Well, the script had a lot of scenes. It had like 167 scenes, and that's obviously not including coverage. I had to manage to shoot 167 separate scenes in 19 twelve-hour days, which is not something I do in commercials. So it was a huge amount of work that had to be done. I also decided to approach the film in a way I don't usually do in commercials.
Commercials are very glossy and sort of hard.
This film was the exact opposite. What this story needed was coverage, not overly worked images. So to make it really successful, this film really needed someone to help tell its story visually, rather than my own personal desire to make every shot a jewel. I think we did manage to do both pretty well, but it did take a little adjusting in the sense that we had to move efficiently and quickly, which is always a surprise to someone who's had the luxury of working in commercials. It was a Panavision 35.