supportof T.C.P. and Samalga, I was able to tryout the Variable Primes and compare themthoroughly with the Zeiss standard T 2.1lenses which we also used.

    Over 90 % of the film was shot with theVariable Primes and almost 2/3 of thatwith the VP 2 (29-60 mm T 2.2) that mustbe the best proof that I liked the system.

    We used two cameras, an ARRIFLEX 535and a BL 4s. The Variable Primes seemedto be welded onto the cameras. On themain camera, the 535, we mostly used theVP 2, on the other the VP 3. The large aper-ture opening enabled us to do the nightshots. Less than 10 % of the film was shotwith the standard lenses, only when we wereobliged to use them, for reasons of weightfor example, such as with Steadicam.

    The VPs are extremely high-performing andremarkably sharp lenses, even at openaperture. Maybe they have a little morecontrast than the standard lenses, but inpractice the difference is hardly noticeable.

    The adaptability of these lenses is veryinteresting, although they arent properzooms with a large focal length range. TheVariable Primes saved us a considerable

    amount of time while shooting. For theassistants that meant far fewer lens chang-es. Then there are the increased creativepossibilities. For example camera moveswith difficult angles in narrow corridors.If lack of space forces you to do withoutthe zoom, you get a much better solutionwith the compact VPs than standard lensescan offer. You can easily and comfortablyadapt the framing with a change from forexample 32 to 28 mm without changinglenses.

    Personally I really appreciate the possibil-ities of perfect fading out you can com-pletely close the lens aperture.

    The front diameter is identical on all threeVPs. That meant we could use exactly thesame filters.

    T.C.P.: In filming you often use the 535spossibilities for effects shots. Do you alsouse the Variable Primes for these?

    J. Y. Le Mener: Of course, the focallength ring on these lenses is luckily equip-ped with a wonderful scale and a fixingposition for the chosen focal length. Wher-ever necessary I can keep the same settingor find it again.

    T.C.P.: And the systems weak points?

    J. Y. Le Mener: Without wanting to beflattering in filming I didnt notice any-thing negative: no spherical aberrations,

    not even with different focal lengths atnight no flaring, no ghosting In certainsituations for example in shoulder useor with Steadicam the VPs are of coursetoo heavy. With the LOUMA handling wasquite easy though.

    Apart from the optics, I would also like tosay something about the noise level. Despitethe larger emission surfaces compared tothe standard lenses, I didnt hear any neg-ative comments from our sound recordistabout the lenses used. And thats very im-portant.

    It would be nice if all three VPs could besupported in one position. When youchange the lens the support could then stayin place and wouldnt need to be moved.But thats a fine point!

    T.C.P.: And how do you rate the systemfrom the point of view of the production?

    J. Y. Le Mener: My practical experi-ences in filming of course dont take intoconsideration the rental costs of a set ofVariable Primes compared to a set of stand-ard lenses. It would be difficult to calcu-late the time saved in shooting and theadvantage in quality, although of coursethats important.

    T.C.P.: Thank you for this interview.

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    Eyes Wide Shut

    Stanley Kubrick is currently working onhis new project EYES WIDE SHUT in England.DoP Larry Smith is filming with theARRIFLEX 535B on location in London andthe Pinewood Studios. Tom Cruise andNicole Kidman are in the leading roles ofKubricks new production.

    Production:Hobby Films for Warner Brothers

    Camera-equipment:ARRI Rental, Munich

    For years, ShowBiz West in Los Angeles,has been one of the largest exhibition inthe motion picture industry. Over 500companies present their products and serv-ices at the show.

    This year, the entire ARRI Group will presentitself in a newly designed and enlargedbooth. With an area of 2,000-sq. ft., ARRIis one of the largest exhibitors at ShowBizWest.

    In addition to the product display areaswhere new and existing camera andlighting equipment such as the newLOCPRO 35, the Shift & Tilt-System andthe integrated Video Assist System willbe shown, the ARRI Group will also bepresenting their worldwide company net-work.

    ARRI is located in the Convention Center,booth 1650.

    The most expensive production of 1996 isthe $ 100 Mio. fantasy film THE FIFTH ELEMENTby Luc Besson

    The Super-35 production was filmed withARRIFLEX 535 and 435 cameras. Bill Neil,Visual Effects Director of Photography,was extremely satisfied with the 435: Iwas amazed at the performance of thiscamera in terms of its steadiness at allspeeds. In fact, it was rock steady, goodenough for matte work from two frames to150 frames a second - in both forwardand reverse. Ive never seen any cameramade anyplace in the world that coulddo that.

    THE FIFTH ELEMENT premiered mid-May inthe United States and starts in Germanyin August.

    Luc Besson with the ARRIFLEX 435

    The Fifth Element

    left to right: Heinz Feldhaus,Stanley Kubrick, Larry Smith

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    SHINE was one of those scripts that real-ly got it right: A simple story of aman and a piano, told with passion andemotion. It affected my focus puller, SallyEccleston so much that she paid her ownway to the UK for the London leg of theshoot. Our director, Scott Hicks, had livedwith the project for ten years, refining thescript with Jan Sardi, and finally findingthe perfect cast.

    I have known Scott for many years, sinceschool days in fact. We worked togetheron television projects more than ten yearsago and have maintained the friendship.He was sharing our house while cutting

    his documentary THE GREAT WALL OF IRONin 1989 when he first started telling meabout the life of David Helfgott. He toldthe story with passion and a sense ofhumour that have stayed to the finishedfilm.

    We talked about the film over the years,and it came close to getting its moneyseveral times, until finally I got the call fromScott saying are you still on for this?A few month later we found ourselves inTrafalgar Square at five in the morningdoing the first shot of the shoot. A mobiletelephone was next to the slate so Jan Sardiback in Australia could hear action andknow that SHINE was finally happening.

