American Cinematographer - May 2008 - (Page 35) often supported with a bungee rig comprising elastic straps attached to the camera’s offset handle from a goalpost mounted on the Hummer. “It’s a very inexpensive way to alleviate some of the weight of the camera while [maintaining] a handheld feel,” explains Dubbe. “We loved it, and we used it a lot.” Libatique used a PanArri 235 to film in the Humvees’ small interiors, and the rest of his camera package, rented from Panavision Hollywood, comprised a Panaflex Millennium and a Millennium XL, Primo prime lenses, Angenieux Optimo 4:1 (17-80mm T2.2) and 12:1 (24-290mm T2.8) zooms, and a Cooke 15-40mm T2 zoom. Libatique often operated the A camera himself, assisted by 1st AC Peter Berglund and 2nd AC Matt Stenerson. As the shoot progressed, however, he increasingly ceded the single-camera setups to Bcamera/Steadicam operator Colin Anderson, whose “skill slowly superceded my love for operating,” says Libatique. As the convoy of Humvees progresses across the desert, it’s attacked by the terrorist Raza (Faran Tahir) and his band of mercenaries, who kidnap Stark. To film the attack, Libatique employed an arsenal of tools that included an Ultimate Arm (with a Lev Head) and a Technocrane. When the first unit had to move on to the next location, 2nd-unit director of photography Jonathan Taylor, ASC (Spider-Man, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) swept in to finish the sequence. “I was very fortunate to have Jonathan shooting second unit,” says Libatique. “He and his crew did a lot of work. In addition to shooting what we had laid out in the previz and storyboards, they were able to improvise and create some really dynamic shots that make sense for the characters.” Libatique notes that much of his own work on the production Determined to perfect his Iron Man design, Stark sets to work in the garage beneath his stately pleasure dome. After getting mixed results from his Mark II armor, he works out the bugs for the Mark III suit (below). American Cinematographer 35
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