American Cinematographer - September 2007 - (Page 34) Bourne Again Right: Bourne finally meets CIA supervisor Pam Landy (Joan Allen), who initially suspected him of sabotaging one of her operations. Below: The agent discovers his own file. done a movie before, if you know what I mean. We were also lucky to have very good people on our second unit, especially [director/stunt coordinator] Dan Bradley and [cinematographers] Mark Moriarty and Igor Meglic, and we kept close contact with them. “The position of the director of photography nowadays is more that of an organizer and administrator,” he continues. “I’m brought into discussions very early on, and I go on prep whenever possible. But during shooting I might have to leave the set to prepare other stages, and I need to know I can rely on excellent Acamera operators who can run the camera department while I’m gone.” On Bourne Ultimatum, as on Bourne Supremacy, Wood’s right-hand men were A-camera operator Klemens Becker and B-camera operator Florian Emmerich. With Greengrass, the action is always covered with two or more cameras, usually handheld. “Sometimes we’d have a second camera, or a third and fourth, on a 34 September 2007 dolly with a 12:1 zoom, but we’d set it up to have that kind of loose feeling,” says Wood. Working handheld “is physically very demanding work. Being on a dolly or crane is a lot easier than picking up the camera and running around, zooming. Klemens and Florian are great. I would have been burned out in a few days trying to do what they did!” The cinematographer pulled focus early in his career and expresses a particular appreciation of that job, especially on films as kinetic as this one. “Pulling focus can be the most nightmarish position on the set. There are so many sleepless nights. Very few people know how hard it is to be a focus puller.” “On most shows everything has to be sharp, but Paul and Oliver gave everybody freedom,” says Acamera 1st AC Birgit “Bebe” Dierken, who also worked with Greengrass on United 93 (shot by Barry Ackroyd, BSC; see AC June ’06). “At first it’s hard to let things go out of focus, but after a couple of weeks you get used to it and realize it gives you creative input. Suddenly you’re throwing into
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