A SNAPSHOT OF HISTORY Phedon Papamichael, ASC GSC, has been making good use of the 1960s lately, gaining BAFTA and ASC nominations for his work on Ford v Ferrari, and now, a year after that film’s release, finding himself at the tail end of that storied decade with Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, … Read more
Although director Michael Bay leaned heavily on VFX for the Transformers movie series, the director’s reputation for spectacular action sequences shot in-camera remains undiminished. Case in point: 6 Underground, a high-concept blockbuster in the mould of The Rock, Pearl Harbour and Bad Boys. “He has definitely trademarked a certain kind of action film,” says Bojan Bazelli ASC who … Read more
DP Stephen Murphy wrote in with details about his work on Death And Nightingales, the three-part BBC mini-series directed by Allan Cubitt and produced by Jonathan Cavendish for Imaginarium. Based on the novel of the same name, written by Eugene McCabe and set in rural Fermanagh in 1883, it stars Jamie Dornan, Matthew Rhys and … Read more
Our Man In Mauritius Jess Hall BSC / Serenity Our Man In Mauritius Jess Hall BSC / Serenity WANT TO READ IT ALL? Below is only a teaser, and the full interview can be found in the September 2018 issue (89) of British Cinematographer magazine. If you purchase a year’s digital subscription from just £30, … Read more