Operator David Emmerichs
David and I talk about the power of failure, his first A camera job, Armageddon, The Green Mile, and so much more.
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Theme Music - Tatyana Richaud
Theme Mix - Charles Papert
Early Scribbles of The Pro Monitor
“Here are scans of the first scribbles for the PRO monitor and sled. The first PRO monitor prototype looked a lot like the PRO Monitor Concept 1 sketch with controls above and below the monitor. Mark O'Kane actually used that prototype on set and it was his feedback that made us move all the controls to the bottom. That experience is why, to this day, I hate yoke mounts and fat monitor frames.
You can also see we went with my idea for a top and bottom clamshell design with a mid-rib support frame kind of thing for the monitor housing. That worked pretty well.
The drawings are crap as I'm no artist. Also, I was convinced at first that we should go with two of the existing CP batteries in the sled because everyone had them, and I wasn't making heaps of dough yet so I didn't want to buy a bunch of new batteries and chargers.
My sketches show some sort of swoopy aerodynamic shape for the sled that I imagined would open up to hold 8mm recorders, focus receivers, transmitters, and who knows what else.
Thankfully George and Chris had zero interest in that concept.” - David Emmerichs
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