flâneur

Photographing the Races for Grand Prix

theasc.com · 6,508 words · saved by 1 readers

Radio-controlled Super Panavision cameras, microwave viewfinders, a helicoptering cameraman and daredevil drivers combine to film the most exciting auto ra

By John Stephens Second-Unit and Helicopter Cameraman, Grand Prix — MGM It all began about a year ago when Roy Clark and I were working as camera operators for director of photography James Wong Howe, ASC on John Frankenheimer’s film Seconds, at Paramount Studios. Frankenheimer was then preparing to direct Grand Prix, and because he knew I had worked with many unusual camera rigs on snow-skiing, water-skiing, surfing and underwater film assignments, he figured that I might be able to come up with some ideas on how to photograph the exciting racing sequences that would make up a major part…

saved by

related reading