Specifically the Thin Red Line.
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and
theasc.com/magazine/feb99/war
This image (credited to Merie W. Wallace, from the American cinematographer magazine feb '99) was the absolute distillation of what I wanted to do when working in Film + TV
Just the sheer audacity of putting such a large crane on top of a hill, and using it to move a camera smoothly... leading grubby A-list actors in-close, with hundreds of soldiers and back-ground performers playing out their own little story-lines in the far off distance...
...There's even a microphone attached to the camera for a closer perspective (no real chance for a boom op to safely move with the camera)
As a newly graduated film student, the fact that this shot in my home state (up north obviously) amazed me, and I was extremely fortunate to work with many of the same crew over the next 15 years.
Several projects had their own mini-battle scenes, with full military might, and at times, hundreds of extras...
While never easy - it was always a pinch-yourself moment, when looking around at what it took to make it look right.
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