December 2024

New Jan. Issue of AC Features Focus on Collaboration

On Our Cover: Cynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba in Wicked, shot by Alice Brooks, ASC. (Image courtesy of Universal Pictures.) Inside this issue, Vol. 106 No. 1: • President’s Desk: Shelly Johnson, ASC considers the energy and spirit that inform imagery created by a strong cinematographer-director collaboration. • Alice Brooks, ASC and director Jon M. Chu discuss their creative strategy for the musical Wicked, including large practical set builds, prototype Panavision lenses and meticulous color choices. • Stéphane Fontaine, AFC and director Edward Berger detail how they infused the Vatican City drama Conclave with the mood and feel of classic paranoid thrillers of the 1970s. • Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke and director Robert...more