    Knowing a director as a film maker andfriend really help the film making process.Getting into a directors head, helpingwith their vision where you can, is for meone the great joys of film making. Scotthad talked about his visual metaphor forDavid Helfgotts life as a journey intolight, a fairly dark childhood with manydark periods, before he finally came into

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    the light, the spot light of the concert stage,the limelight of success. This was a greatcue for me and I needed no further encour-agement to go into the darkness.

    The fight with his father as a teenager, evenplaying the piano at night for his father asan eight year old has an underlying ten-sion, and the darkness of the scene helps.Some glimpses of the light at the end of thetunnel with his success at the Royal Collegeof Music bathed in the concert spotlight.On the other side, we had seen RogerWooded walk into the light after winningthe national competition, while David hadto stay in the shadows Then darkness inthe limbo world of mental institutions andhalf way houses, with the light very muchcoming from outside David looking outthe window at the trees and hearing thestirring of music, his feet hopping on sun-light patterns. The transition being his slowmotion run through the rain, back to thepiano bar, back to music. His marriage toGillian light and bright, his return to thestage with the spotlight peeking throughthe crowd and finally bathing David.

    cult and unhelpful location. Most of ourwork was on the fourth floor and the localcouncil would not allow cherry pickers orlifts so we could not light through windowsso we had to be inventive.

    Our camera package was the ARRIFLEX535A with Zeiss standard lenses, a Can-on 200 mm and a Cooke Varotal 18 mm -100 mm zoom. We rarely used the zoomtending instead to stay with the Zeiss T 2.1glass. I come from a documentary back-ground where I like to operate the cameramyself. Its good for communication withthe director and really keeps me in touchwith the image. The 535 viewfinder wasexcellent, very clear and bright. Often fo-cus was checked in the viewfinder insteadof running with the tape. I found it alsoreally good to light through, constantlygoing back to the camera to check theimage as I worked with the gaffer.

    The swing over viewfinder saved us on acouple of shots. One very tight situationhad the camera on a narrow staircase inThe Royal College of Music with Sir JohnGielgud walking past our lens followed byNoah Taylor. There was hardly room forSir John let alone camera, operator andfocus puller. However we managed withthe viewfinders help to get into a positionwhere I could pan the camera with ouractor. He had just celebrated his ninetyfirst birthday!

    The concert sequences were fun, the basicplan of attack being to put David in thespotlight, dim the house lights loosing theaudience and orchestra and focus onDavids world. We always talked aboutslow motion and really exploring every

    DoP Geoffrey Simpson

    The shoot consisted of two weeks shootingin London, mainly the Royal College ofMusic, followed by nine weeks in Adelaide.The London leg was particularly toughwith The Royal College being a very diffi-

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    angle possible on a grand piano, hands,feet, keyboards and face. The shiny blacksurfaces also presented wonderful oppor-tunities for reflections. I think with moretime and budget we would have rippedthe piano apart and photographed ham-mers hitting wires in macro close up at120 frames per second. Still it was a nicesequence to photograph, hand holdingthe camera and moving quickly roundDavid. What a challenge for our focuspuller Sally Eccleston, who did a great job.

    On the 535, she was particularly impressedwith the Camera Control Unit (CCU) whichgave her constant monitoring of the manyfunctions now available. We did use thein-shot frame rate and variable shutter func-tion a couple of times, another great toolthat I am sure will continue to grow in use.Sally also reported no scratches and nohairs in the gate over eleven weeks offilming.

    For some of young Davids story we usedwide lenses for many of the close ups, the20 mm and 24 mm often coming out ofthe box. This put us very close to a youngactor who was often speaking in a loweredtone. The quietness of the ARRIFLEX 535was remarkable. As I often looked over toour sound recordist Toivo Lember at theend of a take I would find a smiling faceand the universal thumbs up.

    Our gaffer for the bulk of the shoot wasSouth Australias Trevor Toune. ThoughI now live in Sydney and have not workedwith him for many years, it was great towork together again on our tenth film. Asis the Australian custom, Trevor owns hisown lamps and generator, the bulk of hislamps have that familiar blue paint. Acouple of ARRI 12 kW HMI, two 6 kW HMI,three 4 kW HMI, two 2.5 kW HMI, one6 kW PAR and two 1200 PARS. SHINE wasa location shoot with only one set, thebathroom from Davids childhood. So wewere lighting through windows wherepossible for the daylight work. Needlessto say we emptied Trevors truck on mostdays, sometimes hiring in an extra lampor two for some larger interiors.

    We used Eastman Kodak 5293 for exteri-ors and some daylight interiors and 5298for all night work. It was winter for theAustralian leg of the shoot, so the shortshooting days kept us running in the after-noon. The 5293 rated at 200 ASA wasvery useful as sun hit the tree tops, butsometimes we had to finish on the faster5298. We were basically a single camerashoot, with lots of actual locations, nothingparticularly tricky lighting-wise, just tryingto do justice to a wonderful script. The filmwas a small low budget shoot with anAustralian crew who kept their sense ofhumour when the going got tough. It wasfantastic to work with a crew who were socommitted to a script, the actors and their

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    director. Now the film has been nominatedfor seven Oscars and our lead actorGeoffrey Rush has already won best actorat the Golden Globes and the Oscar. Thereal David Helfgott has found his careerskyrocketing and our director has signeda deal with DreamWorks. Talk about happyendings!

    Production: Momentum Films

    Director: Scott HicksScript: Jan SardiDoP: Geoffrey Simpson, A.S.C.1st Assistant: Sally EcclestonGaffer: Trevor TouneSound: Tiovo LemberCamera and additional lighting equipment:Cameraquip, MelbourneARRI MEDIA, London

    Geoffrey Simpson A.C.S.Geoffrey Simpson just received the BronzeFrog at the CAMERIMAGE Festvial inPoland for SHINE.

