What politicians can learn from filmmakers GBCT News / John Keedwell What politicians can learn from filmmakers GBCT News / John Keedwell This is not a party political broadcast. It is an observation about how the film business can teach politicians, and other businesses, some essential lessons about making a success. On the June morning … Read more
Get your hands on the new edition of British Cinematographer magazine – digitally* via our website, or in print**, from 12th September. On the Cover – Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC on Blade Runner 2049 Three decades after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret … Read more
Going Global Post-It Notes / Pinewood Digital Going Global Post-It Notes / Pinewood Digital James Corless and Thom Berryman, who head-up Pinewood’s digital operations, are no strangers to jet-lag these days. Since setting up a simple digital dailies service five years ago, based out of Pinewood Studios in the UK, the facility has grown into … Read more
The swirl of award fever Across The Pond / Mark London Williams The swirl of award fever Across The Pond / Mark London Williams It’s not only crisis and calamity (and in L.A., ash!) in the air this fall, but around town there’s already the swirl of award fever, as showbiz heads to one of … Read more
Writer/director Paul Shoulberg’s vision for his feature The Good Catholic was to have it not look like a typical romcom, but to take on a more naturalistic look and feel. To help achieve that vision, Cinematographer Justin Montgomery, who worked with Shoulberg on a previous short project, selected Cooke’s S4/i prime lenses to take advantage … Read more
Rotolight, an award-winning British LED lighting manufacturer, has teamed up with Elinchrom one of the world’s best known photographic lighting systems manufacturers, to integrate its unique Skyport Protocol across its product range, starting with NEO 2 to be unveiled at a major launch event on September 4th. Rotolight has collaborated with Elinchrom to integrate its Skyport … Read more
Sachtler® and Vinten®, both Vitec Group brands and global industry leaders in camera supports for more than 100 years, today introduce flowtech™ — an all-new camera tripod technology with unique quick release brakes and easy adjust levers that enable camera operators to set up and begin using the tripod in an instant. Sachtler and Vinten … Read more
Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / John ‘Biggles’ Higgins Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / John ‘Biggles’ Higgins Fact file Age: 64 Born: Athlone, Republic Of Ireland First job:Â Samuelson Group Training: Electrical engineer Early career: Shell UK Lives: Kensington, London Big Break: 1984 (dir. Michael Radford, DP Roger Deakins CBE BSC … Read more
Preserving the image President’s Perspective / Barry Ackroyd BSC Preserving the image President’s Perspective / Barry Ackroyd BSC We all know that cinematography is a brilliant career. It’s an art form that we all love and, as I’ve often said, cinematographers play a pivotal and primary role in creating cinema. What’s not to love about … Read more
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