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At the fort with trappers Leonardo Di Caprio and Domhnall Gleeson. Photo by Kimberly French ESTABLISHING THE STYLE Chivo and Alejandro stressed to me the style of this movie would be similar to Birdman where each scene is carefully rehearsed and choreographed to convey the story with minimal cuts. The camera would be very intimate, many times at minimal focus distance to feel the terror and emotion of each character.
Director Alejandro G. Inarritu and actor Leonardo DiCaprio on location for “The Revenant.” Photo credit: 20th Century Fox. Unpredictable and extreme climate conditions can be the bane of most film productions. The Revenant is a 2015 American semi-biographical epic. Location and crew concerns delayed the film from May to August 2015. Filming took place in March 2013. The film was shot in twelve locations in three countries: Canada, the United States, and Argentina. In Canada, filming took place in Calgary and Fortress.
We operated a single camera, a signature of Alejandro’s, and no traditional camera dolly was part of our package. Not since film school had I been on a movie without a dolly so I knew it was going to be a very physically demanding experience. The story features Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, a respected guide and fur trapper who leads a group of trappers, which includes Tom Hardy, into Indian Territory to bring home their annual pelts.
It’s the American frontier, and conditions are rough. The harsh weather the trappers experienced in the story was part of our journey as well, as we filmed most of the scenes in the Canadian wilderness.
Scott with Ryan Monro (dolly grip) executing a shot in the wolf sequence. Photo by Kimberly French HARSH, REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS We began rehearsing and testing early September in Calgary amidst a major snowstorm and at the start of an early winter. The first day rehearsal involved wearing neoprene waders and boots, working in a river current of knee deep icy water with snow falling. This opening scene included Glass, his son Hawk, and Bridger, a trapper, slowly walking through the water as they spot an elk in the distance.
With a single shot Glass takes the elk down. Canon 70d picture style settings. Within minutes an Indian party descends on the camp.
This scene involved about 200 actors as Indians and fur trappers, dozens of horses, bows and arrows, and musket rifles. All was carefully rehearsed and choreographed so we, the audience, experience the battle in real time. “Chivo” Emmanuel Lubezki and Scott in the rain forest of Squamish, British Columbia.
Photo by Kimberly French WIDE LENSES TO CAPTURE REALISM The Revenant embraced a different visual language from what I was used to. 
We used wide lenses—from a 12mm to a 21mm, including the equivalent field of view in 65mm. Movement is exaggerated in a wide lens so camera moves were slow, graceful, and exact.
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These slow deliberate moves would go from an extreme close-up to a perfectly composed wide, beautiful vista, and back to a close-up. The characters in the movie are so emotionally driven that the camera needed to be an emotional extension of them. Shooting with the wide lenses shows an interesting perspective and makes you feel you’re part of the character.
You have their panoramic POV. We’re used to seeing a lot of close-ups and extreme close-ups, but in reality the view a person has is this wide POV. The scope of the scene and the land it encompassed defines the 240:1 aspect that The Revenant utilized. SHOOTING IN STORY ORDER The movie was shot in story order, and part of Alejandro’s directing style is to maintain a natural story rhythm. This allowed the characters to age and physically change as the story progressed. No detail was overlooked, including the optimal time for natural light to shoot the scene.