Our latest Focus On guide explores the relationship between cinematography and sustainability. We speak to industry leaders about how to be sustainable on set and what changes need to be made going forward.

Green forces in film

Sustainable Initiatives

Sustainable by design

Set Design

Comment / Karl Liegis, head of production, 60Forty Films

Comment

Sustainability is built in to our industry’s DNA

Sustainability Introduction

A light footprint

Lighting

True Detective: Night Country

Sustainability Production Profiles

Aurora borealis shot with new low-light Canon camera

Feb 9, 2016

Aurora Skycam, a Norwegian film enterprise, has become the first company in the world to use Canon’s new ME20F-SH, high-definition video camera to capture stunningly detailed low-light footage of one of the world’s most spectacular natural phenomena, the aurora borealis.

The footage, shot in Norway, records the borealis in “never-before-seen clarity”, revealing colour and high definition detail that has “opened up new creative possibilities”, according to Aurora Skycam’s Anders Hanssen. “It’s the most amazing camera out there – a revolution when it comes to night-time photography.”

Launched in July 2015 the ME20F-SH is a professional multi-purpose video camera capable of capturing full-colour, HD footage in extremely low-light environments. Boasting a maximum ISO in excess of 4 million (+75dB), the camera facilitates a wide range of shooting possibilities in situations that previously would not have been possible.