Hulk 
(2003) - brilliant sci-fi superhero movie directed by Ang Lee sees the scientist hero (Eric
Bana) transformed into a giant green creature. When he's captured by US Army forces, they
use a skycrane transport with Cobra gunship escort to carry him to a secret military base
in the desert. Later, the Hulk escapes from the underground prison only to be pursued and
attacked by four hi-tech Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche helicopters. These stealth weapons
are generated by computer animation (as is the Hulk character), but this blockbuster
production has some of the finest digital effects yet seen, and there are fantastic action
sequences when the incredible Hulk fights the US army's best rotorcraft assets with his
bare hands.
"The Comanche was all digital. We used,
what is becoming a common practice of flying, a 'target aircraft'. Several scenes were
filmed by ground cameras as well as the Spacecam on another helicopter. I flew a Eurocopter
AS 350-B2 which had 'reference' marks painted on it. The cameras filmed me performing the
maneuvers that the Comanche was called upon to fly. The reference marks on the A-Star are
then tracked by the computer and transferred to the digital model allowing the computer
guys to make it look much more realistic when it 'flies'. It particularly helps them
achieve the proper bank-angle versus rate-of-turn look. I have used this technique on
many occasions." - CRAIG HOSKING, Aerial
Co-ordinator
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