{"id":10162,"date":"2018-09-16T19:39:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/?p=10162"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T16:07:35","slug":"hichame-alaouie-on-filming-olivier-masset-depasses-duelles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/?p=10162","title":{"rendered":"Hichame Alaoui\u00e9 on filming Olivier Masset-Depasse&#8217;s Duelles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">As\u00a0<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Duelles\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">by\u00a0Olivier Masset-Depasse is presented for is Wold Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations category, Hichame Alaoui\u00e9, SBC member and DOP of this beautiful film, was kind enough to answer our questions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10163 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/unnamed-8-744x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-8-744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-8-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-8-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-8-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>Synopsis:<\/em> Brussels, at the beginning of the sixties, Alice and C<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u00e9<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">line\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">are neighbours in <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">twin town houses. They are the best friends in the world, just like their eight-year-old sons. This almost perfect harmony <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">is shattered <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the day Alice helplessly attends the accidental death of Maxime, Celine&#8217;s son. Blinded by <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">grief<\/span>, C<span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u00e9<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">line blames Alice for not having done everything to save her son. <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">As a result t<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he two friends\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">relationship then starts to deteriorate ..<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"fr-FR\">Cast<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"de-DE\"><em>:<\/em> Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens, Mehdi Nebbou, Arieh Worthalter, Jules Lefebvre and Luan Adam<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><em>Production:<\/em> Versus Production, Haut et Court<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10170 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/unnamed-744x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-744x497.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-420x281.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How did you <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">land\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">this project<\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> This is my first job with Olivier Masset-Depasse. <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">Until\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">now, <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">he regularly worked with cinematographer\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"it-IT\">Tommaso Fiorilli, SBC,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">who was not available <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to do this <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">project. I think that Versus, with whom I had already worked, recommended me. Our <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">first\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">meeting was\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">very <\/span><span lang=\"it-IT\">classic\u00a0<\/span>by <span lang=\"fr-FR\">having\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a discussion\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">on <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the s<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">cript<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. And it went very well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">What attracted you to this project?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> The fact that this is a <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">period\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">film tha<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">t takes place <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in the 60s and at the same time <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">it is <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a genre film; what I had never done before. Or rather a film that goes from genre to genre. It starts quite <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ordinary<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, the life of two families who live side by side, then very quickly and unexpectedly, the death of one of the children, will, of course, rock the film into\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">drama. We then\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">follow\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the paranoi<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">of the mother who witnessed the accident, and finally the film ends in a sort of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">thriller. I found\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">t<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he sc<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ript\u00a0<\/span>ha<span lang=\"fr-FR\">ving<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, in my opinion, a very interesting and surprising trajectory. Finally, I felt the director <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">had some ideas about the visuals that would please <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">sort of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">director of the photo<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">graphy\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I am.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10176 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/duelles_03-744x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_03-744x372.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_03-420x210.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_03-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_03.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_03-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Exactly what were your\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">visual intentions <\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> We used Hitchcock&#8217;s films as a reference. Visually Olivier wanted something close to the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">period sections\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">of <em>Tree of life<\/em> by Terrence Malick. He wanted\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">very glamorous image<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">s<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, beautiful with <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">softness\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and character,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">and a bourgeois look of the <\/span>60<span lang=\"fr-FR\">s<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. In terms of light<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, Olivier wanted something s<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">oft\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and beautiful that <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">would\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #212121;\">counteract<\/span>\u00a0t<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he story<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>darkness.\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">As for\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">the framing <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and staging, at first I think it was not very clear to him, Olivier is someone instinctive, and on<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ce\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">we started <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">filming this instinct finally pushed him to do a lot of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">camera\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">movement :\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">using\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">stead<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">icam<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, stab one, dolly, <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">handheld<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, a bit of everything, but very few <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">locked off<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">shots. Despite the difficulty of the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">shots<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, we did something <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">with a lof of coverage<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. There\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">were\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"es-ES\">no <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">single\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">sequence shots, but\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">rather\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">three\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">or <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">four sequence <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">shots per\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">scene.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">It was quite\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #212121;\">complex<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the end, especially since we were <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">on location <\/span>in\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">two houses,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #212121;\">some<\/span>\u00a0were\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">often lacking space. And then there\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">were\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">lot<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">s of links between the interiors and its exterior surroundings<\/span>,\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">what <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">was complicated to do, but all the more exciting\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">I would <\/span>say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Did you have to solve particular problems?