“Their idea was to use Navy SEALs and their assets.” The directors wanted to “reinvent the action genre.” The cinematographer bought in. “Their vision was so fierce,” shares Hurlbut. The directors however, envisioned an action film like no other – one that immerses the audience deep into visceral, heart-pounding battles using an unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking. The cinematographer had just come off Terminator: Salvation and didn’t want to repeat himself by doing another action picture. In 2009, when the film was only an idea, Bandito Brothers co-directors, Mike “Mouse” McCoy and Scott Waugh set out to draft Shane Hurlbut to shoot the movie. Combining stunning combat sequences with up-to-the minute battlefield and filmmaking technology, the film uses active duty SEALs and their families to create a narrative story grounded in real-life experience. Inspired by true events, Act of Valor is set in the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world – the Navy SEALs. BTL Screening Series hosted a special screening of Act of Valor late last week followed by a lively panel discussion with key members of the camera department. A Navy SEAL is engaged in a personnel recovery mission in Relativity Media's Act of Valor.
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