To be honest, I had been avoiding seeing Nymphomaniac Volume I by Lars von Trier. It felt like homework I had to do. Don’t get me wrong, I love sexuality as a filmmaking subject, in part because it is so difficult to do well. I feel that the 2 most difficult cinema subjects are sex [...]
– click image for bigger version A photo-montage of Chivo congratulated by his fellow nominees Roger Deakins, Phedon Papamichael, Bruno Delbonnel & Philippe Le Sourd, hugging Roger Deakins, and receiving his well-deserved Oscar. BRAVO EMMANUEL ! finally +++
___ You can read the in-depth cover story that I wrote about Gravity for the American Cinematographer online here. Emmanuel Lubezki’s work on this film is a paradigm of the expanded role of the cinematographer in films with high virtual content. We are entering an era that includes virtual cinematography in the DP’s job. The [...]
___ This is my breakdown of the complex workflow for the film GRAVITY by Alfonso Cuaron with cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC. Gravity was a complex production that mixed virtual and real imaging elements in innovative ways. What follows is a rough outline of the key steps involved in the project’s workflow. CG lighting [...]
My posts about Eric Kress‘ Lighting Workshop on the ASC web site have been very popular. Eric was the cinematographer of the original “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. The workshop was held at Gothenburg Film Studios during Gokinema, in collaboration with Michael Petersen, and with the support of Marc Galerne of K5600 Lighting and Jacques [...]
— My post about Part 1 of Eric Kress‘ Lighting Workshop on the ASC web site has been very popular. Eric was the cinematographer of the original “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. I am preparing part 2 this coming week… The workshop was held at Gothenburg Film Studios during Gokinema with the support of Marc [...]
— Camera crews from all over are contributing to a touching tribute facebook page of camera slates for Sarah Elizabeth Jones, the camera assistant who died tragically on a shoot on a railroad bridge in Georgia. Sarah was 27. +++
This is not about film, but more of a public service announcement for filmmakers using Apple hardware. — If you own Apple hardware, you should navigate to gotofail.com to check the vulnerability of your mac computer, iphone, ipad and ipod to the gotofail bug. This bug puts you at risk in public wifi networks to [...]
London tests shot by John de Borman of the new Cooke anamorphics. Unlike the Paris tests, this footage includes the 40 mm. watch on Vimeo Link +++
Cooke has posted a video of anamorphic tests shot in Paris by cinematographer Patrick Blossier. The video starts with an introduction by Cooke CEO Les Zellan, followed by Paris footage shot with the new Cooke 50 and 75 mm anamorphic lenses. The tests were organized by our friend Danys Bruyère and his team at TSF [...]