Exploring new territory through in-depth features and comment from some of the industry’s most experienced cinematographers, their collaborators and industry experts.
FRAMING GRIEF Production name: Him Then Us Production type: Short film Cinematographer: Sarah Tehranian Director: Elika Norowzian Overview of production and the visual approach you adopted: Him Then Us was an ambitious short, half shot in gritty urban London, half in the vast mountains of the Yorkshire Dales. This shift mirrored the emotional journey of … Read more
HEART OF THE ACTION BODY// Production name: Thirst Production type: Criminal drama Cinematographer: Emils Spungis LGC Director: Ronalds Mezmacs Overview of production and the visual approach you adopted: The screenplay is originally written and directed by the director Ronalds Mezmacs and when I joined the project just a month before the production had started, he … Read more
A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY Production name: Atom & Void Production type: Short film Cinematographer: Alex Grigoras Director: Gonçalo Almeida Overview of production and the visual approach you adopted: The film follows Valya, a spider who leaves her burrow to investigate a strange disturbance, only to discover she lives inside a dead astronaut aboard a drifting … Read more
VOYAGE INTO VINTAGE Production name: Rumours Production type: Feature film Cinematographer: Stefan Ciupek Director: Guy Maddin, Evan and Galen Johnson Lens(es) used: Cooke S2 TLS rehoused (1950s Lens set) Camera used: 2 ARRI Alexa 35, 1 Fuji XH2S Look you needed to achieve: A brave, surrealistic, vintage 35mm film aesthetic. I reviewed many of Guy … Read more
LEAD CHARACTER Production name: Heart Eyes Production type: Feature film Cinematographer: Stephen Murphy BSC ISC Director: Josh Ruben Overview of production and the visual approach you adopted: A horror rom-com with a visual style akin to ‘90s horror movies. Lens(es) used: Panavision B-tuned T Series Anamorphics Lenses supplied by: Panavision New Zealand Camera used: ARRI … Read more
POWER OF SIMPLICITY Production name: The Creator Production type: Feature film Cinematographer: Oren Soffer, Greig Fraser ASC ACS Director: Gareth Edwards Overview of production and the visual approach you adopted: This film adopted a unique production approach for a film of its scale, embracing a minimalistic almost guerrilla/documentary filmmaking style with the camera rigged on a gimbal … Read more
