MZed & ASC announce educational cooperation

MZed will start offering exclusive ASC video content, such as engaging conversations with members (world-renowned DPs Phedon Papamichael ASC, Hoyte van Hoytema ASC, Polly Morgan ASC, Checco Varese ASC, and more) sharing their inspiration, experiences and creative processes.

Coming soon: ASC Wildlife Filmmaking & Interview Lighting Workshops

During this year’s Jackson Wild Summit held in a natural reserve in Austria, the ASC hosted a Wildlife Filmmaking workshop as well as a Lighting workshop.

Paul Atkins, ASC, one of the most renowned wildlife cinematographers in the world, and Stephen Lighthill, ASC, President of the ASC hosted hands-on workshops to up-and-coming wildlife filmmakers from all over the world, with a particular emphasis on Africa and Asia. CineD video producers captured both workshops and will release them on MZed® as online courses in the coming months, making the Wildlife Filmmaking workshop available free of charge. The ASC Interview Lighting workshop will be available as part of the MZed Pro filmmaking education subscription and as a separate purchase.

Fostering Education About Cinematography

“The ASC is delighted to share some of its educational content with MZed, to further expand our outreach to cinematographers and film students around the world”, says ASC President Stephen Lighthill, ASC.  “Education is the core mission of the ASC”.

“MZed, CineD, and The ASC all share a unified mission to educate filmmakers from all corners of our industry,” says MZed manager Slavik Boyechko. “I am thrilled because this partnership means more filmmakers around the world will now have access to the wisdom and guidance of The ASC’s legendary cinematographers.”

CineD’s Co-CEO Nino Leitner, AAC says, “We are incredibly humbled to partner with the ASC. Their members are the cinematography heroes we have looked up to our entire lives. The CineD and MZed community of lifetime learners will now be able to learn from the very best cinematographers in the world.”

Black Friday on MZed coming up

MZed® is about to launch its largest Black Friday promotion to date. For one week only, new and renewing MZed Pro subscribers will receive a full package of production assets from Artlist, a free eBook “Gofers – On the Front Lines of Television”, and a free issue of the American Cinematographer magazine. On top of that, there will be a raffle for incredible prizes from selected leading gear manufacturers. MZed Pro contains about 50 courses from some of the most renowned filmmakers in the world, 350+ hours worth of content and over 700 lessons.