the Japanese inform them that if 100 women don’t “volunteer” to be “comfort girls” for Japanese soldiers, all of the women will be killed. Slowly, individual hands go up, waving gently and bathed in shafts of light pouring through the church windows. For Lu and Cao, the sunlight suggested a kind of purity and even hope, as these women sacrifice themselves for the greater good. Cao used the Optimo 24-290mm at the long end of the lens for close-ups of the hands. (This scene actually required three additional cameras. B-camera operator He captured a wide angle using a Grip Factory Munich GF-8 crane and Top: Japanese soldiers enter the church and find scores of civilians. Middle (from left): A-camera 1st AC Yongheng Tan, Cao, He and B-camera 1st AC Yuan Liang take a break during filming. Bottom: Chinese women brave a snowstorm to trek across the city. ww.theasc.com w July 2011 59http://ww.theasc.com