 David Lean (I) (qv) wanted his film to have a feeling of  heightened realism. Working closely in conjunction with art director  John Bryan (I) (qv) and cinematographer Guy Green (I) (qv), he  employed several tricks, such as forced perspective, to achieve this  effect. The famous opening shot in the graveyard, for instance,  features a brooding church in the background which in reality was  only 3 meters high.