Matthew Libatique, Tigerland, Cinematography

[Sam Care]

Hi,

 

I love Matthew Libatique's photography in Tigerland. Especially towards the end of the film, when he starts to create that really high-contrast desaturated look, with blown out highlights.

 

I was wondering whether anyone here, who has seen the film, knows which film stock or any in camera or processing techniques he used to achieve this beautiful work?

 

Sam Care

[Wendell_Greene]

If I recall correctly, Libatique shot Tigerland using an Aaton S-16 camera. Filmstock was 7248 EXR 100, pushed two stops/ They did a B/U to 35mm. Don't remember the lens package, but I think he employed a zoom.

[Jake Pollock]

if you get your hands on the dvd, listen to schummacher's commentary. he talks extensively about libatique's contributions.

 

the film was shot in regular 16 and not in super because they wanted to get an even grainier image than super.

 

the "tigerland" sequences were shot with bleach bypass on the negative as well as a combination of positive stocks. the idea was to recreate the feeling of original news footage from the time.

 

i'm only summing up what was said in the commentary, but would be interested if anyone has greater details to contribute.

 

cheers,

jake pollock

taipei, taiwan

[John Pytlak RIP]

Some good information on the Kodak website:

 

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/students...libatique.jhtml

 

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/forum/on...libatique.shtml