Checco Varese, ASC, redefines chiaroscuro in one of the planet’s most harsh environments Imagine a place where the most basic elements of human life – light, food, water, going to the bathroom (!) – become complex logistical challenges of the...
Left to Right: Josh Williamson, Matt Guiza, David Speck, Charles Whelan, Mike Cassidy, Mark LaBonge, LLoyd Ahern, ASC, Eric, Echilling, Jefferson Fugitt, Bill Coe, Charles Murphy and Seth Orozco photo by Unit Photographer Collen Hayes...
Cinematographer Alice Brooks hits all the right notes in transporting the 1980s animated series Jem and the Holograms to the big screen Back in 2011, cinematographer Alice Brooks and director Jon M. Chu (Step Up series, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) were sitting on...
“The Human Factor” In the last few years, I’ve written many times in this space about workflow, mostly because everywhere we turn, another workflow comes along, each, as the metaphor goes, “as unique and complex as a snowflake.” But it...
Netflix reinvents the western for the binge-watching generation. By Pauline Rogers. Fans of the Western genre are thrilled that Netflix has reinvigorated the format with its contemporary crime drama, Longmire (based on the Walt Longmire Mysteries series of novels by...
Two-time ECA winner Eduardo Enrique Mayén reinvents kids’ television with a new streaming series from Amazon My 10-year-old and I are crouched behind a large potted plant, in the corner of the “Normal Street Botanical Society,” aka a small soundstage...
Aside from a mind-boggling array of new technology on display on the Paramount Studios lot, the highlight of Cine Gear 2015 was the jointly sponsored Local 600/ASC panel de-mystifying ACES, the new Academy Color Encoding System. By Pauline Rogers. All Photos by...
Top Row (Left to Right): Lea Miller (B Dolly) John Woodward (C 1st) Jeroen Hendriks (DIT) Phil Pfeiffer (C Op) James McCray (C Dolly) François Daignault (A Op/Steadicam) Jay Kemp (Gaffer) Tom Shaghnesy (Oculus Head Tech) Roland Emmerich (Director) Kurt...
Left to Right: A-Cam 1st AC: Chip Byrd, A-Cam 2nd AC: Rob Salviotti, A-Cam-Op: Jeff Greely, DP: Richard Rutkowski, B-Cam 2nd AC: John Hamilton, B-Cam OP/Steadicam: Harry Garvin, B-Cam 1st AC: Gabe Pfeiffer Far Rear L to R: Digital Loader:...
Icons now, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Ren, MC Yella and Eazy-E began their storied lives just trying to survive and prosper in the meanest ‘hood in L.A. “I was watching TV in a New York hotel room when I...
(L-R) Publicist Spooky Stevens, A-camera 2nd AC Tonja Greenfield; DP Barry Ackroyd; A-camera 1st AC Markus Mentzer; B-camera 1st AC Chris Fisher; still photographer Jaap Buitnendjik (in mirror); loader Dan McKee; B-camera 2nd AC Justin Cooley; SEATED: B-camera operator Josh...
Sundance indie David Lanzenberg leaps forward in size and budget for the time-travel drama The Age of Adaline. By Kevin H. Martin. Unit Photography by Diyah Pera / Frame Grab Courtesy of Lionsgate Pictures. In The Age of Adaline, beautiful Adaline Bowman...