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> Basically, you might think it&#8217;s a simple film: there<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u2019<\/span>s\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">main set of two houses side by side and their gardens. There <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">are\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"it-IT\">no <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">stunts\u00a0<\/span>or <span lang=\"fr-FR\">vfx involved<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, or very complicated sequence shot<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">s<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. But because Olivier\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">sets a high standard<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, and his desire to <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">create\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">camera <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">movement, no day was easy, especially since, for budgetary reasons, we had a week less <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to shoot it\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">compared to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">what one should have had<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. So we <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ended up\u00a0<\/span>d<span lang=\"fr-FR\">oing\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">one <\/span><span lang=\"nl-NL\">week\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">with <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">overtime, which <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">resulted in <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">often very long days. Despite this, Olivier managed to pu<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">sh\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">his team <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to a higher level<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, thanks to his <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">being so demanding <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and his ability not to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">give up\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">while being instinctive. So I would say in the end that it went pretty well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10165 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/unnamed-6-744x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-6-744x497.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-6-420x281.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-6-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-6-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-6-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #212121;\">Did<\/span>\u00a0you had enough prep time\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">then<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\">?<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> We never have enough prep time! <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">One could spent <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">months\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">in prep! <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">As we\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">shot listed\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">everything, it took <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a while<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. But we had only two weeks of preparation and <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">so\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">we did not have time to <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">go through <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">everything. I <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">learned that\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">on a <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">period\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">film, you have to be very precise, if you see the windows, you have to check if the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">view outside is <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">not too modern, how many <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">period\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">cars and extras are necessary, because <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">that has implications on\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">locations<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, but also\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">for wardrobe\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">etc. So in fact it&#8217;s the same as a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">contemporary\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">film,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">except that you have to be a bit more <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">spot on<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. There is little room for improvisation. Even if Olivier wanted to keep a certain\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">form of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">freedom, which is normal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How long and where did you shoot?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> We shot thirty days near Li<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u00e8<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ge, at Cointe. We were very lucky when we found <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">our main location<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, the two houses. They are\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">located in a neighbourhood where the neighboring <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">houses\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">were <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">of t<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">he\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">same periode as well<\/span>,\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">so\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the authenticity of the place ha<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">d\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">been preserved, there is no real modern signage, paved sidewalk etc. It stayed a little in a 60s <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">bubble<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. It is very quiet and green, so it corresponded very well to the style of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">setting\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">we were looking for<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to set up the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">social class. One of the two houses was empty and for sale, the second was occupied by a family, but the production managed to rent it. It was\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">important <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for the film <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to get that right <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">because the houses and gardens are a bit of a character.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10179 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2018-09-14-\u00e0-11.44.55-744x451.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2018-09-14-\u00e0-11.44.55-744x451.png 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2018-09-14-\u00e0-11.44.55-420x255.png 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2018-09-14-\u00e0-11.44.55-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2018-09-14-\u00e0-11.44.55-1200x728.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2018-09-14-\u00e0-11.44.55-600x364.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Capture-d\u2019\u00e9cran-2018-09-14-\u00e0-11.44.55.png 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">What\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">kind of camera\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">equipment did you use ?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> The main camera <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">package\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">was an Alexa Mini. I wanted <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to use <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">anamorphic\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">lenses to give a feel of that time period and to create the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">glamorous aesthetic that Olivier wanted. TSF (the equipment rental company), we<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">re able\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to provide us with\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"it-IT\">Scorpio\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">optics\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">at a reasonable rate<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. They\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">produce\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">no major\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">artefacts\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and give a certain character, aesthetic to the image. We also used a lot of filters in front of the camera: Soft FX or Classic Soft by day and Glimmer at night.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And for the light<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ing equipment <\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> The film\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">features\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a lot\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">interaction between what is indoors <\/span>and\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">what can be seen\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">outside\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">the windows.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">We shot in May and June 2017 and the weather was pretty beautiful. As the ceiling of the houses w<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ere\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">quite low, we\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">decided\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">push light in <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">from the outside <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">using\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">big sources, 18KW or 9KW, to give us a certain freedom of movement in the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">set<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">So most of the time\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">you ha<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">d <\/span>a\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">genie boom ?