View Finder Meet the New Wave / Taina Galis View Finder Meet the New Wave / Taina Galis Filmography (so far): Fulll Firearms (2011, sic), dirs Emily Wardill, Prisoner Of War, dir. Andrea Luka Zimmerman, A Wedding Most Strange (2011), dir. Trevor Garlick, Break My Fall (2011) (as 2nd Unit DP), dir. Kanchi Wichmann, and … Read more
Gentleman Genius All Time Greats / Freddie Young OBE, BSC, ASC Gentleman Genius All Time Greats / Freddie Young OBE, BSC, ASC BY: David A. Ellis Frederick Archibald Young was born on 9 October 1902 in London. He entered the film industry in 1917 at Lime Grove Studios, West London. At that time it … Read more
From Russia with Love Seamus McGarvey BSC, ASC / Anna Karenina From Russia with Love Seamus McGarvey BSC, ASC / Anna Karenina BY: David Heuring Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s novel of love and jealousy in the pre-revolutionary Russian aristocracy, has been brought to the screen dozens of times. Particularly memorable is the 1935 MGM version starring … Read more
Cuban Minimalism Trevor Forrest / Una Noche Cuban Minimalism Trevor Forrest / Una Noche Whether it was Trevor Forrest’s partial upbringing in the Bahamas, or his month on Isle Grande in Brazil when he received the script for Una Noche, he and writer-director Lucy Mulloy seemed destined to make this film together. Garnering much … Read more
Betrayal in Belfast Rob Hardy BSC / Shadow Dancer Betrayal in Belfast Rob Hardy BSC / Shadow Dancer James Marsh’s Shadow Dancer is a heart-wrenching thriller set in 1990’s Belfast about a young mother forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son. Scripted by Tom Bradby, who adapted his own … Read more
Blonde Ambition John Pardue / The Girl Blonde Ambition John Pardue / The Girl Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense and the psychological thriller, had a predilection of casting cool blondes as the female leads in his films. The Girl is a new production that examines the story of his obsessive relationship with actress Tippi … Read more
Guided meditation Ron Fricke / Samsara Guided meditation Ron Fricke / Samsara In movie making cinematography works with the performances, script and overall vision of the director to create a narrative. Take away the seemingly all-important elements of speech and a storyline and a film becomes a very different proposition. Director and cinematographer Ron Fricke … Read more
Premium Bond Roger Deakins BSC, ASC / Skyfall Premium Bond Roger Deakins BSC, ASC / Skyfall BY: Ron Prince Bond is back. And his loyalty to M is severely tested as the past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack and hunkers below ground, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, … Read more
Back to my Roots Roger Pratt BSC / Jadoo Back to my Roots Roger Pratt BSC / Jadoo BY: Ron Prince It was a sunny morning in June, when Ron Prince caught up with Roger Pratt BSC, at the Groucho Club, to discover more about the cinematographer’s work on Amit Gupta’s family comedy Jadoo. … Read more
Ruddy Good Clapperboard / Robin Vidgeon BSC Ruddy Good Clapperboard / Robin Vidgeon BSC Honorary BSC member Robin Vidgeon is not shooting at present but teaches up and coming cinematographers, which he has been doing for sometime, previously between shoots. “I have been teaching at Ealing Studios on and off for over a year,” said … Read more
Eye Max Wally Pfister ASC, BSC / The Dark Knight Rises Eye Max Wally Pfister ASC, BSC / The Dark Knight Rises BY: Bob Fisher The collaborative relationship between Christopher Nolan and Wally Pfister ASC is like the script for a classic, feel-good movie where seemingly impossible dreams come true. The Dark Knight … Read more
Deja View Paul Cameron ASC / Total Recall Deja View Paul Cameron ASC / Total Recall In 1990, Phillip K. Dick’s classic short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale was loosely adapted into the film Total Recall by director Paul Verhoeven. The resultant cocktail of violent shocks, startling visions of an interplanetary future … Read more
People Person Meet the New Wave / David Raedeker People Person Meet the New Wave / David Raedeker Filmography (so far): My Brother The Devil (2012 dir. Sally El Hussaini); I Am Nasrine (2012 dir. Tina Gharavi); Elvis Pelvis (2007 dir. Kevin Aduaka), and Falcon ‘Silent And Damned’ TV series (Sky Atlantic/HBO). When did … Read more
Immersive images Natasha Braier / The Swimmer Immersive images Natasha Braier / The Swimmer The London 2012 Olympics are being hailed as a showcase for British talent, history and pride, not just on the sporting track and field but for the nation’s arts scene as well. Film is a major strand of the Cultural Olympiad … Read more
Spinning Yarns John Schwartzman ASC / The Amazing Spider-man Spinning Yarns John Schwartzman ASC / The Amazing Spider-man The Amazing Spider-Man takes audiences on an emotional and sometimes breathtaking 3D journey with a teenager named Peter Parker whose parents mysteriously disappeared years ago. The youngster is being raised by an uncle. Peter is determined to … Read more
Visual Delight Ben Richardson / Beasts of the Southern Wild Visual Delight Ben Richardson / Beasts of the Southern Wild Beasts Of The Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin, is the story of six-year-old Hushpuppy who, faced with her father’s fading health and environmental changes that release an army of prehistoric creatures, leaves her Delta-community … Read more
Outer Space Dariusz Wolski ASC / Prometheus 3D Outer Space Dariusz Wolski ASC / Prometheus 3D BY: Bob Fisher Prometheus takes the audience on a 3D journey to a planet in outer space with a group of explorers who are on a quest to find the secret to the origins of life on Earth. The … Read more
Bag of Magic Meet the New Wave / James Martin Bag of Magic Meet the New Wave / James Martin Filmography (so far): Payback Season, The Secret Life Of Butterflies (short), Dance With The Devil: The Cozy Powell Story. When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? When I went to film … Read more
Non – Stop Sean Bobbitt BSC / Hysteria, Byzantium & The Place Beyond The Pines Non – Stop Sean Bobbitt BSC / Hysteria, Byzantium & The Place Beyond The Pines If variety is the spice of life then Sean Bobbitt BSC has been having a very spicy time over the past … Read more
Dark Magic Greig Fraser ACS / Snow White & the Huntsman Dark Magic Greig Fraser ACS / Snow White & the Huntsman Australian Cinematographer Greig Fraser was in Jordan shooting Zero Dark Thirty with Kathryn Bigelow when British Cinematographer finally tracked him down. However, we wanted to transport him out the desert, and the grim … Read more
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