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Julie Kirkwood (DP) & Writer-Director Mia Trachinger On Scouting Out the Chase Sequence Location

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Mia and I knew that the office building location was going to be very important in terms of the look of Exposure.  When the building with a strange layout and a lot of glass became an option, we both hesitated because it wasn't how we pictured that part of the film.  Pretty quickly, we did a complete turnaround and decided we needed that building.

Mia and I made several visits to the building to shotlist together.  Our storyboarding sessions consisted of running around with a DSLR shooting video and stills of Mia acting out the scenes.  Above is a shot of Mia simultaneously playing the roles of a crowd of office workers desperately running from government agents and a man being trampled by them.  It's one of my favorite shots in the finished film-- and one of my favorite storyboard videos. 

Camera Intern, Arpita Kumar's experiences on Exposure

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(Camera Intern, Arpita Kumar)

Mia Trachinger took me under her wing in July of 2010 for her film, Exposure.  I worked closely with her doing research, location scouting throughout Culver City, and assisting the camera department during the four-day shoot. The camera department was a fun and efficient team headed by Julie Kirkwood, who was the cinematographer, Bret Suding, the 1st A.C., and Evan Harbuck, the 2nd A.C.

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