The Take (2016)

Feature Film

Our Role
Main Unit onset DIT and Equipment Services

Directed by
James Watkins

Cinematography by
Tim Maurice-Jones

Shooting format
Arri Alexa XT - Arri Raw
RED Dragon - R3D

Experience
Principle photography took place in Paris for this action packed film.

Onset colour and exposure management was carried out on a lightweight mobile workstation. Operating with a single 24” monitor Dan Carling was able to reduce the size and weight of the workstation which was essential due to the small sets and tight locations used throughout the movie.

The onset data management was also performed by Dan Carling on this same workstation. A duel destination MD5 backup was created of the camera originals to a master RAID and a rushes shuttle drive.

On several occasions and small colour grade was perfomred to the live video from the RED Dragon image to give the appearance of black and white CCTV footage.

At lunch and wrap, camera rushes were delivered to Technicolor who were based near unit base for dailies creation and footage archival.

The mulitcamera chase sequence across the rooftops of Paris was one of the highlights of the shoot.