Mark London Williams kicks off 2025 with a deep dive into award-season contenders Nickel Boys and September 5, where personal narratives meet pivotal moments in history, along with a look at other hopeful contenders and Women In Media’s year-capping Holiday Toast, celebrating undersung Hollywood heroes. *Hours after this column was sent in, our correspondent Mark London … Read more
A sobering look at Trump’s shadow over Hollywood’s awards season, plus exclusive insights into the new films Saturday Night and the cinematography of The Fire Inside. “One word came up again and again when I asked European officials about the stakes of the American election: existential. ‘The anxiety is massive,’ Victoria Nuland, who served until recently as under-secretary … Read more
Gangsters’ paradise Cinematographer Bebe Dierken was entrusted with setting the look for the exciting prequel series to the seminal gangster film Sexy Beast. A prequel series to Jonathan Glazer’s lively debut film, Sexy Beast follows Gary ‘Gal’ Dove and Don Logan in their younger years. Brought to life by Ray Winstone in Glazer’s feature, Gal … Read more
Munich-based battery manufacturer bebob is expanding its portfolio of adapters for B-Mount batteries with a new model for the Sony VENICE cameras (version 1 and 2): With the help of the COCO-VENICE, both cameras can be operated with B-Mount batteries – and thus benefit from the most powerful and flexible power supply currently available on … Read more
HARMONISING CINEMATIC CREATIVITY As the only manufacturer to provide both the cameras and panels to support virtual production practices, Sony’s VENICE cinema camera and Crystal LED panels are the perfect pairing for optimum image quality. Virtual production (VP) is upending the century old filmmaking process with a suite of technologies and techniques converging around digital … Read more
Girl, uninterrupted A Welsh coming-of-age drama that crackles with wit and woe, BAFTA-winning In My Skin embeds itself in the turbulent world of sixth former Bethan. Joining to lens the production’s second season was cinematographer Christopher Sabogal, who brought a fresh angle to Bethan’s story. As the second season of the BBC mini-series In … Read more
Rebel with a cause The latest live-action Star Wars spin-off, Andor, eschews the tried-and-tested StageCraft formula of its Disney+ predecessors. Block three DP Frank Lamm takes us into the heart of the action, shooting both on stage at Pinewood Studios and amidst the UK’s dramatic landscapes. It’s the ground-breaking technology that unites The Mandalorian, The … Read more
Randy Rainbow took to the stage the first night of the two-part Creative Arts Emmy weekend, there in a sparkling tuxedo, and sang – to the tune of It Had To Be You, a song you probably last heard when you rewatched Casablanca – the words “It Had to Be Crew.” He paused during the … Read more
Sony Electronics Inc. has announced new updates and developments for the VENICE 2 motion picture camera system, including the release of the VENICE Extension System 2 and version 2.00 firmware update. “The VENICE 2 was born from the voice and feedback of the cinema community,” said Neal Manowitz, president and COO, Sony Electronics Inc. “Thanks … Read more
The first shipments of Sony’s flagship digital cinema cameras have now been received by rental houses and Sony specialist dealers. The highly anticipated VENICE 2 has already been used in high-profile commercials with acclaimed cinematographers, including Claudio Miranda ASC, Newton Thomas Sigel ASC, Tommy Maddox-Upshaw ASC and Rachel Morrison ASC, being among the first to … Read more
This article has been shared with permission from Sony Cine. – Back in early 2018 the UK-based Netflix series Sex Education became one of the first productions to use the Sony VENICE camera. After wrapping season 3 of the award-winning series, cinematographer Jamie Cairney is still impressed by the performance of Sony’s cinema camera. Cairney was the … Read more
This article has been shared with permission from Sony Cine. – Sony recently caught up with Paul Cameron, ASC, to discuss the short film he recently shot with director F. Gary Gray for the big game, featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. Jeff Berlin: First, you’ve used VENICE a … Read more
An ambitious new modern take on Romeo & Juliet, where a theatre rehearsal and performance gradually morph into heightened reality, was captured by cinematographer Tim Sidell using Cooke S7/i Full Frame lenses and Canon K35s on a Sony Venice camera. Shot at the National Theatre over 17 days while it was closed during the pandemic, … Read more
Join Sony’s live webinar with DP Dick Harrewijn, as he shares his experience of shooting the award-winning documentary Silence of the Tides with VENICE. This interactive session will be followed by a live Q&A with Sony expert Sebastian Leske. This webinar will give you: • The opportunity to discover the pure cinematic power of VENICE. … Read more
INNER WARFARE Newton Thomas Sigel ASC constructed a multitude of filmic tones to suit the wide-ranging chapters within Cherry, a hard-hitting and daring production combining crime thriller and love story with originality and impact. First love, the unseen wounds of war, and downward spirals of self-destruction are examined in Cherry, a blend of emotions and … Read more
CAT AND MOUSE GAMES Breaking away from the trend of photorealism is the big screen adaption of Tom and Jerry which honours the cartoon heritage of the cat and mouse rivals while placing them within live-action environments. The hybrid approach employed by filmmaker Tim Story (Barbershop) was an interesting challenge for Tom and Jerry cinematographer … Read more
Mo-Sys Engineering has integrated its virtual production software – Mo-Sys VP Pro – with the Sony Venice camera. Capturing the dynamic camera settings data direct from the Sony Venice, users can simplify and speed-up virtual production workflows. The Sony Venice full-frame digital cinematography camera is rapidly gaining popularity, not least for the large number of … Read more
WILD ADVENTURE Ed Wild BSC’s fluid, dynamic cinematography forms an emotional connection in survival series The Wilds. Teen angst meets survival drama in The Wilds, Amazon Prime Video’s 10-part original series following a group of teenagers embarking on what they believe to be an all-girls empowerment retreat. When their plane crashes, stranding them on a … Read more
Karen Pyudik talks to Bill Dill ASC about teaching cinematography and inspiring and empowering the filmmakers of the future as they overcome creative barriers and develop individual relationships to filmmaking. Bill Dill ASC continues to empower the new generation of young filmmakers. He can reach them, where other teachers fail to understand a significant shift … Read more
Directed and co-written by acclaimed horror master, Álex de la Iglesia, (The Day of the Beast, The Last Circus), 30 Coins takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted. HBO Europe’s eight-episode drama series follows Father Vergara (Eduard Fernández), an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict, who is exiled by the … Read more