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NZCS Operator’s Evening held at the Dolly Shop – March 7th 2012 NZCS members and a wide cross section of other industry people gathered recently at The Dolly Shop grip facility to have an interactive session with as many camera movement devices as possible. While the primary focus was on camera operators, and the tools [...]

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NZCS Committee member Marc Swadel reports back from his latest shoot – “Don’t Think” a concert feature for The Chemical Brothers in Japan from UK production company RSA (Ridley Scott & Associates) Films/Black Dog.

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A brief walk around the new toys at the British Society of Cinematographer’s trade annual trade show at Elstree Studios north of London.

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Why don’t we have more DoPs in New Zealand? Women make fantastic cinematographers and yet currently we only have 3 in NZ. Ginny Loane, Jac Fitzgerald and Mairi Gunn will talk about their experinces as DoPs, answer your questions and engage you in a discussion about women as DoPs and what challenges come with the profession.

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On March 18th a workshop led by Philip Bloom will be held in Auckland. The day-long workshop will focus on both DSLR and the latest large-chip camcorders, and include a dedicated audio segment with Australian sound icon Ric Creaser. More details on the workshop and can be found at this link. To find out more [...]

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IMAGO are offering a Master Class for Cinematographers in Copenhagen from the 18th – 20th of November at the National Film School of Denmark. NZCS members wishing to attend can download more details at this link:  

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INDUSTRY MEETINGS OCTOBER 2011 The New Zealand Film Commission is looking forward to meeting up with you as we host industry networking events in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. Come and join us for drinks, nibbles and discussions about the latest goings-on affecting us all and the recent changes to our guidelines. The evenings are open [...]

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For almost as long as Cinematography has existed, ARRI have been at the forefront of Camera manufacture. The name is well respected amongst many Cinematographers who have demanded reliable performance from their daily workhorse of a camera. So the Alexa caused more than a few ripples when it entered the HD foray with a camera [...]

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A bit of an update on this story below from NZCS Chairperson Simon Riera – you may want to download the .pdf file here that explains his findings on the S-Log.   On the 19th of August NZCS members gathered at Images & Sound Post house to view footage shot on the Sony F3 by [...]

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Last night a handful of NZCS members gathered to meet with Ellen Kuras ASC for an informal evening and a couple of drinks courtesy of Automatic Films. It was a good session of trading “behind the lens” experiences from quite a different perspective than we have locally. It was somehow very reassuring that the onset [...]

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