Przyborski Productions

1991 Pittsburgh Penguins Back in 1991, my assignment was to capture the look, feel, and excitement of what happens inside the Pittsburgh Penguins’ locker room between periods of play. The cast was a very young Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh team… but only 2 players could be “on set” at a time. Also, team members were promised that filming wouldn’t tie them up for more than 45 minutes. The footage was used as “bumper” background video that various sponsor logos and other graphics would be “supered” over during the Penguins telecasts. We shot in the visitor’s locker room inside Mellon Arena. Extras, and some of our crew dressed as hockey players, filled-in the background. I shot everything in 35mm with my Arri 35BL4. During film-to-tape transfer, we stripped the natural color and added a blue, gritty, grainy look. Hockey players are very superstitious. I tried to capture the unique idiosyncrasies each player does to psych himself up before hitting the ice. After winning the ’91 Stanley Cup, head coach, “Badger” Bob Johnson died of brain cancer in November, 1991. This video is a tribute to him.

I edited the transferred footage on D2 digital videotape. (using old school machine-to-machine editing)