READY FOR ACTION Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Never is this axiom more relevant than when you are asked to shoot an action-comedy road movie in just 15 days. The US-funded feature film Reckless, starring Scott Adkins, Vinnie Jones and newcomer Nicole Deon, gave exactly that challenge to DP Stuart White and his team. Shot … Read more
Memorable moments Cinematographer Stuart White reflects on the exciting challenges of capturing Arabella Burfitt-Dons’ feature debut. At this year’s Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto, when director Arabella Burfitt-Dons won the award for Best Foreign Debut with her indie feature film Grey Matter, the trophy was so large she had to buy a holdall for … Read more
Nocturnal narratives Stuart White reveals how he crafted the Fincher-esque aesthetic of Raindance-selected feature Warhol. In the words of Elliot Grove, founder of the UK’s Raindance Film Festival, the new feature film Warhol “effortlessly crosscuts between three gripping storylines: a shock-jock seeking to up his show’s ratings, a deaf girl struggling to win her girlfriend back … Read more
Up and coming DP, Stuart White, wrote in with details about his work on The Conversation, which was screened as a finalist at the BSC Emerging Cinematographers Night. “20 pages, 44 scenes. Barcelona after dark. Actors thrown through windows, furious fights down stairwells, and high-speed motorbike chases across the city. The Conversation was written to … Read more