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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.
Continue Reading →A brief walk around the new toys at the British Society of Cinematographer’s trade annual trade show at Elstree Studios north of London.
Continue Reading →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 [...]
Continue Reading →From NZCS Associate Member Jason Wetzel: Now I know that this may be old news for some but for me it was an opportunity to put a 7D rig, using photographic primes, to the test on a recent music video shoot featuring Tiki Taane The brief called for a studio shoot based around a high [...]
Continue Reading →I had the pleasure recently of checking out the Aaton Penelope 35mm/digital camera in London. The same week I got an invite to head out to the famous Pinewood Studios in North West London to talk to Alan Piper at Red Europe and get my eager mitts on the new Red Epic 5K camera.
Continue Reading →On a warm Monday evening, the 13th of December, NZCS members were treated to an early preview of the new Sony PMW-F3 camera, Sony’s response in part to the ever growing DSLR market.
Continue Reading →When we work it is rare to interact with other Cinematographers, there is usually only one of us on set, and if there is talk of other Cinematographer’s techniques we learn of it through our Focus Pullers or Lighting Gaffers. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be on another set and to see how others work, how they juggle the politics of personalities, and how they get that particular look…
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