INVISIBLE IMPACT Jordan Peele relied on the services of MPC to ensure the VFX was fantastical, yet grounded in realism, to achieve the right tone for his sci-fi horror epic Nope. MPC VFX supervisor, Guillaume Rocheron, spoke to British Cinematographer in order to enlighten us on how to break boundaries with VFX, whilst making sure … Read more
Douglas Trumbull, the pioneering special effects genius who helped create the worlds of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner and Star Trek: The Motion Picture has died, according to a Facebook post from his daughter, Amy Trumbull. He was 79. Trumbull developed the slit-scan photography process that was used in the “Star Gate” … Read more
ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe OBE, BSC (1913-2016) had a long and successful career working on many notable films. He was for many years the chief cameraman at Ealing Studios, shooting a number of their features, including some of their comedies, which included Man in the White Suit (1951), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). For several years, his … Read more
All images: Credit: Clay Enos WORLD OF WONDER Matthew Jensen ASC reunites with director Patty Jenkins to help bring a vision of an optimistic, pure, pop-oriented movie to fruition, enhanced by bold colour, authentic ‘80s styling and action sequences of epic proportions. The year is 1984 and a 12-year-old Matthew Jensen is immersed in film … Read more
An Amazing Journey Clapperboard / Vilmos Zsigmond ASC An Amazing Journey Clapperboard / Vilmos Zsigmond ASC BY: Bob Fisher When Vilmos Zsigmond ASC was a teenager living in Szeged, Hungary, a gypsy fortune-teller told him that he was destined to sail across a great ocean to a big city where he would become an important … Read more