December 2018
Letter From the PresidentPresident’s Desk: The Nine Lives of the Cat!
“What baffles me to this day is that other manufacturers have seemed to adopt the idea of a well-balanced camera only reluctantly and never completely.”
“What baffles me to this day is that other manufacturers have seemed to adopt the idea of a well-balanced camera only reluctantly and never completely.”
“It’s always fascinating to absorb the various opinions, concerns, ways of working and more from cinematographers around the world. There’s an interesting parallel between each region’s unique approach to cinematography and the variety of food that’s served in these places.”
The argument can be made that we might eventually outrun ourselves with digital technology, and that we sometimes seem to bet hopelessly on a dead horse, so to speak.
“Robby, wherever in the universe you are now, we miss you dearly.”
High dynamic range is among the latest and certainly one of the most game-changing technologies to impact our work as cinematographers. But is it a step forward or back?
“It looks like we, as cinematographers, will be racking up more frequent-flyer miles than ever... Let’s face it: Our industry has become a global one.”
Thoughts on the great Geoffrey Unsworth, BSC and his influential, Oscar-winning camerawork in Bob Fosse’s Cabaret (1972), among other films.
Addressing how the media abandoned civility and truth in the case of AMPAS President and ASC member John Bailey.
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