    1996 Oscar And Lucinda1995 Some Mothers Son

    Shine1994 Little Woman1993 The War1992 Mr. Wonderful1991 Fried Green Tomatoes1991 The Last Days Of Chez Nous1990 Deadly

    Green Card1989 Till There Was You1988 Fields Of Fire III

    Eden LostCelia

    1987 The NavigatorJiltedRiddle of the Stinson

    1986 The ShiraleeInitiationGallaghers TravelsThe Blue Lightning

    1985 Playing Beatie BrownCall Me Mr. Brown

    1982 Mad Max II/The Road Warrior(2nd unit DoP)

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    An American Werewolf in Paris

    I n this funny as well as fast-paced horror-comedy, three young Americans on aEuropean trip meet the blood-thirsty ances-tors of the erstwhile London werewolf inFrances capital: 15 years after John Landisglittering, effect-laden production ANAMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, the crea-tures of the night return. In the lead rolesare Julie Delpy (HOMO FABER, THE THREEMUSKETEERS, AFTER SUNRISE) and Tom EverettScott (known from Tom Hanks directingdebut THAT THING YOU DO). After exteriorshoots in Paris, Metz and in studios inLuxembourg AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF INPARIS is currently being completed in Ger-many as a European production with abudget of 30 Million DM.

    A REPORT BY ROMAIN GEIB

    The director and script writer is the British-born Anthony Waller, who lives in Germanyand has made a name for himself throughcommercials and with his remarkabledirectorial debut MUTE WITNESS. 10 yearsexperience in the commercials businessprepared him for the big screen. To createhis werewolves he used the most modernspecial effects and camera technologyavailable.

    DoP on this lavish production is EgonWerdin, who once made his debut behindthe camera supporting Roland Emmerich(NOAHS ARC PRINCIPLE DAS ARCHE NOAHPRINZIP, JOEY). His camera work in TV filmsand cinema productions by young Germandirectorial talents have already won himtwo German film prizes. On the altogetherfour months filming with a decidedly

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    European filmcrew, representing nine na-tions, ARRIFLEX 435 and 535 packagesfrom the Munich ARRI Camera Rental parkwere constantly in simultaneous use.

    The atmosphere called for a lot more lightthan on for example MUTE WITNESS. Main-stream American productions are certain-ly one of the reasons for this. But if youdisregard that, we have also found thatmany cinemas project too dark. In this filmthere are two totally different lightingatmospheres: very warm and very cold col-ours. The cold tones are for the bad side,in connection with the moon, and the warmtones are for the good side. In contrastto MUTE WITNESS we are now working withclear, or true colours, reports EgonWerdin.

    In order to give the action-oriented visualstory the necessary dynamics for the roller-coaster-like plot, he insisted on being ableto use Steadicam equipment for the entireshooting period. Second Unit DoP was JrgWidmer, an experienced Steadicam oper-ator. For him the lightweight magazineLM-1 was ideal for Steadicam shots withthe ARRIFLEX 535: With the lightweightmagazine the camera is very well-balanced.That facilitates flexible use, particularly inthe sometimes very constrained sets of re-constructed Paris metro shafts and under-ground sewer channels.

    The digitally animated sequences of AMERICANWEREWOLF IN PARIS are some of the mostcomplicated currently being created incomputer-animated cinema internationally,considering the high percentage of themin the whole film and the amount of workinvolved. The transformation phases, inwhich the actors change into the horrifyingcreatures, are particularly spectacular. Forthe werewolf scenes special lifelike were-wolf creatures Animatronics were con-structed. Precise, motion-controlled green-screen sequences are subsequently reworkeddigitally on the computer, and in severalimage planes (real images, travelling mattes,computer-animated parts) combined intoa sequence. This demands a high consist-

    ency in image steadiness from the camera.Although these days there are hardly anybounds to the corrections which can be car-ried out subsequently in digital processing,such complex digital composing visualeffects continue to make great demandson camera, especially for the big screen.

    Just for the composite trick sequences, forwhich real shots are combined with digit-ally animated images, approximately 150individual shots had to be taken. SFX cam-eraman Wade Childress came to knowand appreciate the wonderful image steadi-ness of the ARRIFLEX 435 and 535 duringthe several weeks of greenscreen studioshoots: We had until now only used Pan-avision cameras for digital and visualeffects and didnt have any experience withother systems. Particularly because of theKodak Vision filmstock we did extensivetests. Here we also experienced the excel-lent features of the film transport systemon the ARRIFLEX 435 and 535. The resultswere magnificent.

    The brand-new Kodak Vision filmstock5297, which was used for the first time inbig European feature film production, wasexposed well below the rated exposure in-dex at 250 ASA to give better detail.From April the European werewolves willpopulate US screens.

    Production: Comestone Pictures/Delux Productions

    Producer: Richard ClausDirector/Script: Anthony WallerDoP: Egon WerdinSecond Unit DoP: Jrg WidmerSFX Camera: Wade ChildressCamera and Lighting: ARRI Rental

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    The new LOCPRO 35 is a multipurpose35 mm filmprojector and video transfersystem for location, studio or conferenceuse. A switchable mirror system allows ei-ther wall projection or use of a 1/3" highresolution CCD-Color Imager. Image/soundsynchronization from the LOCPRO 35 ispossible with DAT recorder.

    Rapid Film Transport andSimple OperationFilm transport via a patented intermittentfilm drive sytem enables a film transportinterval of less than 0.01 sec. regardlessof projection speed. Constant film tensionand reliable film transport is guaranteedthrough the use of a computer-controlled

    drive system for the film platter motors.Two meters before the end of the film isreached, the projector stops automatically.