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> Not permanently, but especially for all these <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">shots\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">where we went from inside <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">the house <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">to outside and vice versa, the sources were <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">then rigged\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">on its\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">platform\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">in order <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">not\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">have them in <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">shot<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And for the nights?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> We used a lot of LEDs, which really look good on faces\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #212121;\">in terns<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">colors\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and do not take\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">up to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">much space in a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">set with a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">low ceiling<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10177 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/duelles_02-744x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_02-744x372.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_02-420x210.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_02-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_02.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/duelles_02-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">You had a lot of night\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">work <\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> I would say a third of the film. Since we had a lot of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">scenes\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">with the kids (well mostly one), we did a lot of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">day\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #212121;\">for night<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">work<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. This has the advantage of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">not exhausting the crew<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, but at the same time has the disadvantage of requiring a lot of resources\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to do it the correct way<\/span>. <span lang=\"fr-FR\">T<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">o avoid <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">not\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">having just a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">flat\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">black behind a window that suddenly becomes a mirror, I planned <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">for setting up blacked out tents<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. We even built\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a tent\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ten meters high by seven meters deep and ten meters wide because Olivier wanted a light effect <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">shadows of trees projected on the wall\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in the room of one of the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">children<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. Since the room was on the first floor, you had to <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">give yourself distance <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">to create these shadows.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">Earlier on <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">you talked about the fact that you\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">used\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">steadicam\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a lot<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, did you\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">operate\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">those shots yourself?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> No\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">we had <\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">Jo Vermaerke <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">on board <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">as\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">steadicam operator<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. He is very nice, very good, and above all he really <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">invests\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in the film, which is not always obvious when you come only <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">for\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a few days scattered\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">throughout <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a shoot. On the other hand, I <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">operated\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">shots using the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Stab One. The <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">shots\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">done\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">on\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">stead<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">icam\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">are more beautiful in my opinion but, for financial reasons, we could only have it for\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a number of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">certain sequences, <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a total of <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">about eight days. Jo also <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">operated\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the second camera when he was there, and Nicolas Boucart, my <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">key grip<\/span>, <span lang=\"fr-FR\">operated\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the rest of the time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The rest of the time you were rather on <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">dolly?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><strong>HA:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Oh yes. As Nicolas (Boucart) pointed out to me, we used a lot of curved <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">tracks<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. I think it comes from the three seasons that I did as <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">DOP\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">on the <em>Bureau des l<\/em><\/span><em><span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u00e9<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>gendes<\/em>, where I tested a lot of things in <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">terms of <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">movement\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">by\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">adding\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"it-IT\">curve<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">d tracks to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the beginning, middle or end of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a straight <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">track\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">which\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I find very interesting to create <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a certain form of <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">dynamic. On the other hand, we were lucky because we were able to <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">dolly on the floor in the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">house,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">as it was quite even. It <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">allowed us to do a lot of very\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">fluid <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">shots impossible <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">to do on tracks<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. For example, to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">dolly\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">from the kitchen to the dining room via an S-shaped corridor, without having to resort to <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">going handheld<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10166 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/unnamed-5-744x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-5-744x497.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-5-420x281.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-5-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-5-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-5-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How was <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">is to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">work with the actors?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">It went very well with all of them: <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens, Mehdi Nebbou and Arieh Worthalter. It&#8217;s very nice to shoot with actors who stay <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">on set <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">during lighting\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">setups\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">because\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">lighting\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a different face f<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">or another is not\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ideal<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. The child was <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">incredible<\/span>. He\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">possessed\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">great acting skills<\/span>, to\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">express<\/span>, to\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">pose<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, I was fascinated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How was the collaboration with the other departments?