Everyone knows to get perfect chroma key it is necessary to produce even lighting on the background without shadows from the subject you are filming. The easiest way to avoid shadows from subject to background is to move the subject away from the background, therefore providing separation. This is fine if you have space for … Read more
dedolight Eflect is now a mature product and an established part of the dedolight Lightstream range. These are bendable multi-mirrored reflectors, designed to reflect patterns onto a background or subject, or both at the same time. Available in sizes from 7x10cm to 80x80cm, the patterns created by dedolight Eflect can be used for miniatures all the way … Read more
The dedolight PB70 is unique – not just in physical appearance, not just in terms of high output and low energy consumption: the PB70 enables the cinematographer to achieve a natural, organic quality of light while at the same time defeating what is called The Inverse Square Law.  In simple terms the inverse square law … Read more
dedolight Eflect is providing tools which haven’t existed before. Two new surfaces have been released: Tropical Orange and Tropical Blue. Tropical Orange generate blues, greens and aqua and you can increase the green by minimizing the angle of reflector to light, or you can increase the blues by increasing the angle. Tropical Blue reflects auburn … Read more
When a beam light or a beam projector hits a reflector, there is a good chance that some of the light coming towards the reflector will continue above, below, left and right of the reflector, which in a studio with black walls may remain unnoticed, but in many cases it could be very disturbing when … Read more
dedolight introduce the next generation of their LED precision lighting instruments: dedolight neo and dedolight neo color. The new DTN dedolight neo LED ballast will drive the latest dedolight NEO light heads, from 20 to 90 Watt: Monocolor, Bi-Color, Infrared & Ultraviolet. The system will auto sense the connected light head and automatically adjust the … Read more
DedoLight has introduced DedoLight Lightstream Table Top, completing the Lightstream family, made up of: (i) Lightstream standard (ii) Lightstream LITE (iii) Lightstream Table Top. The range of tools included with DedoLight Lightstream Table Top was originally conceived to serve traditional table top tasks such as product photography, filming of miniatures, animation and other table top … Read more
dedolight will present their 3rd International Streaming Session on Monday 26 April 2021. This latest LiveStream will focus on reflected light and how this works with the dedolight Lighstream system. Dedo Weigert will be contributing pieces with other participants fromdedolight California, Dedotec Russia and the dedolight partner team in Düsseldorf, Germany. This is an interactive … Read more
Filmmaking achievement was celebrated at the third BSC Awards ceremony. Despite being held virtually due to pandemic restrictions, the spotlight shone brightly on outstanding cinematography and camera operating throughout the last year, as well as acknowledging those who have contributed to the society either directly or, in the opinion of the BSC, to the wider … Read more
Man’s best friend Tristan Oliver BSC / Isle Of Dogs Man’s best friend Tristan Oliver BSC / Isle Of Dogs BY: Ron Prince “From a cinematographic point-of-view there’s no difference between shooting stop-frame and live action,” says Tristan Oliver BSC, the DP on Wes Anderson’s stylish and highly-acclaimed animated feature Isle Of Dogs, distributed by … Read more
Lighting conductor Dedo Weigert / Spotlight Lighting conductor Dedo Weigert / Spotlight BY: Kevin Hilton Having a piece of equipment named after you ensures a level of fame and, ultimately, a form of immortality. But it does not necessarily tell a person’s full story. Dedo Weigert is well-known because of the compact, high-power precision lamp … Read more
BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated cinematographer Tim Cragg spent a large part of 2017 shooting Three Identical Strangers, a feature/documentary selected to premiere in the US Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2018. The film is directed by Tim Wardle with production company Raw, for CNN Films and C4. The documentary explores the story of three … Read more
Most Illuminating Spotlight / Koto Electric Most Illuminating Spotlight / Koto Electric Koto Electric has a 70-year history of manufacturing electronic devices and lamps. Founded in 1947, the company started out as a manufacturer of large, incandescent lamps used for film shoots in Japan. By 1974, taking advantage of its considerable know-how in lamp manufacturing, … Read more
Reds Greens & Blues Brothers Spotlight / PixiPixel Reds Greens & Blues Brothers Spotlight / PixiPixel BY: Kevin Hilton West London, and its surrounding areas in Buckinghamshire and Middlesex, has long been the core of the British film and television industry. The big studios are, or were, there; producers and crew, such as cinematographers and … Read more