Arri-news 2014

surface area that we needed to create our overcast look. In general the smaller M-Series units were crucial to our lighting approach on Fargo ; they were highly controllable, easy to move around and were totally reliable, even at −30 °C. Anything else would have involved way more logistics and heavy rigging. You also had the M18; was that used for interior lighting? I usually avoided having a lot of equipment on the ground, but I would sometimes use an M18 inside, bounced into some poly and pushed through a frame with a grid on it. Most of the lighting on this show was bounced or diffused, which is another great thing about the M-Series: they’re small HMIs but they have so much punch that you can use these diffusion rigs to create incredibly soft sources inside. The reflector design lets you control things in a sophisticated way and opens up a lot of creative opportunities. Have you tried any other M-Series fixtures since Fargo ? Right now I’m doing the pilot of a Marvel series called Daredevil and the two M90s I’ve got on the truck are my biggest fixtures; I’m not even carrying a 12 kW or 18 kW. The fact that it can go on a combo stand and one guy can move it makes the M90 a total game-changer. I’m able to create direct sunlight wherever we are by putting my two M90s up on a lift or a scissor, which is relatively quick and easy to do. You can literally turn that light on and pick out a water tower six blocks away – the throw is incredible. Photo: Chris Large/FX ARRI NEWS 11