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> We worked <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">closely\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">with <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">art director<\/span><span lang=\"es-ES\">, Anna Falgui<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u00e8<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">re. For our tests filmed <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">at the location<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, she painted a choice of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">colours on large flats<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, which allowed us to choose them accordingly. In addition, I wanted to test <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"it-IT\">Scorpio\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">lenses<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, because I had a doubt about the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">available\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">focal lengths. The widest <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">one w<\/span>a<span lang=\"fr-FR\">s\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">32mm on which one could put a <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">wide angle adapter<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. I wanted to check that we could <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">do a full figure of our <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">characters without having too much deformation, which was the case.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">Having chosen our colors\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">set<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, we also did tests for costumes, hair styles, and makeup\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">on a stage<\/span>. <span lang=\"fr-FR\">It was an important part of the artistic collaboration. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">With Rachel Beeckmans, the makeup artist, we worked on textures, lipsticks, beauty, glamor and so on. It <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">was a great way to prepare and the result shows.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10167 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/unnamed-4-744x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-4-744x497.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-4-420x281.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-4-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-4-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-4-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Do you know what was the budget of the film ?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> Around 3 million. And if I understood <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">it\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">correctly, it would have taken 4. <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">On a period\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">film, everything becomes quite\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">expensive<\/span>: <span lang=\"fr-FR\">a period <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">car requires that it is <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">being transported to set <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">by truck for example, so\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">costs rise\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">very quickly.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">So could you afford any\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">expensive <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">installations?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> Yes, the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">blacked out tent\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">mentioned<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. It was an important <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">visual element <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for the director and the production did not want to shoot at night&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">The building of the tent <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">required\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">bringing in additional crew\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for its construction, disassembly, rental of equipment etc, so it necessarily cost<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">s\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a little money. Other than that, there was no big expense, except the anamorphic\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">lenses<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, the days <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">using a <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">stead<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">i<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">cam and <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">genie booms<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. Nothing disproportionate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">How did the post process go <\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> The postprod<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">uction\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">was <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">handled\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">by Mikros in Li<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u00e8<\/span>ge.\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #212121;\">Color<\/span>\u00a0grading\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">was done in Paris, <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">also\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">at Mikros. We had eleven days of <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">grading<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, which was not too much for this\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">kind of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">film. Often, about ten days are enough, but for this film, there were many\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">cuts\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and we <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">also\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">took care of some of the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">visual\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">effects to limit the costs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10168 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/unnamed-3-744x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-3-744x497.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-3-420x281.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-3-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-3-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Did you add <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">any\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">grain to the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">DI <\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><strong>HA:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Oh yes. Despite <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">using the <\/span><span lang=\"it-IT\">Scorpio\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">lenses <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and the <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">filtration<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, I found the image still too clean, so we added a thin layer of grain when necessary.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Did you use <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">a <\/span>LUT?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> Based upon the tests we <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">filmed with the actors, the make-up, the costumes and the sets, I <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">created some <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">LUTs, which allowed us to shoot with something that looked aesthetically\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">what we wanted\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and to have almost the same <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">look\u00a0<\/span>on <span lang=\"fr-FR\">set<\/span>,\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">editing\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">grading<\/span>.\u00a0<span lang=\"fr-FR\">So <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Olivier was not surprised when he saw <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">the final images in grading.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">What do you think of the final result of the film?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>HA:<\/strong> I find the film very<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">well made<\/span>. I<span lang=\"fr-FR\">ts visuals resemble what I had envisioned upon <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">read<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in the script. The story <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">is well told<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">actors\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">are excellent, we believe the universe and the time<\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">period<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. For me the film is <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">successful in its core story and its form. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">It is a film that <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">delivers on <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">its ambitions, thanks to the tenacity of its <\/span><span lang=\"fr-FR\">director Olivier Masset-Depasse.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10169 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/unnamed-2-744x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-2-744x497.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-2-420x281.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-2-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/unnamed-2-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Equipment:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"pt-PT\"><em>Camera:<\/em> Alexa Mini, Scorpio, TSF<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"pt-PT\"><em>Light:<\/em> TSF<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>Machinery:<\/em> KGS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">Crew<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>1st AC:<\/em> Olivier Servais<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"fr-FR\">Gaffer<\/span><\/em><em>:<\/em> J<span lang=\"fr-FR\">\u00e9<\/span>r\u00f4<span lang=\"it-IT\">me Di Cola<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><em>Key grip:<\/em> Nicolas Boucart<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>Stea<span lang=\"fr-FR\">di<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"nl-NL\"><em>cam operator:<\/em> Jo Vermaerke<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-NL\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0Duelles\u00a0by\u00a0Olivier Masset-Depasse is presented for is Wold Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations category, Hichame Alaoui\u00e9, SBC member and 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