Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Evan Almighty!
Art Streiber Photographs the Two and Four-legged Cast
of "Evan Almighty" with DigitalFusion
| Photographer: | Art Streiber |
| Client: | Universal Studios |
| Subject: | Steve Carell ... and friends |
For Universal's release of "Evan Almighty" starring Steve Carell, Art Streiber was called on to digitally photograph the entire cast of the movie, all but one of whom were animals. In addition, every animal or pair of animals had to be photographed in two different set-ups, under two different lighting situations.
Art Streiber on set with Steve Carell.
"When you work on a motion picture one sheet, you're generally shooting to a couple of different comps, or sketches, of what the final poster might look like. Therefore, you have to cover your subjects for each of the different comps. In this case, the giraffes, orangutans and zebras all had to be photographed four different ways."
Getting the shot with DigitalFusion.
The animals were all photographed in one day on the soundstage at Universal Studios where the production had built the deck of the ark.
The animals had to be photographed one species at a time. "The predator animals and the prey animals couldn't be in the same place at the same time, so we photographed the animals one pair at a time. When the predator animals entered the soundstage they spent the first 15 minutes sniffing the deck of the ark, tracing the scents of the animals that had been photographed before them."
"The next challenge was making sure the animals performed for the camera, that is, that they hit their marks and looked into the camera when we needed them to." That's where Digital FusionPRO came in. "Shooting Digitally with the Hasselblad H3D enabled me to know exactly when we had the right moment captured. The ad agency reviewed the images on screen while we were shooting, and let me know right away when we had the shot."
"The faster shutter speed interval on the H3D gave me the speed I needed to rapid fire when the camels and oxen and chimps looked my way, and the file size from the H3D allowed the agency to res the imagery up to billboard size without any hesitations."
"I can't imagine having shot film on this production. It absolutely called for digital, and it absolutely called for the new Hasselblad H3D."
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