Comments on: Route 66, Lucien Ballard and the Coleman http://www.theasc.com/blog/2009/09/30/route-66-lucien-ballard-and-the-coleman/ John Bailey's thoughts on cinematography and artistic expression Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Richard Walden http://www.theasc.com/blog/2009/09/30/route-66-lucien-ballard-and-the-coleman/#comment-22 Richard Walden Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:13:47 +0000 http://www.ascmag.com/blog/?p=174#comment-22 Your piece about route 66 & Lucien Ballard is very touching for me. I had the honor to work all of 2 days for Lucien Ballard as a day player 2nd assistant on From Noon Till Three on the WB lot. It is true he carried a "swagger stick" but by the time I worked for him it was considered an honor to get the stick from him. He was a gentleman, with great humor who treated his crew with courtesy and respect. Your piece about route 66 & Lucien Ballard is very touching for me. I had the honor to work all of 2 days for Lucien Ballard as a day player 2nd assistant on From Noon Till Three on the WB lot. It is true he carried a “swagger stick” but by the time I worked for him it was considered an honor to get the stick from him. He was a gentleman, with great humor who treated his crew with courtesy and respect.

]]> By: Rick Mitchell http://www.theasc.com/blog/2009/09/30/route-66-lucien-ballard-and-the-coleman/#comment-21 Rick Mitchell Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:41:11 +0000 http://www.ascmag.com/blog/?p=174#comment-21 John: Would it be okay with you to repost this on fansofshowmanship@yahoogroups.com, which has members who would find your memories of the Coleman interesting? I did have the pleasure of meeting Lucien Ballard when he was inducted into USC Cinema's DKA fraternity in 1971 and had an interesting conversation about his approach to lighting closeups in westerns. He liked to key from one side at just slightly above eye level but fill from the side at the same height but far enough back on the head that the opposite side of the face was in shadow, which brought out the rugged contours of men's faces. There's an interesting interview with him in a book of such by Leonard Maltin. Rick Mitchell Film Editor/Film Historian John:

Would it be okay with you to repost this on fansofshowmanship@yahoogroups.com, which has members who would find your memories of the Coleman interesting?

I did have the pleasure of meeting Lucien Ballard when he was inducted into USC Cinema’s DKA fraternity in 1971 and had an interesting conversation about his approach to lighting closeups in westerns. He liked to key from one side at just slightly above eye level but fill from the side at the same height but far enough back on the head that the opposite side of the face was in shadow, which brought out the rugged contours of men’s faces. There’s an interesting interview with him in a book of such by Leonard Maltin.

Rick Mitchell

Film Editor/Film Historian

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