George Clooney was at Queen's today, filming "The Descendents." I noticed a crew member with a large (10x10 inch) wooden box with a lens sticking out, taking pictures of the shoot. She had another Canon hanging from her shoulder. I was curious what this box was, clearly a camera, but why so odd looking? Eventually, I walked by her when she had the back open, there was a digital camera in there, pro body I believe, but not positive, it was a quick look. She had the back open to chimp. There was a lot of foam around the camera holding it in place in the box.
Eventually, I figured that the foam and box must be to dampen the shutter sound so that she could shoot while the camera was rolling. Any other ideas?
I'm not sure why they would need a bunch of stills of the shoot, you'd think you could just use the film for that.