Thursday, July 29, 2004
Chocolate-dipped Panavision
Latest news from the Cinematography.com website:
The remake of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" experienced a delay on Wednesday when a worker dropped a $540,000 camera lens in a vat of chocolate. The technician had failed to properly secure his wire-held camera, and watched aghast as it plunged into the 3-feet-deep tank.
One source on the English set says, "When the camera fell it was like a slap-stick scene straight from the movie.
"A team of riggers had come in specially from the States to set it up over the vat of synthetic chocolate. But someone made a mistake and it wasn't secured properly.
"The production team didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The camera is probably beyond repair."
A film spokesperson adds, "Technical tests were being carried out to see how close the camera could be moved to the chocolate.
"A camera did go into the liquid owing to a mechanical fault."
The film is being shot by cinematographer Philippe Rousselot ("Big Fish", "Antwone Fisher") . Camera department personel include Rene Adefarasin (2nd AC), and John Conroy (1st AC).
I wonder if production insurance covers this type of loss?
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Monday, July 19, 2004
4th of July weekend in NYC, Part I
Have a ball with these, as usual.
Email with compliments, critiques, and whatnot.
More are coming soon.
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