    Film loading is both fast and simple as aresult of the computer controlled system.After placing the film on either of the filmplatters, the free end is attached to anempty core on the other platter while simplydropping the film into the wide open filmchannel. All of the remaining film loadingsteps, of loop forming and film tensioningare accomplished automatically. The filmmay be removed at any time, even in themiddle of a roll by simply depressing thefilm load button.

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    Optimized Image Quality withFlicker Free ProjectionImage brightness, frame steadiness andimage clarity have been optimized for allapplications. Regardless of projectionspeed, the new film transport system guar-antees that there is no flicker. The 400 WHTI lamp enables optimum projection ofan image width of over 2 meters (6 ft) andaverage colour-temperature 5400 K.

    High Speed Shuttle

    High speed winding and quick localisationof specific film frames is accomplished byusing the projectors high speed shuttlemode. The film may be shuttled in bothforward and reverse at 200 frames persecond by simply turning the film speedcontrol knob. After switching back fromhigh speed shuttle to image projectionthe correct frame bar adjustment is pro-vided again by the constantly running elec-tronic frame counter.

    Special Characteristics at a Glance

    easy to operate excellent image quality short frame change period single frame operation high speed shuttle auto stop device auto recognition of winding direction infrared remote control HTI lamp wall and TV-projection computer interface external image synchronization fully integrated extras easy to transport

    Accessories

    Maintenance tool kit Service tool box Transport box

    Specification

    ProjectorType: LOCPRO 35

    Film format: 35 mm Positive/Negative

    Capacity of film platters: 300 m/1000 ft

    Projection speed (fps): 50 Hz operation: 50/25/12.5/6.25/3.12/1.56forward and reverse60 Hz operation: 60/30/15/7.5/3.75/1.87forward and reversefilm mode: 48/24/12/6/3/1.5 forward and reverse

    Single frame film transport: forward and reverse

    High speed shuttle: 200 fps

    Automatic stopping device: film drive stops automaticallyapprox. 2 m/6.7 before theend of the film

    Automatic recognition ofwinding direction: no change-over necessary

    for clockwise or counter-clockwise winding

    Digital display: frame counter, 5 digitsprojection speed set up mode

    Frame bar adjustment: during film transport or stillprojection

    Remote control: INFRARED

    Lamp projection: 400 W, 24 V, HTI-Lamp

    Lens: F 2/50 mm

    Focusing: manually

    Computer interface: RS 232, control and moni-toring of all operating- andvideofunctions

    Dimensions (overall): 740 (29.1") (w) x 700 (27.6")(d) x 510 (20.1") (h) mm

    Weight: approx. 56 kg/123.5 lbs

    Power supply: 230 V/50 Hz - 115 V/60 Hz

    1/3" CCD-Color IMAGER, High Resolution

    Signal system: PALNTSC

    Picture elements: 752 (H) x 582 (V) 768 (H)x 494 (V)

    Sensing area: 6.00 mm x 4.96 mm6.00 mm x 4.96 mm

    Sync system: internintern

    Scanning system: 2:1 interlaced2:1 interlaced

    S/N ratio: 46 dB48 dB

    H/V resolution: 460 (TV) line470 (TV) line

    Video out: FBAS oder Y/CVBS oder Y/C

    Frame line inserter: free adjustable formatmarking

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    Lightweight Focus Drive LFDThe set for the 16 SR range consists of thefocusing knob on the left, the gearwheeland the holder for the lightweight support.For right-side operation the set can beswapped over. For production matte boxessuch as the MB-19, a longer focusing knobis available. On 35 mm cameras only dif-ferent adapters are necessary.

    The flexible shafts and the focusing levercan be directly attached to the lightweightfocus drive or to the focus knob. The ta-pered marking disk facilitates reading thefocusing scale from an angle.

    Weight:Lightweight Focus Drive Set 490 g/1 lb

    New 4" x 5.65" Lightweight Matte Box LMB-5With the LMB-5 ARRI introduces a newlightweight matte box that is optimallysuited for the 16SR 3 and Super-16 film-ing. The range of feasible focal lengthsbegins at 6 mm for 16 mm cameras, andat 14 mm in the 35 mm format.

    The Lightweight Matte Box LMB-5 is equip-ped with two push-through 4" x 5.65" filterframes as well as with attachments for alight shield. The matte box is attacheddirectly to the front ring of the lens with aclamp adapter of appropriate diameter.

    The slip-on carbon fibre light shield is lightand compact and so can always remainin place. During breaks in shooting or whentransporting a completely set-up camera,the light shield can be folded down flatagainst the front of the matte box to protectthe filters or the front element of the lens.

    4" x 4" filter frames and set of masks for16 mm/35 mm lenses are available asadditional accessories.

    A compact and lightweight unit for fixedfocal length lenses on 35/16 mm camerasas well as for zoom lenses on 16 mmcameras: with a variety of interchangeableholders, the lightweight focus drive canbe attached directly to the 35 mm cameraor to the lightweight support of the 16 SRrange.

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    ARRI X, the New Daylight LuminaireWith the new high performance daylight floodlight ARRI X 40/25,ARRI has introduced a new generation ofluminaires. The floodlight was developedfor the even illumination of large areaswith daylight character. The applicationscover film and television productions,theatre performances and even use inphotographic studios.

    2500 Watt as well as 4000 Watt single-ended discharge lamps can be used asrequired. With the ARRI quick-changesocket, the bulb can be replaced simplyand safely. Alteration of the output andthe necessary lamp height compensationcan be done simply via a setting ring.

    The reflector is equipped with quick re-leases for flexible handling and can bereplaced without tools. Reflectors for hardshadows (Shadowlight) and for large,wide surface illumination with high lightintensity are available.

