While all of the effects shots were storyboarded and planned with animatics, the script was always evolving with new interpretations. He and Sigel spoke almost every day in pre-production, and of course, during production. Fink believes that directors and cinematographers have much more creative freedom today. Motion tracking software allows them to move the camera freely, and they can shoot with the same type of camera, lenses, film stocks and lighting they use for live-action photography. It is also important to understand that while the evolution of digital technology is providing powerful new tools, each practitioner brings their own innate talent, skills and experience to every project.
Fink is a case in point.
He started as an artist and photographer, but through work on films, found he enjoyed the collaborative process. We can encourage radical movement of the camera and we can create three-dimensional, synthetic backgrounds that enable us to move in perfect sync with the camera that films the actors in ways not possible a few years ago. Digital technology has also extended the collaborative process much deeper into postproduction. We were literally tweaking images right up to the day that we made release prints. Bob Fisher has covered the motion picture industry, TV programming and music video for more than 20 years.