600 at Sundance
January 18, 2010 by editor
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We titled this web exclusive 600 at Sundance not for the obvious reason, but more because ICG’s massive presence (at the world’s preeminent party celebrating filmmaking of independent vision and spirit) feels like an army descending upon Park City’s snow-bound streets. From short films to competition narratives and documentaries, to midnight genre flicks and everything in-between, the sheer creative breadth of work shot and crewed by IATSE craftsmen and women is remarkable. Consider that the Guild experience meter at Sundance this year ranges from multiple Oscar nominees like Roger Deakins, ASC and Seamus McGarvey, BSC to a first time feature by Texas-based shooter Peter Simonite (Skateland), and a sophomore Sundance effort from Patti Lee, now returning with a documentary (A Small Act) that she both shot and produced, and was picked up by HBO before a single flake of snow has fallen on the festival. Of course having an army (or armada depending on how slushy Main Street becomes) of Local 600 members to blanket Sundance this year isn’t all that surprising: indie filmmaking is an arena filled with warriors, and not for the faint of heart nor craft.
ICG January 2010
FEATURES
THE BOOK OF ELI
DP Don Burgess, ASC
By Margot Carmichael Lester
THE SPY NEXT DOOR
DP Dean Cundey, ASC
By Robert Allen
MODERN FAMILY
DP James Bagdonas, ASC
By Jon Silberg
iPHONE APPS FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY
By Andrew Takeuchi
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NYC
By Pauline Rogers
EXPOSURE: Albert Hughes
DEEP FOCUS: Terry Stacey, ASC
FLASH FRAME: Erik Bright
GEAR GUIDE: Indie Focus
Around the World in How Many Days?
January 6, 2010 by editor
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James Chressanthis, ASC, talks about his travels on the indie film festival circuit - from Cannes to Buenos Aires and everywhere in-between…
By Bob Fisher
The RED Planet
Don Burgess, ASC and the brothers Hughes whip up a storm in the high New Mexico desert for The Book of Eli.
By Margot Carmichael Lester