    The ARRI X housing is made of stable alu-minium plates and profiles, making it veryrobust in use.

    Technical Data:Capacity: 2500 W or 4000 W

    single-ended dischargelamps

    Colour temperature: 5600 K

    Lamp socket: G 38

    Dimensions (in mm): 432 (W) x 265 (L) x 612 (H)17" x 10 1/2" x 24"

    Weight: 18 kg / 39 lb 10 oz

    Light output in Lux:

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    SHOWTECThe new daylight luminaire ARRI X 40/25will be exhibited at the Show Tec in Berlinfrom June 3 to June 5.Visitors will not only have theopportunity to see the entirerange of ARRI lighting products.On June 3, 1997 at 1:00 p.m.they will also be able to listento a lecture held by ProfessorMax Keller on the subject Fas-cination Lighting.

    You can find ARRI inHall 20, Booth A18.

    Distance 3 m 5 m 10 m Beam-Angle

    2500 Watt 4028 1450 360 129

    4000 Watt 6110 2200 550 129

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    New Colleague inCamera Sales at ARRIBurkhard Schmalstieg has succeeded ascamera sales representative for Germany.Gerald Stekly has become sales managerfor ARRIs film and TV services.

    Mr. Schmalstieg has the perfect backgroundfor this position: as sales manager forcinematographic film at Agfa-Gevaert AGhe made many contacts to German DoPsand gained solid practical experience onnational and international productions.After internal training in the camera serv-ice department and camera rental park atARRI, Mr. Schmalstieg fully begins hisduties in May. He intends to pay particu-lar attention to the post-sales service forthe customers.

    S.R. Electronics, ARRIs representative inMumbai, has moved into new premises.As well as sales, Ravi Potdar now alsooffers comprehensive service for ARRI cam-eras and lighting equipment.

    In 1989 R. Potdar founded his own com-pany after over 20 years of experience insales and service of ARRI products. Earlythis year he delivered the first ARRIFLEX435ES to the Indian DoP R.M. Rao.

    S.R. Electronics12/351, Nirlon Colony, Siddharth Nagar,S.V. RoadGoregaon (West), Mumbai 400 062Tel.: 022 875 95 80, Fax: 022 895 44 58

    Academy Bonner Medal to Volker Bahnemann

    The John A. Bonner Medal for Commen-dation was presented by the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences to VolkerBahnemann, president of ARRIFLEX Cor-poration on March 1 at the Scientific andTechnical Awards Presentation dinner.

    The Bonner Medal, named in honor of thelate director of special projects at WarnerHollywood Studios, are awarded in appre-ciation for outstanding service and dedi-cation in upholding the high standards ofthe Academy.

    Bahnemann began his career at Arnold& Richter in 1959 and came to ARRIFLEXAmerica as a camera technician in 1963.He was named president in 1977 and hasbeen a driving force in the success of theARRIFLEX line of cameras in the UnitedStates.

    Bahnemann has been active over theyears in the Academys Scientific andTechnical Committee.

    The medal of commendation now namedfor Bonner has been given at intervals bythe Academy Board of Governors since1977, upon the recommendation of theScientific and Technical Awards Committee.

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    CAMERIMAGE the International FilmFestival of the Art of Cinematography took place for the 4th time in Torun(Poland). Its increasing popularity is nosurprise: CAMERIMAGE is the only festi-val in the world to concentrate on the art

    MunichNumerous visitors from the film and televisionindustry came together for ARRIs 8th OpenHouse in Munich. Over 800 film-makerscame to Studio 2 in Trkenstrae for a livelyexchange of ideas. This offered the opportu-nity to discuss projects, to keep up contactsor to establish new ones.

    of the DoP. ARRI, a sponsor of the festival,also gave the first detailed presentation ofthe ARRIFLEX 435 in Poland: a two-dayworkshop was attended by establishedDoPs as well as students of the Polish FilmSchool. Lodz ranks among the worldsfinest institutions. Poland has brought forthDoPs such as Janusz Kaminski (SCHINDLERSLIST) and Piotr Sobocinski (THE SEVENTHDOOR).

    The top-class festival jury consisted ofHaskell Wexler, Andrezej Zulawski, VilmosZsigmond, Robert Alazraki, MiroslavOndricek, Alexiei Rodionov and AndrzeyJaroszewicz. Nineteen films competed forthe Golden Frog. In addition 60 filmswere shown as well as a retrospective ofHaskell Wexlers work.

    The English DoP Dick Pope received theGolden Frog for SECRETS AND LIES. EduardoSerra (Silver Frog) and Geoffrey Simpson(Bronze Frog) were rewarded for theircamera work on the films JUDE and SHINErespectively. Haskell Wexler was awardedthe Life Achievement Award.

    Poland has developed over the years intoan interesting business partner for the filmindustry. Low shooting costs offer attractiveworking conditions, and the percentage offoreign productions is increasing. To meetthe demand for technical equipment, Polishrental parks continue to equip themselveswith new cameras, and the first ARRIFLEX435 and 535B cameras have already beenpurchased. In 1996, 22 feature films andover 230 commercials were filmed in Po-land.

    Open House at ARRIBerlinIntervision Cine Rent also held an OpenHouse, thereby officially opening ARRIsfacility in Berlin and presenting the latestlighting and camera equipment to its visitors.

