The Four Nations Mentoring Scheme is designed for women looking to take a significant step in their career. 41 mentees have been selected from across the four nations take part in the 2021 programme. It runs for six months, during which time each of the participants are paired up with senior industry professionals for six … Read more
American Cinema Editors has revealed the nominations for the 71st Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognising outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television and documentaries. The winners will be announced LIVE during the virtual ACE Eddie Awards ceremony at 11:00 am (PT) on April 17, 2021. Spike Lee will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker … Read more
Matthews Studio Equipment has released a new smart mounting solution to add to their Gobo Plate line—this time using Matthews grip essential, the 5/8” Baby Pin. Like their other Gobo Plates, the Gobo Plate Baby Pin is a US-made, rock-solid machined hardware solution. Designed to save time and energy when mounting 2.5” grip heads to … Read more
Procam and Take 2 Films, will begin trading under the brand name Procam Take 2. All branches and divisions, including Procam Projects and Procam NY, are included in the rebrand which introduces a strong new visual identity, with an integrated website, and centralised business purpose. Procam and Take 2 Films have worked side-by-side within the … Read more
VFX Studio, REALTIME, was a key creative partner on The Watch; the BBC America series bringing Terry Pratchett’s fantastical Discworld to the small screen. For the series, the studio delivered extensive post-vis, high-end VFX and crafted two very different types of dragon – from concept to final creature. The brief asked the studio to come … Read more
Our industry and particularly our field of cinematography is in a constant state of change. It begs the question, are we as cinematographers fully versed with what our role really is, given the range of new technologies? Has it become clouded and do people know and understand who or what the cinematographer is and what … Read more
Last year, this magazine celebrated its 100th Issue. In that issue, the President’s Perspective was written not by me but instead by cinematographer and educator Tunji Akinsehinwa. He talked about the challenges that he and others had confronted while trying to make their way in the film and TV industry. As he put it, “racial … Read more
NOTHING BEATS THE BIG SCREEN On 3 December, Warner Bros. announced that its 17 films scheduled for 2021, including Dune and The Matrix 4, would be released simultaneously in theatres and on the company’s streaming service, HBO Max. Jason Kilar, chief executive of WarnerMedia, cast the decision as future-savvy nod to the fans, and necessary, … Read more
Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas announced the 93rd Oscars nominations in 23 categories live from London, via a global live stream. Nominees in the Cinematography category are Judas and the Black Messiah (Sean Bobbitt BSC); Mank (Erik Messerschmidt ASC); News of the World (Dariusz Wolski ASC); Nomadland (Joshua James … Read more
AWARDS WITH A DIFFERENCE The industry awards ceremonies of BAFTA and the Academy Awards are now soon to be with us, yet this year they will be slightly later, and the main contenders will perhaps look somewhat different to years gone by. Much of the blame can be shown to be the pandemic, of course, … Read more
EXAMINING THE IMPACT Signs of life never truly went away. The first three months of lockdown 2020 did close production but not the planning for the future. Scripts could be written, and pre-production management could all be done by home working. When that lockdown lifted, productions tentatively started. Production continued into the second lockdown under … Read more
Mark London Williams catches up with DP Jonathan Furmanski to discuss his work on the ever-evolving series and how his documentary experience informs his narrative productions. “Search Party,” its director of photography, Jonathan Furmanski asserts, “is a small show, and moves at a very quick pace.” Though in terms of visibility, it’s definitely getting bigger. … Read more
A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP Critical to the successful preparation and execution of a movie is the creative partnership forged between the director and cinematographer. In order to explore the fundamental relationship, four pairings were selected, including two veteran actors making their directorial debuts, two Hollywood stalwarts working together for the first time, and a married couple … Read more
SCIENTIFIC VISION Scientific experimentation and a shared creative vision combine to great effect in Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi chiller Possessor. “Hats off to the producers for allowing us to make something as insane as this,” says Karim Hussain (CSC), referencing sci-fi body-horror Possessor. Writer/director Brandon Cronenberg’s creation follows agent Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) as she hijacks … Read more
In the latest installment of RED’s Behind the Look: That Shot series, award-winning underwater cinematographer Roger Horrocks discusses the importance of filming wildlife and how the stories and powerful imagery of Netflix’s My Octopus Teacher and Our Planet can impact the creators as well as the audience. Watch the fascinating interview in the video below…
Cinematographer Alexis Zabé ASC AMC‘s interest in image making began to develop at an early age, while he was growing up in Mexico City. “I remember going into the darkroom with my dad,” he says. “It was really entertaining for me, the darkness, the smells, seeing the photos appear and the rhythm of that very … Read more
The British Film Designers Guild Production Design Awards 2020 will be held virtually on Sunday 16 May and streamed via YouTube at 19.00 as COVID restrictions mean it will not be possible to hold a live event this year. The creative and light-hearted ceremony will celebrate the work of the Art Department and showcasing the … Read more
Sundance Institute and XRM Media have collaborated to create Sundance Film Festival: Asia to support, connect, promote and celebrate the independent film community within Asia, while showcasing a selection of films from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Film Festival: Asia is an expansion of the Institute’s programming in the region, further championing and promoting … Read more
Nikon has released NX Studio (version.1.0) – new software that enables the seamless viewing, processing and editing of still images and video. Nikon digital camera users can download the software, free of charge. The intuitive software integrates the functions of Nikon’s current image viewing software, ViewNX-i*, and its image-processing and editing software, Capture NX-D*, allowing … Read more
Light Iron, the post-production creative services division of Panavision, has welcomed colourist Sam Daley to its roster of creative talent. Daley joins the team as a senior colourist and will work out of the company’s New York facility, supporting clients with both feature and episodic projects. “We’re thrilled to welcome Sam to the Light Iron … Read more
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