Spotlight on UPM/producer Rebecca Rivo

Spotlight on UPM/producer Rebecca Rivo New cinematography technology doesnt just affect cinematographers. People in all departments need to be aware of the rapidly-changing tool sets in other areas of filmmaking in order to work at maximum efficiency in their own area. ARRI News spoke with New York-based production manager/producer Rebecca Rivo about this.


Rivo was the unit production manager on the entire first season of the CBS series PERSON OF INTEREST, which was shot by Teodoro Maniaci on ALEXAs from ARRI CSC. Shes also worked on a large number of features and series, including FACTORY GIRL and LETTERS TO JULIET (New York units) and line produced several independent films, most recently EXTRA MAN. Rivo recently co-produced the feature titled THE WAY, WAY BACK shot by John Bailey, ASC also on the ALEXA and premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013.

ARRI NEWS: How did you find the ALEXA worked out on PERSON OF INTEREST?

RR: That was a great example of the flexibility the camera could give a show. We would shoot with two cameras and often brought in more. The show involved quite a lot of setups and some Steadicam. It was nice that the same bodies could work with the Steadicam and also locked down or handheld. We shot at night, often in low light. Of course, Teodoro is incredibly talented and theres no substitute for that but the ALEXA really helped us.


ARRI NEWS: Talk a bit about the challenges on PERSON OF INTEREST.

RR: It was a very challenging schedule. We shot 8 days an episode. I would say 85% on location. Most TV shows shoot four or five days onstage and go out for something special but it was special for us to be working on a stage. There was always an A- and B- camera and often a C-camera. For stunts --and every episode had at least one big stunt-- wed bring in D- and E-cameras too. The look and feel of the episodes was driven by the feel of the city, often at night. It definitely helped that Teodoro could shoot in such low light conditions. We tried to pack a lot in for not a tremendous budget.

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