feature · 20222h 57mUS
The Batman
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
At a glance
- Director
- Matt Reeves
- Cinematography
- Greig Fraser
- Editor
- William Hoy
- Music
- Michael Giacchino
- Costume
- Jacqueline Durran
- Primary camera
- ARRI ALEXA LF
- Primary lens
- ARRI Rental DNA LF Vintage 40mm
- Format
- 1.85:1 · ARRIRAW ALEXA LFTheatrical
- Locations
- Gotham (London exteriors)
Production
Studios
- Warner Bros. Picturesdistributor
Department
Camera
- Greig FraserDirector of Photographyprimary
- Dan CarlingDigital Imaging Technicianprimary
- Jason EwartSteadicam Operatorprimary
- Tom LaneFirst Assistant Cameraprimary
Department
Grip
- Gary HymnsKey Gripprimary
- Michael WackerDolly Gripprimary
Department
Electric / Lighting
Post-Production
Visual Effects
980 total VFX shots
Locations
Shooting locations
Liverpool — St George's Hall
Sun plannerMerseyside · United Kingdom · 53.409, -2.981
City-Hall exterior + interior. Liverpool stood in for Gotham's civic-architecture frontage on multiple sequences.
- Civil dawn
- 02:56 UTC
- Sunrise
- 03:48 UTC
- Magic-hour AM
- 03:48 UTC → 04:45 UTC
- Magic-hour PM
- 19:47 UTC → 20:45 UTC
- Sunset
- 20:45 UTC
- Civil dusk
- 21:37 UTC
Cardington Studios
StudioBedfordshire · United Kingdom · 52.117, -0.417
Massive WW2 airship hangar; Batmobile chase set + Gotham flooded-finale build.
Lighting
Per-scene setups · 3 across 3 scenes
Per-scene lighting plots: fixture role (key / fill / back / practical), color temperature, diffusion stack, and motivation notes from cited supervisor interviews.
Opening Rooftop Surveillance
Greig Fraser's signature for the production: no traditional studio key, the entire plate motivated by the city's sodium-vapor street-lamps. The high-pressure sodium emission curve produces a narrow-spectrum orange that grades into the show-LUT's magenta highlight rolloff.
Fraser's gaffer rigged real high-pressure sodium fixtures off-camera at Pinewood; the ALEXA Mini LF's LogC3 captures the narrow spectrum cleanly, and the show-LUT pulls the magenta-cyan complementary into Gotham's rain-streaked night look.
Iceberg Lounge
Practical motivation: the club's ceiling rig of red theatrical lights spilling onto every surface. Fraser pushed the practicals two stops above key and used minimal fill, letting the LogC3 latitude hold both the hot reds and the deep underexposed shadows.
The club set was built with a fully-functional ceiling rig — not VFX. Practical incandescent + LED fixtures dimmed to chase the action. The ALEXA Mini LF rated to EI 1600 to expose into the shadows.
Batmobile Highway Chase
Color
Pipeline
Camera color science → IDT → working space → ODT → deliverable. Production-wide default first; scenes that diverge below.
- Camera logLogC3 (EI 800 base; 1600 push for night exteriors)
- Camera gamutARRI Wide Gamut
- IDTACES IDT.ARRI.LogC3.EI800
- Working spaceACEScct
Stunts
Curated set-pieces · 1
Sequence-level rigging detail — pole-cats, decelerators, picture-car modifications, named coordinators, and the SAG-AFTRA / BSR safety bulletins observed on set. Click through for the full breakdown.
Stunts
4 crew
The stunt department on this production: credited crew, actor-double pairings, and the companies whose members brought them onto the show. Click any name to jump to their full filmography + doubling history.
Post-production
Lab & finishing
- Goldcrest Postdi — Sodium-vapor look show-LUT applied at the Goldcrest grade.
- Formosa Groupsound mix
Score
Composer & cues
Giacchino at his most restrained — chose minor ostinati over fanfares as a deliberate Batman-revisionist choice.
