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 For The Meaning of Life's difficult sunset scene, a complicated network of moving colors on sticks are used to subtly change the lighting throughout the entire sequence. At right is a page of notes for slowly maneuvering each color as the scene plays out beneath the camera. |  |
 Shooting outer space the old fashioned way.. one of several "pinhole" star fields is prepped for one of several multiple-exposure composites of the great beyond.. |  |
| With enough star fields laying around, a number of galaxies and outer space shots can be improvised and literally put together on the spot - a pair of improvised shots were sketched out here in Don's rough camera notes. |
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