Arturo: This is how we worked out "Method Camera" for the kill Cheney scene. I wanted Sarah to interact with me (and the camera) as if I were Cheney and to attack me directly.

When we actually shot the scene, Sarah would get so immersed in her character that she was really hitting me with that mannequin arm and whatever else she could find. I was about to stop the action (about 1 min. 20 sec. into the video, you see my hand come up into the scene to protect myself and you hear me say "Stop.") when I realized that what I was seeing through the viewfinder was as real as what getting beat up would look like from the POV of the victim. There was no way I could simulate those visual thuds and shakes without actually being hit, and since Sarah did not hear my call to stop, and I was getting fascinated by the visual effect of this technique, we kept shooting and I ended up getting pretty bruised up. Since then, I acquired some protective shooting gear and am designing a "Method Camera" suit.