Pfister Shows How 'Dark Knight' Rises Cinematography For Action Scenes

Even filming blockbuster movie action sequences can have their limits, as Ringling College of Art and Design students learned Wednesday.
Take a three-minute action sequence in The Dark Knight where Batman captures international criminal Lau in Hong Kong in one the world's tallest buildings—One International Finance Centre—and proceeds to fly him out over the city in a cargo jet.
Stuntman Buster Reeves at one time was set to dangle over Hong Kong off of a cable from a plane for the scene, explained Wally Pfister, the film's cinematographer as he led Ringling College digital film students through the scene.
"It was deemed to be safe enough to do," he said, prompting laughter. "In the end, the Hong Kong government said, 'No, this is not a good idea. We're not going to swing this guy over the city.'"
Still, the scene contains

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