Hog 3 lights Lemony Snicket movie

A Flying Pig Systems Wholehog 3 console was put into play in a big way in the newly-released film, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep. Scott Barnes, California-based lighting programmer, purchased a Wholehog 3 last year and has kept it working steady ever since. Filming for Lemony Snicket began in summer of 2003 and ran through until May 2004. Barnes used the Hog 3 to control everything from the lighting of interiors and exteriors of the sets, to close-ups of the actors. He also created the daylight, dusk and nighttime looks as well.

"When you do a film, you never know what you're going to have thrown at you: whether it's adding last minute lights or creating spur of the moment effects, as the movie changes from one set to another," Barnes explains. "Hog III makes me prepared for anything. It's the better console because you can throw anything my way and I'm prepared! Hog III can handle it."

Other films on Barnes' resume include Van Helsing and Soul Plane, both using a Hog 3, and an earlier film, Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas with a Hog 2.An online article about Lemony Snicket in American Cinematographer, can be read by following the link below: the director of photography describes the console's role on page four.

(Lee Baldock)

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