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by Barry Robison, Production Designer Main image: Illustrator Evan Shipard's concept sketch of the escarpment, parts of which were built in two different locations near Sydney, Australia. Top, left to right: The generic battlefield set at Bringelly doubled as the top of the escarpment, and allowed a site for special effects explosions. A frame capture from the finished film features the troops climbing the escarpment with digital set extensions. Bottom, left to right: Two clay models of the battlefield/ escarpment set. The scaffolding in place, which would serve as a frame for the wood and plaster face of the Bringelly escarpment, cast to match the other one at the Goulburn location, south of Sydney. THREE JEEPS, TWO TRUCKS AND A TANK "Mel Gibson kept pushing to keep the battlefield sequences tight and chaotic. He wanted the visceral feel of war, nothing soft or beautiful, the ugly intensity of battle, stunning images, like flamethrowers set against the charcoal of the devastated landscape." © Summit Entertainment