L IGHT I NG LE MANS | DRAMA
LE MANS IMAGES One of the many car camera rigs in the movie – this time with Creamsource lighting to punch in some control A s befits a company based in a place called Sun Valley, CA, Lux Lighting’s Michael Bauman talks a lot about the light in California – in particular, the trouble it can cause on-set when it comes to getting the right light for particular types of shoot. “We are out here in California and we get a lot of light,” he says. “If you are doing car interiors and the look you need demands a very punchy source to get the contrast in the right spot… We were having a lot of trouble finding something.” The movie in question was Ford v Ferrari (later called Le Mans ‘66 ), directed by James Mangold and starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, depicting the famous battle between the previously dominant Ferrari and Ford at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1966. It was shot entirely in California, with the Willow Springs International Motorsports Park in Rosamund standing in for the famous French circuit – which meant dealing with the powerful California sunlight. PUNCH LIGHT Enter the Creamsource Micro bicolour. “That had enough firepower to be really effective, and was really a perfect fit for If you are doing car interiors in California, you need a very punchy light source
JANUARY 2020 | DEF I N I T ION 51
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