Stealing the show An ocean-hopping heist with heart, Culprits’ shifting timelines allowed DPs Philipp Blaubach BSC and Anna Valdez Hanks to get creative and colourful with their lensing choices. “Complex and ambitious” is how cinematographer Philipp Blaubach BSC sums up Culprits, his most demanding collaboration yet with director J. Blakeson. With three different timelines, a … Read more
Lead image: Zoe Boyle and Kerry Howard lit by China lanterns and covered wagons for Witless shot by Benedict Spence DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION We are lucky enough to live in a time when lighting technology runs the gamut from the simplest tungsten globe to banks of programmable LED panels controlled by an app. Six DPs share … Read more
The 2020 BSC Expo saw the launch of Cut It, the first crew-led initiative to tackle carbon emissions in film and TV production. Three of the organisation’s founding members – cinematographers Anna Valdez Hanks and Sarah Cunningham, and 1st AC Jason Henwood – were invited to speak on a panel about the industry’s response to … Read more
Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Carolina Schmidtholstein Shining a light on… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Carolina Schmidtholstein BY: David Wood Fact file Age: 51 Born: Black Forest, Germany School: Abitur Bremen, Germany Training: German TV & Film School / UK as electrician with City & Guilds 2360 Certificate Early career: Outside Broadcast … Read more