A MODERN RETELLING Laurie Rose BSC / Rebecca A MODERN RETELLING Laurie Rose BSC / Rebecca BY: Adrian Pennington Laurie Rose BSC and director Ben Wheatley have made some of the most singular British features of the past decade. From Kill List to A Field in England to Free Fire, each project appears to come … Read more
RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX HARIS ZAMBARLOUKOS BSC GSC / DEATH ON THE NILE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX HARIS ZAMBARLOUKOS BSC GSC / DEATH ON THE NILE BY: Adrian Pennington The peace and tranquility of an Egyptian river cruise onboard the S.S Karnak are shattered after one of the passengers is found murdered. Renowned Belgian detective … Read more
Colour My World The Craft / The DP-Colourist Relationship Colour My World The Craft / The DP-Colourist Relationship BY: Trevor Hogg The final creative to have an impact on the look of a movie or television series is the colourist who works closely with the director and cinematographer. To better understand the dynamics and evolution … Read more
A new approach Across The Pond / Mark London Williams A new approach Across The Pond / Mark London Williams In recent months, it’s felt like ‘Across the Pond’ might more aptly be titled ‘From the Precipice’, as things have been poised on a rather thin edge for a while, certainly on these shores. Normally, … Read more
THE CHANGING FACE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY Special Report / Part 2 THE CHANGING FACE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY Special Report / Part 2 The world of cinematography and the working lives of DPs have changed and evolved in many ways since British Cinematographer Magazine was launched in 2002. In our special 100th edition, and also in issue 101, … Read more
Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Andy Lowe Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Andy Lowe Fact file Age: 42Born: Bury, ManchesterEducation: Derby High School, Bury / Sheffield Hallam UniversityLives: London Selected Filmography (as gaffer unless otherwise indicated) Cursed (TV Series) (2020)The Crown (TV Series) (2019)The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance … Read more
LOVE AND LOSS Dick Pope BSC / Supernova LOVE AND LOSS Dick Pope BSC / Supernova BY: ZOE MUTTER Writer/director Harry Macqueen’s second feature Supernova explores love, loss and the heartbreak of coping with a terminal illness that is cruelly causing cherished memories to fade. Supernova tells the powerful love story of partners of 20 … Read more
CULTURE CLASH Annika Summerson / Mogul Mowgli CULTURE CLASH Annika Summerson / Mogul mowgli BY: Zoe Mutter In-depth research, artistic inspiration and flexibility for improvisation ensured cinematographer Annika Summerson’s lensing of Bassam Tariq’s first long-form fiction production was authentic and organic. Mogul Mowgli sees director Bassam Tariq and writer/lead Riz Ahmed team up to tell … Read more
PSYCHIC REVELATION Stephen J. Brand / Sideshow PSYCHIC REVELATION Stephen J. Brand / Sideshow BY: Zoe Mutter In the film business you must grab whatever opportunities come your way. That was the case for Bristol-based writer director Adam Oldroyd and cinematographer Stephen J. Brand GBCT and their latest project, black comedy feature film Sideshow. Freelancers … Read more
Shining Light Meet the New Wave / Tom Turley Shining Light Meet the New Wave / Tom Turley Filmography so far: Long form – Art of Political Murder (2020), As Dead As It Gets (2020). Selected shorts – Unsaid (2019), Skeletons (2019), The Overcoat (BAFTA longlisted 2019), Evil’s Evil Cousin (2016), Good Luck (2018), Freeze … Read more
Freaks Of Nature Peter Deming ASC / The New Mutants Freaks Of Nature Peter Deming ASC /The New Mutants BY: Mark London Williams “The whole movie’s cursed!,” laughed director Josh Boone, when referring to the source material for the much-delayed, much-speculated about The New Mutants movie coming from Fox. Or make that Disney. Boone was … Read more
FACE-OFF Taina Galis / Lynn + Lucy FACE-OFF Taina Galis / Lynn + Lucy BY: Ron Prince Lynn and Lucy are lifelong best friends. Inseparable, they even live opposite one another in the town where they grew up and went to school as teenagers. But, when Lucy has a baby boy, she does not react … Read more
Bodacious! Shelly Johnson ASC / Bill & Ted Face The Music Bodacious! Shelly Johnson ASC / Bill & Ted Face The Music BY: Ron Prince American cinematographer Shelly Johnson ASC is not one to look a gift horse – or indeed a ‘wild stallyn’ – in the mouth. In fact, he says he was extremely … Read more
STILL SHOOTING Clapperboard / Douglas Milsome BSC ASC Still Shooting Clapperboard / Douglas Milsome BSC ASC BY: Ron Prince Whereas others might have retired long since, Douglas Milsome BSC ASC, now aged 81, continues to enjoy filmmaking more than ever in a stellar career spanning over six decades and more that 60 long-form narrative credits … Read more
GENETIC ENGINEERING Innovator / Chapman/Leonard GENETIC ENGINEERING Innovator / Chapman/Leonard BY: Mark London Williams “We have empathy for our customers as well as concern for their reentry to a new production environment,” Leonard Chapman tells us over the transom, as we catch up on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the venerable and innovative … Read more
COLOURFUL COMPASSION Kit Fraser / Eternal Beauty COLOURFUL COMPASSION Kit Fraser / Eternal Beauty Shot entirely using Kodak 35mm motion picture filmstocks, the bittersweet drama Eternal Beauty portrays the often-misunderstood issues surrounding mental health with dignity, humour and tenderness. Aged just 17, June should have been on-track for small-town stature – happily engaged to her … Read more
REALITY & ILLUSION Łukasz Żal PSC / I’m Thinking Of Ending Things REALITY & ILLUSION Łukasz Żal PSC / I’m Thinking Of Ending Things BY: Darek Kuzma Łukasz Żal PSC’s first foray into American cinema, in fact his first feature film after the international success of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War, for which he received his … Read more
Streaming ahead Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Streaming ahead Across The Pond / Mark London Williams “Film could look a lot like television… You’re going to see, on a permanent basis, a shorter window.” The speaker didn’t mean, of course, the kind of window that gets frosted and more opaque in winter time, … Read more
DERRING-DO! Ben Davis BSC / The King’s Man DERRING-DO! Ben Davis BSC / The King’s Man BY: Ron Prince Rewind… to the early years of the 20th century. As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds plot a war that could wipe out millions, one man and his protégé must race against time … Read more
Technology is revolutionising production, but it won’t replace people Talking Heads / Claus Pfeifer Technology is revolutionising production, but it won’t replace people Talking Heads / Claus Pfeifer Lead image: Sony PSE’s film and TV content expert, Claus Pfeifer Production processes have advanced significantly since the dawn of film, television and broadcast. The days of … Read more