Bryan Cloninger

Just a note... that Miami Vice was shot mostly on a Viper Filmstream and used the new LUThier system. There were only a few scenes shot on the F900 (and it looks like they used Digital gain at +12 with another 6 on top of that.) What I would say about the movie is that I like how Mann used the different gain and saturations. I thought the different video styles were the first time I have seen someone use these different gains like different grains. He used various styles of video (some looked like amateur video, like a home movie, some clear and pro) to convey particular messages. We are used to this with film stocks and lighting; but we have not really seen this on video. Kudos to MM for the first coherent attempt at that with a sub text and point. [this is my first post on cinematography.com]