◗ Wild Planet Top: Kitai explores his surroundings. Bottom: Director of photography Peter Suschitzky, ASC (far left) and Shyamalan (next to Suschitzky) look on as A-camera operator Mitch Dubin, SOC and camera assistant Steve Cueva film Jaden Smith on location. methodical preparation, and he often followed his storyboards as the shoot progressed. “To each his own, but I am very much in my comfort zone when I have my office door closed and I’m staring out the window and thinking of how I would shoot a scene,” says the director. “That clarity drives everything else: how we’re going to light it, what the costumes will look like, what the set decoration will be. All of it is driven by what I imagine when I look out the window. The structure I create gives me great freedom, but I find there is still plenty of room to allow the actors and each department head to bring his or her own particular view of the movie to the table.” Suschitzky explains that he defined the look for After Earth, during 48 July 2013 American Cinematographer