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Sydney, Australia. Thursday 26th April 2012. The Australian Cinematographers Society National President, Ron Johanson ACS announced in Sydney today that renowned cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki ASC AMC is the recipient of the 2012 ACS International Award for Cinematography for his work on the Terrence Malick film, “The Tree of Life”. This is the second time Lubezki [...]

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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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CINEMATOGRAPHERS tend to get little of the public attention given to directors and actors. And Don McAlpine doesn’t mind a bit. ”The job’s fantastic. You just say: ‘Well this is one of the prices you have to pay,”’ the veteran cinematographer says. ”And as you live in the world of the famous, you realise there’s [...]

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Nzcs committee would like to congratulate fellow member Kevin Riley for ‘Best Cinematography Drama/Comedy’ – Kevin Riley, ‘Legend of the Seeker’ in the recent Aotearoa Film & Television Craft Awards.

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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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The Committee of NZCS announce the creation of a benevolent fund to be administered by the committee for the purpose of supporting members in times of unforeseen dire circumstances. Further details will be announced shortly but the fund is to be kick started with a $5k injection from existing funds and will be maintained by [...]

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To all NZCS members, Kinoflo lighting has for quite some time been the industry standard in quality, efficient Fluorescent Lighting. But technology in this industry is always being challenged by new on set demands. Come along to Professional Lighting Services on the 2nd of August and meet the founder of Kinoflo – Frieder Hochheim – [...]

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Obviously Kiwi crews have still a bit to learn from the Brit’s when it comes to “Standard of Dress” for covering those gala events. These Photos submitted by Paul Lake of Panavision taken at Royal Ascot in June.

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NZCS member John Toon in Los Angeles shooting a TVC on Red Epic: “A tiny camera, but after the AC has hung junk all over it gets bigger. Pretty good results .   jt”

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So much is out in the public arena on the events in Christchurch that it seems almost pathetic to attempt to touch on it here. However two notes I would like to mention. Firstly every word of the people inside the CTV building has sent a shiver down my spine. I know that colleagues are [...]

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