Panalux exclusive light supplier for SPECTRE

Having provided lighting to every James Bond film since 1995’s GoldenEye, Panalux was again the exclusive supplier for SPECTRE, the latest film in the 007 James Bond franchise, both in the studio and on location. Filmed on 35mm over eight months in more than six UK and overseas locations, was well as several stages at … Read more

BB&S

Light Fantastic Spotlight / BB&S Light Fantastic Spotlight / BB&S BY: Adrian Pennington A belief in the power of LED as the future of professional lighting technology inspired Danish duo Peter Plesner and Thomas Brockmann to start up Brother, Brother & Sons (BB&S) in 1999, although it took a decade for their vision to be vindicated, writes … Read more

Jeff Lawrence

Gripping Stuff Innovator / Jeff Lawrence Gripping Stuff Innovator / Jeff Lawrence BY: Kevin Hilton Ronford Baker is known on the international filmmaking scene for its innovative fluid heads and tripods, in addition to other support hardware such as tracks and sliders. The company was founded by camera rental company owner Ron Ford and engineer … Read more

I-Dailies

Frame Of Mind Post It Notes / I-Dailies Frame Of Mind Post It Notes / I-Dailies Nigel Horn, managing director of i-dailies, says the inherent beauty of film and the desire for creative choice, keep celluloid origination alive and kicking. Well, I guess, as the saying goes: ‘It’s never over till it’s over’. Around ten years ago … Read more

Edu Grau / Suffragette

Sisters Act Edu Grau / Suffragette Sisters Act Edu Grau / Suffragette BY: Ron Prince Director Sarah Gavron’s feisty feature film Suffragette,  about the wrestle for women’s suffrage is not a prim and proper affair. Far from it. Within the first few minutes of the movie a brick shatters a London shop window and, with shrieks from … Read more

Maja Zamojida

Lens Baby Meet The New Wave / Maja Zamojda Lens Baby Meet The New Wave / Maja Zamojda Filmography (so far): Jericho (2015), Tripped (2015), Not Safe For Work (2015), Jet Trash (2015), The Village (2014), Fresh Meat (2013), Skins (2013) and Dates (2013). When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? When I was … Read more

Ron Collins

News Hound ClapperBoard / Ron Collins News Hound ClapperBoard / Ron Collins BY: David A. Ellis Former Movietone news cameraman Ronald Ernest Collins was born on the 29th January 1942 in Cheltenham and went to school in London. His ambition was to be meteorologist, but after leaving school in 1958 he joined Rank Screen Services in Hill … Read more

Andrew Dunn BSC / The Lady In The Van

Parking Permit Andrew Dunn BSC / The Lady in the Van Parking Permit Andrew Dunn BSC / The Lady in the Van There are stories that are quintessentially British and as cinematographer Andrew Dunn BSC says, the writer Alan Bennett and his work couldn’t be more British.  The latest film to be based on Bennett’s … Read more

Alwin Küchler BSC / Steve Jobs

Apple core Alwin Küchler BSC / Steve Jobs Apple core Alwin Küchler BSC / Steve Jobs Steve Jobs is a figure of Shakespearean dimensions: an iconic figure of the digital age, a hero to his many fans and a notoriously complex, difficult man who often treated his friends and family with coldness and contempt.  Making … Read more

New Teletubbies gets a high-tech cinematographic approach

The challenging combination of costume characters, miniature photography, motion control and CGI enhancements were all creatively fused in the reboot of UK global children’s classic Teletubbies. New Teletubbies (DHX Media) was shot at Twickenham Studios by DP Simon Reay, who was an operator on the original ‘90’s series. Now, almost twenty years on, the re-version … Read more

Ed Lachman ASC / Carol

A work of heart Ed Lachman AsC / Carol A work of heart Ed Lachman AsC / Carol Carol, based on the semi-autobiographical novel ‘The Price Of Salt’ by psychological suspense author Patricia Highsmith (Strangers On A Train /The Talented Mr. Ripley ), is about a young department store clerk (Rooney Mara) who falls in love with an … Read more

Dan Mindel ASC BSC / Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Space is the place Dan Mindel ASC BSC / Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Space is the place Dan Mindel ASC BSC / Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens When director JJ Abrams and cinematographer Dan Mindel ASC BSC approached Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,  they weren’t just facing an extraordinarily complex … Read more

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