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La La Land/Griffith Observatory Dance

Scene dossier / 2016

Griffith Observatory Dance

EXTnightGriffith Observatory, LA

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Scene Equipment

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

Sandgren used Panavision Millennium XL2 35mm film with anamorphic lenses throughout. The Griffith Observatory dance was shot on a single long lens with a craned move, the flares and oval bokeh of anamorphic glass central to the romantic magic-hour look.