Patrick van Weeren sent me a link to his write-up of the Vienna Imago Inspiration event, complete with some film clips. +++ LINK Inspiration photo album +++
Oct 282013
Oct 232013
I went to Vienna for the 2013 Imago Inspiration event, which focused this year on the director/cinematographer “couple”. I took the photos below of some of the 130 attendees. We saw presentations by: Director Christine Jeffs & her husband cinematographer John Toon, moderated by Richard Andry Director Peter Weir & cinematographer Russell Boyd, moderated by [...]
Oct 102013
— I wrote an article on 4K and better pixels for my blog on theasc.com I discuss: – 4K and UHD – 6 factors for better pixels – Arri’s 2.8K – Sony’s 4K and UHD – futures – the challenge to theaters – compression & Rec 2020 – upconversion – image quality +++
Sep 232013
My IBC photo album was posted on the American Cinematographer’s facebook page in a small format. Here are some of the images in a bigger format for those who might want to download a photo +++ +++ photos copyright 2013 Benjamin B Feel free to distribute these images on the web, as long as you [...]
Jun 232013
From thefilmbook archive: Dante Spinotti Workshop shot at Camerimage with a Sony F23 and Canon 7D.
May 252013
Abdelatif Kechiche’s 3-hour film of a lesbian love story is astounding, heart-breaking, intimate, erotic, beautiful. Pure cinema. Blue is the Warmest Color deserves the Cannes Palme d’Or from Steven Spielberg’s jury. Adèle Exarchopoulos is extraordinary in the title role, wonderfully supported by Lea Seydoux. They deserve to win best actress together, but Cannes rules forbid [...]
May 182013
The nine jurors for the 2013 Cannes Festival make for an impressive line-up: Cristian Mungiu, Naomi Kawase, Christoph Waltz, Vidya Balan, Daniel Auteuil, Nicole Kidman, jury president Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee and Lynne Ramsay What a diverse and talented group, including world-class directors Mungiu, Spielberg & Lee.