Wireless LED lighting specialist Astera launches another new product – the AX9 PowerPAR. As the name implies, the AX9 is a high-intensity, all-purpose everyday LED lighting fixture with all the advantages of Astera, including battery operation, wireless control, and quality engineering. AX9 is the ‘big brother’ of Astera’s successful AX5 TriplePAR which became an industry-standard … Read more
Wireless LED lighting company Astera adds another dimension to its expanding portfolio of lighting products – the PixelBrick. This hugely flexible luminaire is a truly multi-functional light source with the power and finesse of Astera’s famous Titan LED engine coupled with the practicality of its popular AX3 LightDrop product, all in a completely new and fully adaptable housing. Perfect for concerts, events, filming, or broadcast scenarios, PixelBrick is compact, light (1.1kg) … Read more
Lead Image: Filmmaker Erin Vassilopoulos (middle) and cinematographer Mia Cioffi Henry (left) (Credit: Matt Borowick) SECOND COMING Life has gone full circle for filmmaker Erin Vassilopoulos and cinematographer Mia Cioffi Henry at Sundance as they were nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize in 2015 for Superior and have returned with a feature version. … 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
SWEET REVENGE Blurring the lines of genre and boasting a unique and distinct narrative concept, Promising Young Woman demanded filmmaking prowess and bold imagery that similarly did not follow conventions. “Beautiful and dangerous.” Emphasis was placed on these words when Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell shared her vision of the film’s protagonist Cassie (Carey … Read more
Wireless LED lighting specialist Astera launches the AX2 PixelBar product – a quality linear wash fixture with wireless control, onboard battery, individually addressable LEDs, ultra-high colour rendering, digital colour calibration and a 21-degree beam. As with all Astera products, the AX2 is fully wirelessly controlled and comes complete with a range of rigging tools to provide solutions for multiple lighting applications and sectors – from concert touring to live … Read more
Brent Sauls of Magic Arm Lighting is a freelance gaffer and cinematographer from Cape Town South Africa – currently based in Johannesburg – whose professional career has encompassed 15 years at the forefront of making a diversity of commercials, movies, and TV series. Last year he invested in a set of eight Astera Titan Tubes, … Read more
DARK SECRET Realistic lighting, skilful Steadicam work and clever use of dolly and crane shots helped convey isolation in Rose, a chilling tale of a couple who shut themselves away from the world to conceal a deadly secret. Jennifer Sheridan’s directorial debut, Rose, is a claustrophobic horror plus a tale of love. Rose (Sophie Rundle) … Read more
Miami vibe Benoît Debie SBC / The Beach Bum Miami vibe Benoît Debie SBC / The Beach Bum BY: Ron Prince “Life’s a f***in’ rodeo! I’m gonna suck the nectar out of it, and f*** it raw dog, ’til the wheels come off,” proclaims Moondog, the permanently stoned, drop-out poet at the heart of provocateur helmer Harmony … Read more