The Blacklist shortlists Litepanels and Anton/Bauer

Gear helps camera department's smooth production Cinematographers Eric Moynier and Michael Caracciolo shoot NBC's hit series, The Blacklist, with support from Litepanels and sister brand, Anton/Bauer. Mostly shot on location including Manhattan, the outer boroughs, Long Island, New York's Rockland and Westchester counties and the stages of Chelsea Piers the show's dramatic storytelling is a perfect match for the tools.

Litepanels 1x1 panels are used extensively on the series. They're small, slim and unobtrusive, so they can be hidden and tucked away on sets, says Moynier. And you can adjust their intensity.

I love them and use them every day, says gaffer Michael Price. They're quick to hang as backlights, with no cables; I can add them as last-minute key lights. I even use them off camera to light a dark staircase, or I'll put one on a stand when an actor needs a little work light to study the script.

Price likes how he can change the color temperature of the Litepanels from tungsten to daylight simply by spinning the dial. And they're fully dimmable, too.

He powers the Litepanels, rented from ARRI New York, with six Anton/Bauer DIONIC HC batteries, which he values for their long charge life. We shoot a lot of long scenes, and I never have to change batteries, he says.

Anton/Bauer lithium-ion batteries also power the Sony PMW-F55 CineAlta 4K digital cinema F55 cameras. We use the DIONIC HCs with real-time display as a source of power in conjunction with our Panavision block batteries, says Hollis Meminger, A camera 1st assistant on the show. They are extremely useful and carry a decent weight distribution when we are handheld or going extremely low profile inside car rigs, or for helicopter and airplane sequences.

He adds that the Anton/Bauer batteries are used on everything from our monitors to wireless video systems, as well as with our camera stabilization system. The batteries have proven to be extremely reliable and very useful for such a high-impact show as The Blacklist.

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