NAB 2011
NAB 2011 attendees gathered for the keynote address / Photo courtesy of NAB
The Road to Wisdom, Technologically Speaking. By Valentina I. Valentini.
Conjure images of the newest, shiniest cameras, the biggest and brightest displays, the most exciting leaps and bounds in the burgeoning 3D filmmaking world, and you’ve seen just a fraction of what NAB 2011 had to offer. In addition to the massive amount of new gear on the show floor, there were panels galore during the busy mid-week rush. Read more
Sights Unseen
Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, ASC, AMC, and his Texas-based camera team go looking for deeper meanings in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. By Bob Fisher. Photos by Merie Wallace. Read more
My Best Friend, The Camera
May 5, 2011 by admin
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A Tribute to Sidney Lumet, 1924-2011
By Pauline Rogers. Photos by Will Hart.
ICG May 2011
THOR
DP Haris Zambarloukos, BSC
By David Heuring
THE TREE OF LIFE
DP Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, ASC
By Bob Fisher
GLEE
DP Christopher Baffa, ASC
By Pauline Rogers
TUNNEL VISION
GREEN LIGHTING II
UNITY SERIES PART IV: ELECTRIC
By Pauline Rogers
EXPOSURE: Kenneth Branagh
FLASH FRAME: Michael Ferris, SOC
CIRCLED TAKE: Jeffrey Kimball, ASC
DEEP FOCUS: Wally Pfister, ASC
GEAR GUIDE: Lighting
President’s Letter – May 2011
May 2, 2011 by admin
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Totally Connected
Last month I talked about how four out of the five features nominated for an Oscar® for Best Cinematography were shot on film, and how I didn’t find this unusual because they were all done that way for artistic reasons. The reality is that shooting on film is no more, or less, expensive than shooting on digital. Film has a certain quality that, while not impossible to duplicate digitally, is a lot harder to replicate. There’s certainly an emotional quality to shooting on film, but even more than that, there is a beautiful and elegant simplicity to putting film in your camera. Read more
