August 2024 Issue of AC Arrives
Featuring a special focus on camera systems, subjects include Fallout, in-depth discussion on generative AI, and our 2024 Rising Stars of Cinematography.
Our August 2024 issue of American Cinematographer — Vol. 105 No. 8 — will soon be available to subscribers
Inside this issue:
• President’s Desk: Shelly Johnson, ASC considers the importance of a cinematographer’s formative professional experiences.
• Director of photography Stuart Dryburgh, ASC, NZCS; executive producer/director Jonathan Nolan; and production designer Howard Cummings detail their work on the adaptation of the video game Fallout — including the importance of a moving camera, shooting on film and combining in-camera visual effects with set builds and practical effects.
• Cinematographer Eliot Rockett, director/writer Ti West and key crew discuss their approach to the giallo homage MaXXXine, including a spotlight on camera techniques and rigging.
• AC presents the 2024 Rising Stars of Cinematography: Bill Kirstein, Ava Benjamin Shorr, Paul Yee, Jo Jo Lam, Xiaolong Liu and Eric Yue.
• A special report on AI and its implications for filmmakers, the subject of a recent panel hosted by the ASC — featuring Society members Michael Goi, Rob Legato and Mandy Walker; director James Cameron; director/photographer Ellenor Argyropoulos; and attorney Angela L. Dunning, a specialist in trademark and copyright law.
• Daniel Pearl, ASC recalls his work on Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Marcus Nispel’s 2003 remake of the horror classic.
• Shot Craft: A look at the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council’s ongoing investigation of flange-depth specifications in the digital age.
• The VFX Perspective: Executive producer/director Jonathan Nolan and visual-effects supervisor Jay Worth discuss creating Fallout’s Wasteland, Gulper and Ghoul.
• Clubhouse News: The latest bulletins from the Society feature new member Mátyás Erdély; the appointment of Delphine Figueras as ASC general manager; Cine Gear Expo 2024; the Society’s “Summer Splash”; Education & Outreach with San Diego State University and the University of Southern California; and an in-person Clubhouse Conversation hosted by Apple.
• Wrap Shot: On the Beach (1959), shot by Giuseppe Rotunno, ASC, AIC and directed by Stanley Kramer.
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