The Television Academy announced the recipients of the 73rd Engineering Emmy Awards. ARRI was awarded with the highest TV technology recognition for outstanding achievement in engineering development for its ARRI SkyPanel family of LED softlights. The Engineering Emmys are presented to individuals, companies, or organizations for engineering developments that are either so extensive an improvement … Read more
Wired and wonderful Jess Hall BSC / Ghost In The Shell Wired and wonderful Jess Hall BSC / Ghost In The Shell BY: Ron Prince 2029: Niihama Prefecture. The Major, a cyborg counter-cyberterrorist policewoman, and her special-ops task force are charged with thwarting the activities of a nefarious cyber-criminal gang. This is an age when computer technology … Read more
Truth be told Charlotte Bruus Christensen / Fences Truth be told Charlotte Bruus Christensen / Fences Having encouraged the producers of Dreamworks’ The Girl On The Train that only 35mm would suffice for their contemporary murder-mystery, cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen discovered that Denzel Washington was already set on shooting his 1950’s family drama, Fences, in … Read more
Call my bluff Don Burgess ASC / Allied Call my bluff Don Burgess ASC / Allied BY: Debra Kaufman Director Robert Zemeckis’ new film Allied pairs Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as assassins charged with killing a Nazi official in 1942 North Africa. They fall in love, marry – and then one of them discovers … Read more
Save the planet Ben Davis BSC / Doctor Strange Save the planet Ben Davis BSC / Doctor Strange More often than not, cinematographers can’t wait to get their hands on the very latest bits of kit. And never was this truer than when Ben Davis BSC signed to shoot Doctor Strange , Marvel Studios/Walt Disney … Read more
Pinewood MBS Lighting’s sizable collection of ARRI SkyPanel LED softlights has been prepped and dispatched on new productions. A popular choice with cinematographers and crew, recent additions to the growing roster of the company’s clients to have utilised SkyPanels, include: Greig Fraser ASC and gaffers Perry Evans/Jamie Mills on Rogue One, Steve Yedlin ASC and … Read more
ARRI has released new, free-of-charge firmware for its SkyPanel lighting fixture bringing in several refinements. Already able to create a vast number of colours, the SkyPanel with Firmware 2.0, can also now emulate a wide variety of well-known lighting gels including Rosco and Lee filter categories. SkyPanel is known for its impressive output, but with … Read more