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30 making it necessary for Jenkins and Lynn to utilize a sepa- rate wireless system for each package. "We had no choice but to be quick, super mobile and keep batteries hot. It was important to have the wireless up at all times so they didn't need to wait for our signal to lock." While Lynn sta - tioned himself at a briefcase running QTAKE, video assist software, and their own channel of headsets for constant communications, Jenkins was acting as a human tripod for a roving camera, holding a handheld monitor for Director Alejandro Iñárritu and Leonardo DiCaprio, who was very involved. "I had to stand five feet from them basically at all times," laughs Jenkins. While 2017's releases of A Futile & Stupid Gesture (Director David Wain), The Evil Within (Director Andrew Getty) and The Circle (Director James Ponsoldt), starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson had challenges of their own for the op - erator, larger obstacles loomed on Bright by Director David Ayer. The big-budget Netflix original film set to be released December 2017 ushers viewers inside a present-day fantasy world where humans coexist with mythical creatures. Will Smith stars as Ward, a Los Angeles Police Department of- ficer who patrols the night watch with an orc cop named Jakoby played by Joel Edgerton. When an evil darkness emerges, they fight to protect a young female elf (Lucy Fry) and a forgotten-yet-powerful relic she holds that can alter their existence. It was Production Sound Mixer Lisa Piñero who recom - mended Jenkins for the job. "When I met with David, we were having a great conversation when it abruptly stopped. When I was officially hired the next day, I was told we had a great interview and found that when he makes up his mind, he doesn't spend anymore time on it. That quality trans - lated well with him as a director on set which was a great thing," says Jenkins. For the first sixty production days, Jenkins operated seven days straight working Saturday-Wednesday on Bright and Thursday-Friday on another series he committed to, Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later. "The turnarounds weren't bad and the material we were doing on Wet Hot was completely different." Located in southern Jordan, near the Saudi Arabian border, the Wadi Rum Desert looks a lot like Mars. (Photo: Giles Keyte)