NATIONAL TREASURE President’s Perspective / Mike Eley BSC NATIONAL TREASURE President’s Perspective / Mike Eley BSC It hasn’t gone quite as well as we hoped. Six months of various types of lockdown was meant to be the price paid for an autumn release that would herald a winter of….well, if not content at least freedom … Read more
Care Giver Meet the New Wave / Yinka Edward CARE GIVER Meet the New Wave / Yinka Edward Filmography (so far): The Milkmaid (not yet released), Dolapo Is Fine (2020), Lionheart (2018), A Love Story (2017) and 93 Days (2016). When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? I started out as a … Read more
THE STORIES BEING TOLD Letter from America / Mark London Williams The Stories Being Told Letter from America / Mark London Williams In his 1986 essay Novel Writing in An Apocalyptic Time, the late Walker Percy (who, ironically enough for our purposes, first came to fame with his novel The Moviegoer), notes, of a culture’s … Read more
A FESTIVE SPECTACULAR Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC / Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Story A FESTIVE SPECTACULAR Remi Adefarasin OBE bsc / Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Story BY: Zoe Mutter Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC creates a believable world of festive fantasy for musical extravaganza Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Story. Keen to immerse himself in a variety … Read more
DESTINATION UK Special Report / UK Film Industry DESTINATION UK Special Report / UK Film Industry BY: Kevin Hilton From its earliest days, the UK film industry built an enviable reputation as an international production base. It has not only produced commercially-successful and critically-acclaimed homegrown films, but its studios, post-production facilities, visual effects (VFX) houses … Read more
THE CHANGING FACE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY Special Report / Part 1 THE CHANGING FACE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY Special Report / Part 1 The world of cinematography and the working lives of DPs have changed and evolved in many ways since we launched British Cinematographer Magazine in 2002. In our special 100th edition, and also in issue 101, … Read more
Lockdown In A Film Studio Sandstorm Films / Tom Ward Lockdown In A Film Studio Sandstorm Films / Tom Ward  ABOVE: Sandstorm Films MD Tom Ward, starring in one of the isolation films shot during lockdown In March 2020, with 38 productions ongoing, Sandstorm Films MD Tom Ward decided the best way to safely … 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
COMFORT IS KING Across The Pond / Mark London Williams COMFORT IS KING Across The Pond / Mark London Williams As culture — high, low, and in-between– continues to shift during these pandemic-pocked times, much has already been made of the Zoom-heavy Emmy awards that were recently broadcast, including what were sometimes moving moments with … Read more
Painfully Funny Judd Apatow & Robert Elswit ASC / The King Of Staten Island Painfully Funny Judd Apatow & Robert Elswit ASC / The King Of Staten Island Captured on Kodak 35mm film, with the naturalistic look-and-feel of an indie movie, Judd Apatow’s bittersweet comedy, The King Of Staten Island, has been described as ‘undeniably … Read more
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Shelly Johnson ASC / Greyhound CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Shelly Johnson ASC / Greyhound BY: Ron Prince In a thrilling WWII story, inspired by actual events during the Battle Of The Atlantic, Captain Ernest Krause leads an international convoy of merchant ships across the treacherous ocean to deliver soldiers and much-needed supplies to the Allied … Read more
Racing Demon Meet the New Wave / Molly Manning Walker RACING DEMON Meet the New Wave / Molly Manning Walker Filmography (so far): More Hate Than Fear (2015), Lead (2016), The Vest (2017), Not With Fire But With Paint (2017), My Mother (2018), Reach (2018), November 1st (2018), If You Never Answered (2018), City Of … Read more
Contrasting Views Jessica Lee Gagné, Pepe Avila del Pino & Chris Teague / Mrs America Contrasting Views Jessica Lee Gagné, Pepe Avila del Pino & Chris Teague / Mrs America BY: Valentina Valentini Mrs. America, screening on the BBC, plays like a series of short films during each of its nine episodes, following a different … Read more
BLACK DEATHS MATTER Newton Thomas Sigel ASC /Da 5 Bloods BLACK DEATHS MATTER Newton Thomas Sigel ASC /Da 5 Bloods At the behest of director Spike Lee to depict the intense, combat flashback sequences in Da 5 Bloods on celluloid film, DP Newton Thomas Sigel ASC selected the texture and vivid colour palette of Kodak … Read more
COMBUSTION Brendan Galvin ISC /Unhinged COMBUSTION Brendan Galvin ISC /Unhinged BY: Ron Prince Unhinged is a psychological thriller that takes a phenomenon many people have experienced – road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying new level. The film imagines what might happen after an altercation in a traffic jam between two obdurate drivers (Russell … Read more
Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Lee Walters Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Lee Walters Fact file Age: 51Born: Thetford, NorfolkEducation: Norlington, Leyton, and Ramsey Abbey, CambridgeshireEarly career: Music videos, commercials and shorts, with many freebies along the way!Hobbies/passions: Watching/making movies, photography, travel, wine, walking my three dogs. Selected Filmography … Read more
GOLDEN EYES Clapperboard / Phil Méheux BSC Golden Eyes Clapperboard / Phil Méheux BSC BY: Ron Prince Offering an imaginative and intelligent approach to cinematography, award-winning DP Phil Méheux BSC has enjoyed a stellar filmmaking career spanning the best part of six decades. Continually sought-after, his outstanding photographic talents led to collaborations with renowned directors … Read more
OPTICAL ESCAPE Denson Baker ACS NZCS /The Luminaries OPTICAL ESCAPE Denson Baker ACS NZCS /The Luminaries BY: Ron Prince “So many different kinds of artistry and expertise go into making a TV series, and every frame of the finished product shows the talent and efforts of hundreds of people,” says author Eleanor Catton, about The … Read more
Volumes & Bathtubs Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Volumes & Bathtubs Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Around when our September column arrives (not to get ahead of ourselves) it will be time for the Emmy Awards here in L.A. By which we mean, in these plague-riddled times, a series of streaming … Read more
CROSSING STATE LINES Hélène Louvart AFC/Never Rarely Sometimes Always CROSSING STATE LINES Hélène Louvart AFC/Never Rarely Sometimes Always Filmed on Kodak 16mm by French cinematographer Hélène Louvart AFC, writer/director Eliza Hittman’s powerful and intimate drama, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, chronicles the hardships and harassments of a teenage girl and her cousin as they embark on … Read more