Editing Stargate (film) (section)

===Filming===
The mask of the [[pharaoh]] in the opening credits was made out of fiberglass and modeled in the workshop. The sequence used a [[Motion control photography|motion-control camera]] to give better depth of field.<ref name="acemmerich">{{Cite AV media |people=[[Roland Emmerich|Emmerich, Roland]] |date=2001 |title=Audio Commentary for Stargate |medium=DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] }}</ref> The score of ''Stargate'' was composer [[David Arnold]]'s first work on an American feature film. When Devlin and Emmerich first flew to London to meet with Arnold, they had not yet heard the score; hearing it, they felt "he had elevated the film to a whole other level".<ref name="acdevlin">{{Cite AV media |people=[[Dean Devlin|Devlin, Dean]] |date=2001 |title=Audio Commentary for Stargate |medium=DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] }}</ref> Arnold later interviewed the actors during [[principal photography]], using the information to improve his score.<ref name="acdevlin" />