ONE BATTLE, ONE VISION To craft Paul Thomas Anderson’s road movie with a difference, Michael Bauman set off on a multi-city shoot to capture the director’s wild and wonderful story of epic proportions almost entirely on VistaVision, taking the format to new heights. When Michael Bauman discovered the concept, scale, and ambition of longtime collaborator … Read more
Paul Thomas Anderson has announced that his upcoming film, One Battle After Another, will play in VistaVision–including in London. In a statement on Instagram, Anderson revealed: “One Battle After Another will play in many formats across the world. For the first time in a long time, a film will be projected in VistaVision. “It’s unlikely … Read more
MAKING MOVES Michael Bauman makes the transition to director of photography on Licorice Pizza, the latest film from director Paul Thomas Anderson. Historic gaffer Michael Bauman has had his hands in a lot of pies this last year, perhaps most notably on the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Licorice Pizza. “Second of three”, as he refers to … Read more
Amongst the winners at this year’s NYFCC (New York Film Critics Circle) awards were Jane Campion, Paul Thomas Anderson, Benedict Cumberbatch and DP Janusz Kamiński for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. There was also a special award given to Criterion’s Maya Cade for her extraordinary work in curating the Black Film Archive. View the full … Read more
Natural Born… Meet The New Wave / Patrick Meller Natural Born… Meet The New Wave / Patrick Meller Head Image Credit: Jan Cermelj Filmography (so far): Features: Boyz In The Wood (2017, Sigma Films, dir. Ninian Doff) Shorts: Boat (2017, Film4, dir. Louise Stern), Beast (2017, BFI & Creative England, dir. Leonora Lonsdale), The Bohicas: … Read more
Shining A Light On… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Jonny Franklin Shining A Light On… Gaffers ‘R’ Us / Jonny Franklin BY: David Wood Fact file: Age: 33 Born: Kings Lynn, Norfolk Education: South Bank University Lives: Queens Park, West London Hobby/Passion: Travelling Selected filmography: Chaos Walking (2019) Teen Spirit (2018) Patient Zero (2018) Phantom Thread … Read more
Celebrating its fifth anniversary in June 2018, Cinelab London has established itself as a leading international film facility, having worked on major studio and independent feature films, commercials and music videos. Now, the company has completed the installation of a new DFT (Digital Film Technology) Scanity 4K HDR scanner, alongside a 300TB Pixit Media Pixstor SAN, which creates … Read more
We recently caught up with Jonny Franklin, gaffer on Paul Thomas Anderson’s much talked about new movie Phantom Thread, and learnt how he solved some key lighting problems during the production. “We faced many challenges on Phantom Thread: one of the trickiest locations was the Georgian property on Fitzroy Square, known in the film as … Read more