Panavision has announced ULTRA VISTA a new series of large format anamorphic lenses, with a press release, and a striking vimeo demo. They are announced for release in 2019. Some key features: Image Size – The Red Monstro 8K sensor is 8192 x 4320 pixels, and is 40.96 x 21.60 mm – Ultra Vista lenses [...]
Some stills from the featurette about shooting IMAX on the film Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan, with cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema. In the video, editor Lee Smith states that: “70 something percent of the film is the full IMAX format” +++ LINK Dunkirk featurette video on YouTube
I have written a post of my impressions of the amazing Virtual Reality istallation by director Alejandro G. Iñarritu with cinematographer Emmanuel (“Chivo”) Lubezki, that I saw at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Alejandro and Chivo have previously collaborated on Birdman and The Revenant. Carne y Arena is presently showing in Los Angeles and Milan. [...]
IDA director Pawel Pawlikowski and cinematographer Lukasz Zal, PSC This post is about the stunning Polish film IDA, and is the opportunity to present detailed examples of scene lighting with video and high-resolution images. Click on any image in this post to see a bigger version. +++ IDA was directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, with cinematography [...]
IDA director Pawel Pawlikowski and cinematographer Lukasz Zal, PSC, watching the camera monitor This post continues my in-depth look at scenes from the wonderful Polish film IDA. Once again I offer video and high-resolution images to present detailed examples of scene lighting. This 2nd post is intended to be seen after you’ve read the 1st [...]
— Martin Halle’s vimeo channel offers an interesting split-screen of a bridge disaster VFX sequence for Final Destination 5, that shows the live action and green screen elements. Notice how the real truck helps sell the effect. The link to video is below. watch on vimeo +++
+++ Part 2 of my video interview with legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch, whose credits include: The Conversation, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient and Cold Mountain. In this video Walter explains why he always chooses to edit in real time, by hitting [...]
+++ Part 1 of my video interview with legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch, whose credits include: The Conversation, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient and Cold Mountain. +++ LINK: http://bit.ly/Murch1-thefilmbook +++
The cinematographer and his gaffer discuss a few lighting set-ups from Spectre on thefilmbook blog on the ASC web site. +++ Link: http://bit.ly/LightingSpectreHoytema +++
+++ I posted an interview with cinematographer Roger Deakins about a few of the lighting set-ups in Sicario, the film he shot for director Denis Villeneuve. The interview features video, frame grabs and a lighting diagram, and covers: 1. Villeneuve 2. Sicario Raid Scene Video 3. The Raid Set 4. Space Lights & Sunlight 5. [...]