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La La Land/Freeway Opening Number

Scene dossier / 2016

Freeway Opening Number

EXTdayI-105 Freeway, LA

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camera bodyA-CamPanavision Panavision Millennium XL2/Panavision Millennium XL2 (35mm)a_cam

The freeway opening one-take number was filmed over two days at dawn on the I-105 freeway shutdown. Sandgren used saturated primary-color lighting gels on the cars to create a painterly composition at the 2.55:1 CinemaScope ratio.