The science-fiction thriller '3 Billion', shot with Fujifilm optics, cameras and projectors

Director of photography Juan Antonio Fernández has chosen several Fujifilm solutions for key underwater and desert scenes in '3 Billion', a science-fiction thriller directed by Yolanda Torres and produced by Afilm.

Anamorphic optics Scorpiolens, the zoom cabrio Fujinon 20-120mm, the underwater camera Fujifilm XT3 with a zoom Fujinon 18-55mm and the projector Fujinon FP-Z8000 to rear-project images inside a submarine or a spaceship are the Fujifilm products chosen by the director of photography Juan Antonio Fernández AEC for the filming of the movie 3 Billion.

The feature film, a science-fiction thriller produced by Afilm and directed by Yolanda Torres, is a modern version of the myth of Prometheus which revolves around a genetic engineer embarking on an adventure through the desert, the ocean and space in search of an organism with a mutant gene capable of prolonging human life. The main particularities that Fernández faced in this project were recording scenes underwater and in the desert, Challenges you faced with Fujifilm solutions: "I chose to use the Fujinon Cabrio 20-120mm zoom because it cuts very well with the Scorpiolens anamorphic lenses, a combination that I have used before, and because in complicated exteriors like the desert it is very practical to have that focal range. Also because of the speed of working with it, being able to change from crane, to steadicam, or to a shoulder camera without wasting time. With the range of 20-120 in S35mm I cover all the needs of a set of fixed optics,” explains the director of photography.

Regarding the choice of the XT, which he used in video mode 4K, and the lens Fujinon 18-55mm para grabar las escenas submarinas, Fernández argumenta que lo hizo “por la flexibilidad, ergonomía y calidad de imagen que proporciona un equipo tan compacto en condiciones no óptimas bajo el agua”. Fernández también se explaya en su apuesta por el proyector Fujinon FP-Z8000, que empleó para retroproyectar imágenes en unas pantallas en los decorados dada “su calidad óptica” y a que “es el único que me permitía trabajar a escasos 40 centímetros de la pantalla y darme una anchura de casi 2 metros, cubriendo sin pérdida de iluminación en las esquinas”.

Está previsto que 3 Billion, actualmente en proceso de posproducción, se estrene en cines en los próximos meses.