simon olsen

Hi, I was watching through some B-roll and BTS from Soderbergh's Contagion (2010) and Side Effects (2013), and while both were shot on the RED cameras, Contagion on RED One and Side Effects on RED Epic, does anyone know what lenses were used? It seems that quite a few scenes were shot wide open. It does seem that Soderbergh used BPM filter, and I saw some shots were slated at 48FPS with 45deg Shutter Angle. What exactly would that do to the shot?

Thank you. It does help a lot. A follow up; you are also the head of the department? The cinematographer would also be in charge of drafting a list of required equipments and a camera/lighting budget, etc. for a shoot. Would you draft that list together with your gaffer and ACs? or who exactly would the producer expect that from?

Fellow cinematographers, when you sit down with your director, how exactly do you plan out how many setups you need per day? I hear some cinematographers can do as many as 21 setups / or as many as 6-7 pages a day. Do you just sit down with your director and go through the blocking or lighting, or do you create an estimate based on what your estimate of the scene and shots the director wants?