American Cinematographer - November 2023 - 55

This page and opposite: The Creator camera team captured
footage of vast landscapes to which visual-effects artists
later applied futuristic structures.
done it in the past, " Cooper says.
" We'd get a shot up on its feet,
and James would do a paint-over
to tweak forms. Then we'd do
another version and go back and
forth with Gareth. We created this
world on a case-by-case basis.
There were a lot of one-offs. "
The " one-offs " Cooper
mentions refer to a significant
number of big CG builds that are
seen briefly, and then not seen
again - including environments
in postapocalyptic Los Angeles
and gigantic AI structures in
New Asia. Co-cinematographer
Oren Soffer spent four months
shooting the film on locations
in Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal,
Tokyo and L.A., with Edwards
as the primary camera operator
- and a team led by special-effects
supervisor Neil Corbould
supplying interactive pyrotechnic
and atmospheric effects, for the
VFX to be incorporated later. ILM
visual-effects supervisor Andrew
Roberts accompanied them,
gathering reference material
that included drone footage for
environment work that, in some
cases, would ultimately feature
fully synthetic digital builds for
large-scale destruction. On set
as well were crewmembers from
Wētā Workshop, which supplied
futuristic hardware and
prosthetics, including cybernetic
appendages for Joshua's missing
arm and leg.
Low-Orbit Volume
Having developed renowned
expertise with ILM's StageCraft
from his work on The Mandalorian
(AC Feb. '20) and The
Batman (AC June '22), Creator
co-cinematographer Greig Fraser
helped to conceptualize two
LED-volume sequences set on a
15,000'-wide low-orbit platform
called the North American Orbital
Mobile Aerospace Defense, aka
NOMAD. The craft's airlock and
biodome featured expansive
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