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Top: Jaafari
confronts his wife’s
corpse beneath a
morgue blanket.
Bottom:
Cinematographer
Tommaso Fiorilli,
SBC captures the
tense scene with a
handheld camera.

really wouldn’t have been space for a
second camera. We went handheld
mostly when the Steadicam wasn’t available, or when it wouldn’t fit in the location because of its size. We also went
handheld for long static shots — it’s
excruciating to stand with a Steadicam
and not move!”
A key stop on Jaafari’s journey is a
visit to the Palestinian village of Jenin,
the site of an Israeli massacre. It’s a pile
of rubble, with a hand-painted sign
reading “Ground Zero.” The 90-second
Steadicam shot, which starts behind
Jaafari, was remarkably simple because
Doueiri was specific about what he
wanted. Fiorilli recalls, “The camera
follows Amin from the back as he
approaches the site, and then the shot
widens to expose the pile of rubble and
the sign. At that point, Haim starts
circling Jaafari, panning down as he sees
a photo of his wife on the ground. He
picks up the photo as the camera continues around him. The sun was so low in
the sky that Haim had to [crouch]
down, or he would have cast a shadow
on the actor’s face. As Haim crouches
down, he never stops circling.”
Captured on location in Israel, the
magic-hour shot almost didn’t happen.

The filmmakers had to cross into Israel
from the West Bank to film it, but when
they reached the border crossing, they
were turned back by Israeli military.
They quickly drove to a different checkpoint. “We made it to the location at 6
p.m., an hour later than planned,” recalls
Fiorilli. “We managed to knock off six
takes before the sun disappeared.”
Middle East politics caused other
tense moments. Palestinians from the
occupied territories are allowed into
Israel if they have permits, but an Israeli
cannot enter Gaza or the West Bank, so
the Israeli crewmembers couldn’t go to
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Nablus. An English gaffer and French
key grip were flown in, but Asias ended
up sneaking into Nablus to continue his
Steadicam work for that two-week
period.
Fiorilli notes that he was very
pleased with the caliber of the crew he
found in Israel. “They were extremely
professional and very friendly. They
really cared about the project and gave it
their all. I wouldn’t hesitate to take them
on any production.”
Shooting night scenes in Nablus,
a poor city, initially concerned him
because his lighting scheme was so
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Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Wild Horses
Production Slate: The Hunt • Berberian Sound Studio
Big Guns
Battle Bots
Rapturous Action
Shattered Past
Post Focus: Under the Dome
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
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Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Stuart Dryburgh
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