Watch the trailer for Ain't Them Bodies Saints, which screened at both Cannes and Sundance and stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. Written and directed by David Lowery, it's clear that the film boasts spectacular cinematography thanks to DP Bradford Young (Pariah).
Watch below.
Greenberg. 2010. USA. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Image courtesy Photofest.
New York's MoMA is running a retrospective of the late cinematographer Harris Savides, with screenings of his films including Birth, Greenberg, Somewhere, Whatever Works, Milk, Zodiac, Elephant and Illuminata.
Phil Rhodes breaks down the reality of film vs. digital on RedShark News, writing: "I write hoping that the subject of this article – the move from film to digital, as if that's a complete description of such a complex situation – is no longer controversial enough to provoke a lot of angry mailbag. Some of what's to come...
RED explains upscaled 1080p vs. native 4K, writing, "Upscaling attempts to utilize higher resolution displays without higher resolution content. In this article, we compare how low resolution, upscaled and native high resolution content appear, along with discussing the motivations behind each solution."
Read the full article here.
Cinematographer Ryan E. Walters tests out four sets of ND filters. He writes, "Neutral density (ND) filters are supposed to be devoid of color shift. Ideally they only affect the amount of light entering the lens, not the color balance. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to produce an ND filter that is truly neutral. This is why I set out to...
Colorist Juan Melara has provided the below color grading tutorial for achieving what he calls "the summer blockbuster" look, which predominantly features teals and oranges. Melara uses Davinci Resolve Lite and also provides downloads of the footage and LUTs he used so that you can follow along.
Watch below and read more here on his site...
Scribd has published a case study on Technicolor's dailies workflow for Oblivion, which was shot on then-untested Sony F65.
Says co-producer Steve Gaub, "The F65, at the time, was brand new technology and required proprietary means to get media off the camera, we had to rely, of course, on Sony to map out and fnalize a workflow. But I...
Cinematographer Claudio Miranda talks to Jay Holben of American Cinematographer about being one of the first major productions to use the Sony F65.
He says, "We ended up being some of the first guinea pigs for the F65 in a production scenario,” he continues. “It gives you a fantastic image, but it’s a large camera, and the...
The beautiful black and white Audi commercial found below was recently shot by Bill Bennett with a prototype ARRI Alexa. Explains Momentum Blog that the camera "is only sensitive to light in the infrared part of the spectrum, with wavelengths longer than 800 nanometers."
Read more here and watch the spot below.
The American Society of Cinematographers presents a Q&A with cinematographer M. David Mullen whose work includes Big Love, Twin Falls Idaho and Big Sur (see our article about it here.)
The event is taking place on Tuesday, May 21st from 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM at the ASC Clubhouse located on 1782 North Orange Dr., Hollywood, CA. Tickets are $35...
