Behind The Scenes "J. Edgar", Stephen Campanelli

[Thomas English]

Handheld operating like that at 2min09s .... er...

 

Great BTS:

 

 

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

Excellent work and a great example of what our job looks like on the set.

[RonBaldwin]

fun to see -- but not to sure about some of those car mounts!

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

Yes, minus the car mounts...

[Charles Papert]

:45 a Clint Eastwood movie shooting at Lacy Street Studios?! Will wonders never cease

[Thomas English]

I really enjoyed watching this. Rumour has it that the Steve:Clint relationship is more like the old British system and current Japanese system. Where the camera Operator designs the shot, selects the lenses etc and the DoP just lights it. Certainly this BTS does corroborate this rumour. Maybe people on this forum can add to that?

[Lawrence Karman]

Just spent a couple of days doing B camera with that bunch. Steve sets up all the shots with Clint. If only he had a Movi on his Steadicam.

[Sanjay Sami]

I really enjoyed watching this. Rumour has it that the Steve:Clint relationship is more like the old British system and current Japanese system. Where the camera Operator designs the shot, selects the lenses etc and the DoP just lights it. Certainly this BTS does corroborate this rumour. Maybe people on this forum can add to that?

 

I think this maybe due to the fact that Tom Stern was Jack Green's Gaffer for so many years on Clint Eastwoods movies. And the combination of Campanelli and Stern as Operator and Gaffer is something that he has grown used to as a Director.

 

I am sure it was different when Jack was DoP and Stern and Campanelli were Gaffer and Operator.

[Sanjay Sami]

The backwards down the stairs and the car stuff .... :huh:

[Twojay Dhillon]

Awesome!

[brett.mayfield]

Handheld operating like that at 2min09s .... er...

 

 

that is a sturdy matte box.

 

[RonBaldwin]

 

that is a sturdy matte box.

 

I miss panavision stuff

[Wolfgang Troescher]

This stair scene... backwards down the stairs!!! I'm always a little... well... girlish if I have to do this.... :wub: :wub: :wub:

[David Steel]

Those car mount shots are a classic example of 'lets just get the shot'.

Edited October 7, 2013 by David Steel

[Matteo Di Iorio]

I had the pleasure of working as an assistant with Steve Campanelli on a movie in 2007, the nicest camera operator I have ever met. Even amidst the nonsense of a 2 brother director team he was amazing.