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I was watching some B-Roll behind the scenes of the movie.
Most of the scenes seen in the behind the scenes had very very minimal lighting or none at all (all practical lights) for the indoor shots and outdoors.
Even the scenes with the candlelight outside the house. Didn't see any lighting there.

How is it not too dark and isn't it underexposed and very grainy?

It was shot on the Alexa with Master Primes.
So, what, they shot it practically wide open (T1.3) most of the times?
 
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Obviously they had enough light for what they intended and got the result they desired. My assumption is that they exposed their black level correctly and noise will never be an issue if done so. Post a screen grab or a link.
 
Roger Deakins ASC shot most of the night exteriors on this film at 1250ASA, some at 1600, including the
candlelight scene. Double wick candles were used, some being augmented with bare bulbs. He also used
about 20 peanut bulbs on the ground.
 
bruce southerland said:
Roger Deakins ASC shot most of the night exteriors on this film at 1250ASA, some at 1600, including the
candlelight scene. Double wick candles were used, some being augmented with bare bulbs. He also used
about 20 peanut bulbs on the ground.
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Ahhhh, Bruce... You read last month's issue of American Cinematographer. Yeah, it is lit, but Mr. Deakins had a hand in what practical lights were used and augmented them as needed. I thought it was funny where, in the article, he mentions that the local crew was surprised by how much of the lighting was done by the practicals. Roger Deakins knows exactly what he is doing.
 
I don't know.. By what I saw in the behind the scenes and on screen, and from how little lighting was used, I'm surprised it wasn't that noisy.
If I was shooting this on the epic, I think I'd struggle with this crushing a lot of the blacks and getting noise.
 
David G. Smith said:
Ahhhh, Bruce... You read last month's issue of American Cinematographer. Yeah, it is lit, but Mr. Deakins had a hand in what practical lights were used and augmented them as needed. I thought it was funny where, in the article, he mentions that the local crew was surprised by how much of the lighting was done by the practicals. Roger Deakins knows exactly what he is doing.
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Here's a BTS which is pretty 'raw' but has a white haired old man at about 2:19 carrying around a ring of 100 W light bulbs...

 
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