ARRI Stage London / The Future is Now

A spellbinding new sci-fi series from the creators of HBO’s Westworld captures the dystopian future which lies at gamers’ fingertips. Cinematographer Stuart Howell Assoc. BSC takes us behind the scenes on his time-travelling adventure on The Peripheral and reveals how ARRI’s virtual production stage made some of the show’s trickiest shots possible.  Real and virtual … Read more

July 2022: DP and directorial challenges

Emmy nominees weigh in, a DP finds his way back to the director’s chair in time to blow up a sand quarry, and another DP deploys a sometimes-overlooked camera on the feature film side.  It’s all happening in this month’s column, if we can keep from wandering too far past our word count!  We were … Read more

Pepsi Halftime Show shot on VENICE by DP Paul Cameron ASC

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

January 2019: A Common Language Among Filmmakers

A Common Language Among Filmmakers Across The Pond / Mark London Williams A Common Language Among Filmmakers Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Sort of like the space between the end of the first Daniel Craig James Bond film, and the start of the next, consider that we’re picking up essentially where we left … Read more

September 2017:
The Swirl Of Award Fever

The swirl of award fever Across The Pond / Mark London Williams The swirl of award fever Across The Pond / Mark London Williams It’s not only crisis and calamity (and in L.A., ash!) in the air this fall, but around town there’s already the swirl of award fever, as showbiz heads to one of … Read more

Paul Cameron ASC / Westworld

Robot wars Paul Cameron ASC / Westworld Robot wars Paul Cameron ASC / Westworld BY: Trevor Hogg Back in 1973, an adult-oriented theme park became the fearsome battleground between android hosts and human guests in the sci-fi thriller Westworld. Now that directorial debut of Michael Crichton, who also wrote the original screenplay, has had a … Read more