    Intervision Cine Rent GmbH,Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 16-24,10553 BerlinPhone +49 30/34 68 00-0Fax +49 30/34 68 00-30

    CAMERIMAGE

    Intervision-Team: from top to bottom1st row: l. to r.: Hans-Georg Witthohn, Bernd Koschmidder2nd row: l. to r.: Siegfried Knig, Ronald-Michael Voigt,Nasser Heintzelmann, Regina Kunow, Sebastian Jahnke3rd row: l. to r.: Felicitas Schnatmann, Regina Nasu-In,Andreas Halle

    left to right: Gernot Roll,Andr Siebert

    left to right: Caroline Link, Rainer Matsutani,Katja Riemann, Rainer Kaufmann,Katja von Garnier

    left to right: Dominik Graf, Hans Noever,Helmut Dietl

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    Post ProductionA Quantel Henry V6 was installed inMunichs leading post-production houseARRI TV in early January 1997. The com-puter allows digital image processing in6 layers simultaneously, as well as numer-ous effects such as motion tracking, picturestabilizing or motion blur. The new Henryhas a storage capacity of 2 hours of un-compressed 4:2:2 video. For editing andeffects, ARRI TV now has the broadestrange of all studios:

    Digital on-line in a D1 suite with the effectsmachines Harriet from Quantel and Flintfrom Discreet Logic, Abekas A57, ADO3000

    two Flames from Discreet Logic Cineon Digital Film System Henry V6 Harry/Paintbox

    StudioBoth TV studios in Trkenstrae have alsobeen integrated into the digital ARRInetwork as of January 10. Vision controlwas upgraded with the image mixer Dia-mond Digital from Bosch. On studio pro-ductions it is now possible to access alldigital capacities via the internal router. Thesuperior capabilities of the Dynachrome-Keyer enables the combination of all in-house digital image sources.

    Digital FilmAt ARRI Digital Film, a department of ARRITV, a second Flame workstation fromDiscreet Logic was installed in April. Nowtwo Silicon Graphics Onyx computers areavailable. Kodak Cineon Digital Film Sys-tem also runs on these, including scanningand recording in film resolution.

    The animation software Alias Wavefronthas also recently been installed. In thenetwork with Softimage, which has alreadybeen used successfully for a long time,absolute state-of-the-art equipment is nowavailable for 3-D.

    left:The DigitalEdit Suite

    right:Colour gradingon Rank CintelUrsa Gold

    New Colleague New CompetenceJrgen Schopper, who has worked on thesuccessful American production INDEPEND-ENCE DAY has joined the company. He iscreative manager for 3-D animation anddesign development, thus enhancing theteam made up of Christian Singer (Henry)and Andr Siebert (Flame).

    TelecineIn the area of Telecine, ARRI TV uses twotop-class Rank Cintel Ursa Gold film scan-ners with DCP and Electric Sunroof colourcorrectors; Electric Sunroof enables selec-tive effects in programmed Softwindows,i.e. colour grading partially in the image.Both machines have now been equippedwith TWIGI, a special development by theEnglish company, Innovation TK. TWIGIimproves the signal-to-noise ratio andaliasing noticeably and thereby optimizesimage quality.

    Whats New at ARRI TVHenry V6/Digital Image Direction/Alias/TWIGI

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    A social clip what exactly is that?An advertisement for somethingwhich in no way fits commercialisation for a specific, sometimes even life-savingsocial behaviour. The Airbag is an Aids-clip produced for cinema and television inGerman and English. The project by theyoung director Marc Kbler was also auniversity project at the Art School for Mediain Cologne. The reknowned German talk-master Alfred Biolek and Werner Bargwere his diploma supervisors. On a projectcalling for such commitment, active part-ners are certainly vital.

    A professional 35 mm production with themost modern post-production and trickeffects was planned. ARRI Digital Film wasone of the companies that offered greatsupport. Angela Reedwisch and the Flame/Cineon team were enthusiastic about thissocial project. Thus one of the optical high-lights was created digitally the combina-tion of two layers of action. The scene: astoryboard is left lying on the desk in anoffice. As the camera draws closer, thedrawings come to life: the display of a hand-

    Social Clip The Airbag

    sketched elevator glows. The camera comescloser and closer, finally dipping into thesecond layer of the storys action. It fliesthrough the drawing into a real parkingbuilding in a dream-world

    Other film industry companies, such asKodak, Ruhr Sound Studios and Cine Rent,and also the car manufacturers Saab,BMW and Ford donated cars and spon-sored the development phase safety isof course in their interest too. The actorsand crew worked on postponed salaries.Marc Kbler has since then been employedon commercial productions in Englandand South Africa, where the market is boom-ing. As project manager for German com-panies he has noticed a clear increase ininterest in notable locations on the Cape.Currently he is negotiating with Europeanproducers for a script on Nelson Mandelasyears in prison.

    The Team Included:Director/script/Avid-editing: Marc KblerDoP: Michael WeyhersAssistant: Dirk SteinmeyerDigital images: ARRI Digital Film

    Car park, DsseldorfLocation scouting with sunset atmosphere

    Exact movements rehearsal andsetting, left actor Stefan Gebelhoft,right director Marc Kbler

    The Airbag

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    A Selection of Currently Serviced Productions

    ARRI Camera Rental, MunichTitle Production Company Director DoP Equipment

    CASCADEUR Cascadeur Filmproduction Hardy Martins Markus Fraunholz 435

    EYES WIDE SHUT Warner Bros./Hobby Films Stanley Kubrick Larry Smith 535B

    JAGDSAISON Arbor Filmproduction Karola Hattop Hartmut Lange 16SR3

    TARZAN & JANE CineVox/Film Africa Worldwide Carl Schenkel Paul Gilpin 535/535B/435

    TOM GERHARD 2 Constantin Film Gernot Roll Gernot Roll 535B/435

    WHEN THE LIGHT COMES Added Films International Stijn Coninx Theo Bierkens 535B

    WIDOWS Hager Moss Sherry Hormann Hans-Gnther Bcking 535

    ABEL TV 60 Filmproduction Marc Rothemund Johannes Kirchlechner 16SR3

    shooting already completed:

