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in a relatively stationary position, while
Ava - despite being confined to her
quarters - is able to walk around him.
Hardy points out, "It asks the question,
'Who's observing whom?'"
Principal photography was
scheduled for six weeks: four weeks on
three sound stages at Pinewood Studios
and two weeks on location in Norway,
where the Valldalen valley provided the
vast landscapes that comprise Nathan's
property. Nathan's retreat was originally
scripted to be located in Alaska, but the
finished film places it in an unnamed
wilderness. Hardy strove to photograph
all of the exteriors with what he
describes as "a strong manifesto. One
could argue that every single landscape
was from Ava's emotional point of view.

"We needed to find
a look with its own
distinct texture and
personality."
Caleb finds
Nathan (Oscar
Isaac) working
off a hangover
on the back
patio (top and
middle). Scenes
set here and in
the dining room
(bottom) were
shot in the Juvet
Landscape Hotel
in Norway's
Valldalen valley.

I told our second-unit cinematographer,
Stuart Howell - who was also our
Steadicam operator - that you've got to
imagine you're viewing [the exterior] for
the first time, almost as if it's an alien
landscape."
For each day of 2nd-unit photography, Hardy sent Howell out with one
Xtal Express lens and asked for "six
amazing shots instead of 12 good ones."
The Xtal Express set included an
18mm, 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm,
75mm and 100mm lens, with no
backup primes save for the Kowa
anamorphics (which were rarely used),
so Hardy would have to plan his day of
1st-unit production around whatever
focal length he sent out with Howell.
All of Howell's compositions were to be
anchored by an object in the center of
the frame, "whether it's a mountain, a
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