ABSTRACT
Most of the shots were either handheld (free) or the camera was attached to a helmet, for fi rst-person perspective.
SUSHI WITH SHANE HURLBUT, ASC Shane Hurlbut, ASC, is a tour de force. We sit at a sushi bar in Malibu Beach as the darkening spring sky brings out twinkling stars. It’s been a long week shooting a short fi ction written and directed by collaborator Po Chan, with 15-hour shoots the norm, a demanding task for a low-budget fi lm for Canon in a bid to show off the 5D Mark II’s capability as a cinema camera. Exhaustion ebbs around Hurlbut’s eyes, but his effulgent passion for cinematic storytelling, his jovial fl are of expression, isn’t tempered by fatigue. He insists that I try yellowtail touched by cilantro and fi re sauce-which sums up his enthusiasm for life. “It’s killer,” he remarks with a laugh. He knows when to party and is quick to laugh on set but sometimes impatient with those not fi ring as fast as he is.