    CRAZY SIX Wild Side LTD/Crazy Six Tom Karnowski George Mooradian 535

    DATING GAME Olga Film Anno Saul Hans Grimmelmann 16SR3

    KULL THE CONQUEROR Korsala John Nicolella Rodney Charters 535/535B/435

    NACHTS Avista Film Peter Fratzscher Thomas Merker 535

    SIN QUERER Trans Film Ciro Capellari Jrgen Jrges 535/BL4s

    SPINNE IM NETZ Arbor Filmproduction Heidi Kranz-Fischerauer Mike Gast 16SR3

    THE HARPIST Schlemmer Film/Jester Pictures Hansjrg Thurn Gerry Lively 535/BL4s

    WEIHNACHTSFIEBER Clausen & Wbke Paul Harather Gernot Roll 535/535B

    ZWEI FRAUEN ZWEI MNNER Olga Film Vivian Naefe Peter Dttling 535

    ZWEI IM BERG Cinecas Film/Ventura Film Christoph Khn Peter Indergant BL4s

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    ARRI Lighting Rental,MunichTitle Production

    CRAZY SIX Studio Koliba

    KATRIN IST DIE BESTE NDF

    BYE BYE LOVE Hager Moss

    WEIHNACHTSFIEBER Hofmann & Voges

    FORSTHAUS FALKENAU NDF

    DR. STEFAN FRANK Phnix

    DEUTSCHE BA Input

    BULLYPARADE Pro 7

    BMW OPEN 97 Iphitos

    WHEN THE LIGHT COMES Added Films

    ABEL TV 60

    ARRI Digital FilmTitle Production Director Service

    OBSESSION Multimedia GmbH Peter Sehr Digital Compositing, Title Editing

    BANDITS Olga Film Katja von Garnier Digital Image Restoration(Anti-Flicker, Wire-Removal)Title Design and Digital Compositing

    NACHTS Avista Film Peter Fratzscher Visual Effects 3D and Compositing

    DER UNFISCH Terra Film Production Robert Dornhelm Digital Compositing in Cineon ofStock Footage and New MaterialWire Removal

    ZWEI IM BERG Ventura Film Christoph Khn Digital Compositing Cineon/FlameCrowdshot

    GIPSY MAGIC Vardar Film Stole Popov Digital Compositing CineonCreating of Stars in a Night Sky

    FEARLESS FOUR Bioskop Film Digital Filmrecording

    Marlboro Abenteuer Michael Conrad & Leo Burnett Digital Compositing CineonTeam 97 Colour Correction, Title Editing,BEARS PAW PRINT Different Country Versions

    NACHTS

    DER UNFISCH

    BANDITS

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    ARRI TVTV Commercials

    Title Production

    Siemens EDITION 150 Embassy of Dreams

    BMW SHOWROOM Hager Moss Filmproduction

    Siemens TOM German Answer Production

    Pro 7 BRSENGANG E&P Commercial

    Bitburger FORMEL 1 Heye & Partner

    BFG DER BANKEXPERTE German Answer Production

    Deutsche BA VORURTEILE Input Filmproduction

    Fanta INSIDER Made in Munich

    Arte SGI WETTER OPENER Velvet Medienagentur

    Coppenrath & Wiese TRADITION Frames Filmproduction

    Citroen Xantia CRASH Clay Coleman Associates

    C&A YA.HO.HE Roman Kuhn Filmproduction

    Maggi SNACK Interteam Filmproduction

    Swatch CITYSURFER HelliVentures Productions

    Citibank AUSTRALIEN Input Filmproduction

    Chip MONITOR Bigeyed Beans Productions

    Feature Films and Series

    Title Production

    OPERNBALL Constantin Film Production

    MUSTERKNABEN NDF Mnchen

    TODESSPIEL Multimedia

    DER SKORPION MTM Cineteve

    MIDNIGHT FLIGHT Gemini Film

    MRDERISCHER SOMMER Frankfurter Filmproduction

    14 TAGE LEBENSLNGLICH Helkon Film

    WHEN THE LIGHT COMES TV 60 Filmproduction

    CHAOS QUEEN NDF Mnchen

    FRAUEN LGEN NICHT Cobra Film

    TWIGGY Claussen & Wbke

    KALKULIERTES RISIKO Frankfurter Filmproduction

    ALARM FR COBRA 11 DIE AUTOBAHNPOLIZEI Polyphon

    DIE AUBERGERS Objectiv Film

    MONDSEE COPS Beo Film & Fernsehproduction

    ROSSINI ODER DIE MRDERISCHE FRAGEWER MIT WEM SCHLIEF Diana Film

    DR. STEFAN FRANK Phoenix Film

    Siemens TOMGerman Answer

    Production

    Siemens EDITION 150,Embassy of Dreams

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    PICASSO, the new film by and with HerbertAchternbusch was the first cinema film projectof 1997 produced in Studio A.

    FRAUEN LGEN NICHT a spitting image comedywith Jennifer Nitsch, Martina Gedeck andHans Peter Sattmann.Production: Cobra Film. Director: Mike Juncker.Editing: Ulrike Pahl. Rental: Buena Vista.

    The KARAJAN KONZERTAUFZEICHNUNGEN from theyears 1982 to 1989 are digitally re-mixed.Beethovens symphony no. 1., 8. and 9 andTchaikowskys symphony no. 6 have alreadybeen re-newed. The complete works is to bepublished on a 35mm copy with SDDS dig-ital sound or Dolbydigital for special cinemato-graphic use and/or DVD with 6-track sound.Production: Telemondial S.A.M.

