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Opposite: Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes up arms against a lethal Hassansin (Thomas DuPont) in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. This page, top: Dansan partners with Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to safeguard a magical dagger. Bottom left: The nefarious Nizam (Ben Kingsley) has his own plans for the dagger, which can turn back time. Bottom right: Cinematographer John Seale, ASC, ACS prepares for action.
Unit photography by Andrew Cooper, SMPSP. Images courtesy of Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.
It all started in Morocco, where 2nd-unit director/cinematographer Alexander Witt and his crew filmed particularly challenging stunts and captured hundreds of plates for visualeffects shots. Key grip Tommaso Mele recalls that his crew continually found themselves maneuvering Fisher 10 and 11 dollies, a 30' Technocrane mounted on a Raptor utility vehicle, a variety of diffusion materials, and dozens of bluescreens and greenscreens around the desert to film horse stunts, hand-to-
hand combat, armies on the march and other action. For the look in Morocco, the filmmakers referenced exterior scenes in Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven (AC June ’05), which Tom Wood had also worked on, and which was also partly shot in Morocco. “Morocco has such a pitiless blue sky at that time of year — almost no weather changes,” says Newell. “Tom was well aware of this, and he showed John and me several panoramic shots in Kingdom of Heaven
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Features
Slings and Arrows (Robin Hood)
Desert Storm (Prince of Persia)
Very French Revenge (Micmacs)
Painting Towns White (The White Stripes)
Departments
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Land and Bread
Production Slate: Winter’s Bone • Harry Brown
Post Focus: Enhancing Frozen
Tricks of the Trade: Using Red’s False Color
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads/Ad Index
ASC Membership Roster
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: John Schwartzman
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