Discover the seminar and panel discussion line-up at BSC Expo 2023

There are a range of fascinating, free-to-attend seminars and discussion panels to get involved with at BSC Expo 2023.

OFF SITE SEMINARS

Dolby: I Came By HDR capture, Dolby Vision Grade for Netflix – 9:45am

Watch and hear from the panellists, including DPs and colourists, how HDR was used for the capture and post production of this Netflix movie. Clips will be displayed in HDR at the Dolby Cinema in Battersea.

FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY

Blackmagic Design: Camera to Grade with Blackmagic Design – 11am

Simon Hall, Senior Technical Sales Specialist for Blackmagic Design EMEA will take you through Blackmagic Design’s camera to grade workflow, exploring how you can easily edit and colour grade images from Blackmagic Design’s revolutionary URSA Mini Pro 12K camera using Blackmagic RAW and DaVinci Resolve.

Mo-Sys Engineering Ltd: New ways to get more out of Virtual Production – 12pm

Mo-Sys is introducing a method to get more out of virtual production, making the benefits of it accessible to more productions.

BSC Panel: Advice to my younger self: things I wish I knew earlier in my DP career – 1pm

A frank discussion about the practical realities of being a cinematographer beyond film school or shooting short films; such as working at large scale, people management, long term collaborations, the work life balance and all the other things we wish we’d known earlier in our careers.

ARRI Solutions: Diving deeper into virtual production – 3pm

As virtual production becomes a more established industry technique, ARRI Solutions brings together a group of experienced DPs and virtual production specialists to discuss how production planning, volume design and onset workflows are evolving to support creative teams’ visions for their productions at the highest level.

Cinelab: DFD: The Art of Achieving Authentic Celluloid Film Looks for Digital Productions – 4pm

Cinelab Film & Digital present an overview of their Digital-Film-Digital (DFD) service and the benefits of utilising an analogue intermediate process. Learn about more about the DFD process and its applications across commercials, music videos, longform and features.

RED: Behind the Look of Frozen Planet II: A Panel Discussion with the Visionary Filmmakers – 5pm

Join us for an enlightening and captivating panel discussion with Natural History producer Mandi Stark and some of the talented filmmakers behind the BBC series ‘Frozen Planet II’.

Bebob: Why B-Mount? – 6pm

Explanation of the new B-Mount system, the reasons for developing it and its main benefits for filmmakers, camera teams and rentals.

SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY

Sumolight: Interactive Lighting for Virtual Production & Beyond – 10:30am

Use of LED volumes, interactive LED lighting systems and how to handle lighting when shooting against an LED volume, especially in low light conditions or at night. Learning about image-based lighting, a new frontier in virtual production, and how to use tools to create additional reflections and interactive lighting effects. Importance of careful positioning of practical and movie lighting to avoid washing out the image or creating reflections on the LED screens. This panel is developed to deliver the knowledge to create professional-quality lighting in a virtual production environment. Moderated by British Cinematographer‘s Zoe Mutter!

BSC Panel: TV Drama: In Practice – 11:45

The “TV Drama: In Practice” panel will be a casual and frank conversation with 6 Cinematographers about working in what many perceive as a golden age of TV Drama Cinematography. Topics to be discussed will include “Breaking into TV drama”, “Shooting Block 1 vs Shooting a later Block”, “Bringing your taste to later seasons of an established show”, “Choosing the right crew for Block 1 + Inheriting a crew for later Blocks”, “Managing your time on set + How fast you need to work”, “Collaborating with The Director vs Collaborating with The Showrunner”, “Ambition, Managing expectations and The TV Drama Schedule” and hopefully a lot more.

Each of the cinematographers is at a different place in their Drama career so the panel should provide an interesting discussion from many points of view.

ARRI: Lensing Banshees: Behind the scenes with Ben Davis BSC – 2pm

A must-see session with Ben Davis BSC in conversation with Zoe Mutter, Editor of British Cinematographer magazine, discussing his creative choices in shooting The Banshees of Inisherin.  This session is an ideal opportunity to hear and ask how Ben approaches a new project.

BSC Panel: The Power of the Image – The Importance of how and why we choose our images – 3pm

We will talk about the artistry of discovering and creating images; how we make images that evoke emotion; and how sometimes what is excluded from a frame but implied is much more powerful. We will investigate how cinematographers find three dimensions in a 2D image, and we will talk about the work of Terence Malick who is a master of this, through the very experienced eyes of our panel.

For more details and ticketing information, visit the BSC Expo website.