    NACHTS by Peter Fratscher for AvistaFilmproduction.Editing: Barbara Gies.The thrilling film with Jan Josef Liefers, UlrikeMhe and Marie Bumer acting in the maincast tells the story of an author who graduallymisses to distinguish between reality and fic-tion when writing a story about werewolves.It is not a horror film, not a thriller, not alove-story but a bit of all, says producerHerbert Rimbach. The music for this lavishlycreated soundtrack was composed by Ali N.Askin.Sound design: Marcel Spisak, Sloweig Bores.Sound mix: Max Rammler-Rogall.

    Also in Dolby digital the Swiss/French/Ger-man co-production IRRLICHTER was produced.A reality tv-report shot in a cave turns into alife-threatening situation, explains directorChristoph Khn: A woman (Barbara Auer)and a man (Tobias Langhoff) who at first can-not stand each other fight side by side to reachthe daylight.Sound designer: Marcel Spisak. Music: AlexKirschner. Editing: Birgit Klingel. Foley artists:Mel Kutbay. Sound editing: Lisa Liel/SteffieGeiler. Sound mix: Max Rammler-Rogall.

    Klaus Wendt mixed the German film version ofShakespeares HAMLET for the PPA Film GmbH.

    SABBATH IN PARADISE The realization of ClaudiaHeuermanns work lasted three years. Jewish-orthodox tradition, in this documentary film,meets the new avantgarde culture of LowerEastside: stories of various musicians in todaysNew York entangle with an old jewish legend.

    OBSESSION director Peter Sehr, together withHelga Wagner (Sound edit) completes his newfilm. Sound mix: Tschangis Chahrokh.

    DER SCORPION a remarkable tv play.Editing: Christel Sukow. Music: Dominik Graf,Helmut Spanner. Sound mix: Max Rammler-Rogall.

    In Studio C the series DER BERGDOKTOR, KATRIN ISTDIE BESTE, TRIKE and LADY MAYERHOFER were mixed.Production: NDF. Sound mixer: TschangisChahrokh, Martin Schalow and Anton Rdler.

    From May 25 on, CRIMETIME will be shown inthe cinemas. George Sluizers film a compo-sition of satire and psychothriller reflects therelation between mass media and violence.The international production was completelysupported and looked after by the ARRI Soundstudios in 1996.

    Technical NewsThe upgrade of two further edit suites equippedwith Pro Tools III, Yamaha O2R Digital consolesand diverse periphery will be completed in thenear future. The complete on-line connection ofsound mix studios with edit suites and a newrecording room for dialog and foleys offer newpossibilities for the area of commercials. Thisalso includes the fast building up of our soundarchive, run by Christoph Ebhard.

    In future, Studio B, with a new digital consoleand new look will not only offer sound record-ing but also the complete range of sound postproduction and as a mix studio.

    PersonalityIn April, the sound designers Magda Habernickeland Anette Prey, with their new companySoundabout, moved into our facilities.

    Also technically on-line and business-wiseindependant, Jrgen Roth will join us whomade himself well-known with sound designand mixing in the field of commercials.Welcome Jrgen.

    ARRI Sound:front row (l. to r.) Annemarie Huemer,

    Tschangis Chahrokh,Max Rammler-Rogall, Petra Frhlich;

    back row Thomas Schwenke,Stephan Boehme de Marco,

    Florian Feichtmeier, Peter Notz,Julian Mller-Scherz, Florian Gro,

    Igor Stimmer, Christoph Ebhard

    ARRI SoundSound Post Production atARRI Sound Studios

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    Expo Calendar 1997

    These are the most important exhibitions at which you canfind out about ARRI products and services.

    03.06. 05. 06. Show Tech Berlin

    13.06. 15. 06. Showbiz Expo West Los Angeles

    01.07. 04. 07. SMPTE Sydney

    14.10. 17. 10. Satis Paris

    09.10. 11. 10. LLB Stockholm

    16.10. 19. 10. Koba Seoul

    16.10. 20. 10. IBTS Milan

    20.10. 23. 10. Asia C.S.+B. Kuala Lumpur

    24.10. 26. 10. LDI Las Vegas

    30.10. 01. 11. Broadcast India Mumbai

    Key Contacts

    Support CameraGnter ZoehD-089-3809-1209

    Camera Rental,MunichRobert WiesmannD-089-3809-1325

    Lighting Rental,MunichHubertus Prinzvon HohenzollernD-089-3809-1345

    ARRI TVFranz KrausD-089-3809-1512

    ARRI DigitalfilmAngela ReedwischD-089-3809-1574

    ARRI Lighting RentalTim RossGB-0181-561 6700

    ARRIFLEX CorporationFranz WieserUSA-0914-353 1400

    CSC Camera ServiceCenterNeil BahnemannUSA-0212-757 0906

    ARRI CanadaPenny WatierCDN-0416-255 3335

    ARRI ItaliaMassimo LobefaroI-02-26 22 71 75

    ARRI SoundMax Rammler-RogallD-089-3809-1628

    LaboratoryJosef ReidingerD-089-3809-1339

    ARRI contrast GmbH,BerlinLaboratory, Sound,VideopostproductionPeter PetersenD-030-3 000 91-11

    ARRI GB LtdNick ShapleyGB-0181-848 8881

    ARRI MediaSimon BroadGB-0181-573 2255

    Published by: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik, Trkenstr. 89, D-80799 MnchenEditor, editorial office, text: Editor J. Thieser, Marita MllerWith additional text by: Rolf Thissen, Roland Breitschuh, Philipp Timme, Rob de Wind,Geoffrey Simpson, Romain GeibArtwork: Uwe Heilig, Hans Schmid, Mnchen Printed by: rapp-druck GmbH, FlintsbachLitho: EDTZ, Ottobrunn

    Technical data are subject to change without notice

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