Night shoots & day-for-night

Francis Ford Coppola

And so those shots with Michael and Kay and not the one looking towards Johnny, but those shots were shot at night. It doesn't look like it, but the shot across Al onto Kay is in fact shot at night with lights just blasting in that small area. Gordon Willis was furious at having to do it. And I had to get it, so I had no choice. And I always remark how when you look at it, you really don't know the difference.

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Francis Ford Coppola

Obviously, Johnny Fontane was inspired by a kind of Frank Sinatra characters. And my impressions of the young Frank Sinatra was of, you know, girls screaming when he crooned. And so I had the teenagers jumping up and down and screaming while the scene was going on. But again, I remind you that the shot of Al and the shot of Kay were shot at night and just lit to match with the party. Gordon did a very

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Francis Ford Coppola

So the story of why I got in trouble on the fifth night outside the hospital was we were pretty much on schedule that week. Those first four days had gotten everything we needed. But in the night scene, not only did it take a long time to light it because it was night in this hospital exterior, but in the course of the evening, Al twisted his ankle.

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