The creative studio at Framestore joined the team as the VFX partner for the film in its entirety, supporting the shoot through to post-production. Working closely with director Marc Munden (Utopia, Electric Dreams), the brief included using subtle VFX to breathe life into the garden, crafting a full-CG robin and building complex real-world environments. Framestore … Read more
With cutting-edge design and safety features at the forefront, Flying Pictures set out develop a drone which removed the restrictions inherent with traditional drone technology, an aircraft capable of flying the heaviest camera and lens packages available, enabling filmmakers to achieve their creative vision without compromise. CAA assessed, approved and ready to deploy, the Ultra … Read more
Amulet follows homeless ex-soldier Tomaz (Gods Own Country’s Alec Secaraenu), as he uncovers paranormal terrors after taking a job helping a young woman and her dying mother. “We wanted to create a film with a strong visual sensibility that inspired a visceral response and played on expectation of the horror genre,” begins director of photography, … Read more
Following the lift of the first lockdown in London caused by the Covid-19 outbreak in early July, cinematographer Matteo Bangrazi and filmmaker Alfred George Bailey immediately jumped on set with the rest of the team to film I Still Breathe. Relying on Cooke Optics’ S7/i series of lenses for full frame capture on an ARRI … Read more
Fiilex’s Q5 Color is a 185W 5” LED fresnel that generates high-quality RGBW light output. The fixture uses the latest iteration of Fiilex’s Dense Matrix LED array to deliver colour quality and optical versatility that go beyond the typical limits of point-source LED technology. With its wide spot/flood range, smooth dimming to 0 per cent, … Read more
Birnam Wood and other considerations Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Birnam Wood and other considerations Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Finally, this column can be written. For all the sound and fury made by Trump’s loyalists, one thing is now clear. Birnam Wood has, at last, come to Dunsinane castle – … Read more
Blackmagic Design has announced DaVinci Resolve 17, a major new release with over 300 new features and improvements including HDR grading tools, redesigned primary colour controls, next generation Fairlight audio engine including Fairlight audio core and support for 2,000 real time audio tracks plus dozens of other time saving tools for editors including a redesigned inspector, … Read more
Since its establishment in 1917, ARRI’s historical location in Munich’s Tuerkenstrasse has been the main hub of activity for the business. Now, the globally active company is relocating its headquarters and the entire Camera Systems division to Munich’s Parkstadt Schwabing. On 6 October 2020, Judith Gerlach, Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs and also responsible … Read more
To extend the benefits of using EF mount lenses to large-format motion picture productions, ARRI has redesigned its EF mount with a wider light baffle and LBUS connector, allowing it to cover the large-format sensor of the Alexa Mini LF, as well as the Super 35 sensors of the Alexa Mini and Amira. The new … Read more
“Anamorphic was a must to give us that blockbuster look,” said Rowling who tested a number of lenses based on what would be available from Patriot Rental in the Ukraine for location shooting before choosing Cooke Anamorphic/i zooms. “I knew what the Cooke lenses were capable of [since] I used them on my first anamorphic … Read more
Teradek has announced the TOF.1, an affordable, lightweight infrared rangefinder for the RT wireless lens control system. It provides focus pullers with accurate, real-time distance measurements between a camera’s focal plane and the subject being filmed, allowing precise focus accuracy. TOF.1 also unlocks a new autofocus function that can continuously track a subject and instantly … Read more
Fujifilm has partnered with MTF Service in London and Duclos Lenses in Los Angeles to introduce new RF Mount versions of the Fujinon MK 18-55mm T2.9 and Fujinon MK 50-135mm T2.9 Cine Zoom lenses to users of the newly released RED Komodo camera. Having already proven to be essential partners for E-Mount cameras such as the Sony FS7 and … Read more
ETC’S new fos/4 Fresnel takes the most desired features of an incandescent Fresnel and adds the nuanced colour mixing, smooth fades, and LED technology of the company’s other professional grade fixtures. The 15-50-degree zoom can be adjusted from the front or rear of the fixture; beam-control accessories can be added using the accessory slot; and the … Read more
As Cooke Optics chairman, Les Zellan, steps down from the company, and CEO, Robert Howard, retires, Tim Pugh takes over as CEO, while Kees van Oostrum ASC NSC SBC AIC, currently a Cooke Optics board member, becomes non-executive chairman. Cooke, which is among the oldest lens brands to have continuously served the motion picture industry … Read more
The Devil All The Time was adapted from Donald Ray Pollock’s novel by director Antonio Campos who preferred 35mm and managed to get this okayed by Netflix seemingly without issue. It’s a sweaty, complicated psychological thriller set in 1950’s Virginia with a considerable degree of exterior location work for the British DOP. Crawley deliberately underexposed … Read more
Utopia is a twisted conspiracy thriller about saving the world, while trying to find your place in it. Inspired by the British series (photographed by BSC members Ole Bratt Birkeland and Lol Crawley), the new eight-part Amazon Original is adapted by showrunner Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and centres on a group of comic fans who … Read more
After an au pair’s tragic death, the owner of an English country Manor, Henry Wingrave, hires a young nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew. But all is not as it seems as centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed. Horror series The Haunting of Bly Manor … Read more
Blackmagic Design has upgraded its 12K shooter URSA Mini Pro only weeks after launching it. Notably, the firmware upgrade boosts options for shooting with higher frame rates. 12K at 60p was already an impressive achievement, but now you can shoot 2.4:1 12K at up to 75fps, with 8K now being possible at 120fps. This update … Read more
Ross Baker is joining Molinare as a senior colourist, from Halo where he was head of grading. His credits include Roughcut TV’s Inside Number 9, Merman’s Motherland series and and two, David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef, ITV’s Flesh and Blood and BBC1/Starz’ The Missing. He has been nominated for five RTS Programme Awards and made … Read more
Key features of the $1,799 (£1,365) camera (body only) include a new advanced auto focus (AF), a 24.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS full-frame sensor with in-body image stabilisation and a standard ISO range of up to 51,200. It can shoot up to 10fps with auto exposure, and captures video at up to 4K/30fps or 1080p/120fps, both … Read more
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