"FALLEN" feature film

sometimes work does not seem like work. if this is so then only because you have an exellent DP, director and production team like on "Fallen" dop:bernhard keller, dir:barbara albert, prod:. coop99. the cast was a combination of high ranking austrian actresses which made the job very interesting because the style bernhard keller was aiming towards was a real nitty gritty - so we were always balancing keeping the actresses beautiful and maintaining a very harsh realistic look. we gelled neons so they would spike around 30M but at the same time have some other neons go into mangenta. we did everything one should not do. at times when I got worried, bernhard keller tapped me on the shoulder and meant that there was no need to be; he was right - the rushes really looked incredible. in a major parking lot scene there was no way to hide condors, so we opted for original streetlights which were in the scene. but since they did not emit enough light we stripped 4banks and tied them around the neon streetlight. since the neons would anyway overexpose when in the shot, one could not see that we had about 6 four banks tied to the three original ones. it looked totally natural, perfect for the mood of the scene. A few photos are to be seen in the archive.