Score
Scoring stage
- Eastwood Scoring StageWarner Bros. Studios· Burbank, US
Production
Videos
The Batman wingsuit scene used practical effects, not just CGI!
VFX BreakdownYanni's Nerdverse / 0:14 / 1.8M views
Meet "Five Days at Memorial" VFX Supervisors Eric Durst & Matt Whelan on Film U!
VFX BreakdownManhattan Edit Workshop / 21:50
Vengeance in the Making | The Batman (2022) Blu Ray Featurettes
Making OfCinevizual / 53:42 / 1.8M views
Making Of THE BATMAN (2022) - Best Of Behind The Scenes With Robert Pattinson | DC | HBO Max
Making OfSTREAM WARS / 10:01 / 636K views
The Batman Behind the Scenes - The Making of The Batman (2022) | Vudu
Making OfFandango at Home / 4:05 / 31K views
The Batman Behind The Scenes | Creating The Batmobile | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Behind the ScenesWarner Bros. Entertainment / 10:52 / 1.3M views
THE BATMAN (2022) - Robert Pattinson's Training Video | Behind The Scenes Footage #trainingvideo
Behind the ScenesThe Mini Broomer / 0:09 / 130K views
THE BATMAN (2022) - Filming Of The Motorcycle Scenes | Behind The Scenes Footage #shorts #motercycle
Behind the ScenesThe Mini Broomer / 0:09 / 26K views
The Batman (2022) Behind The Scenes With Robert Pattinson | #iFILMthings #filmmaking #shorts
Behind the ScenesiFILMthings / 0:10 / 11K views
The Batman (2022) - The Batmobile Startup | Behind The Scenes Footage | HBO Max & Warner Brothers
Behind the ScenesThe Mini Broomer / 0:18 / 5K views
THE BATMAN (2022)-Filming Of The Wingsuit Scene |Behind The Scenes Footage #shorts #thebatman #bts
Behind the ScenesThe Mini Broomer / 0:14 / 1K views
The Batman (2022) – Behind the Scenes & Movie Secrets!
Behind the Scenesbehind the scenes of movies / 3:13 / 76 views
THE BATMAN (2022) - Behind The Scenes Featurette - THE BATMAN Making
Behind the ScenesMaking Movie / 11:15 / 60 views
The Batman 2022 Behind the Scenes - Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Colin Farrell
Behind the ScenesStarMan 7777 / 1:45 / 0 views
Why THE BATMAN is so beautiful. | A Cinematography Video Essay
DP InterviewPatrick Tomasso / 12:33 / 2.3M views
The Batman | Anatomy of the Car Chase | Warner Bros. Entertainment
StuntsWarner Bros. Entertainment / 6:09 / 206K views
The Batman | Genesis: Matt Reeves on Creating The Batman | Warner Bros. Entertainment
OtherWarner Bros. Entertainment / 6:14 / 602K views
The Batman | Creating The Wingsuit | Warner Bros. Entertainment
OtherWarner Bros. Entertainment / 6:34 / 196K views
The Batman | Becoming Catwoman | Warner Bros. Entertainment
OtherWarner Bros. Entertainment / 8:37 / 195K views
THE BATMAN (2022) | A Look Inside Featurette (DC FanDome)
OtherFilmIsNow Epic Movie Zone / 2:05 / 180K views
Production
Scenes & Equipment
Gotham (London exteriors)
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Provenance
Sources
- [1]GREIG FRASER - Cinematographer - THE BATMAN - Part 2primaryTeam Deakins Podcast · 2023-08-23 · link
- [2]GREIG FRASER - Cinematographer - THE BATMAN - Part 1primaryTeam Deakins Podcast · 2023-08-16 · link
- [3]STUART WILSON - Sound Mixer - THE BATMANprimaryTeam Deakins Podcast · 2023-05-10 · link
- [4]Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS on Shooting The BatmanprimaryAmerican Cinematographer · 2022-04-01
