News and Features
Wildlife Comes Into Focus with Angenieux
After featuring birds in Winged Migration (2001) and the underwater world in Oceans (2009), directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud chose, with Seasons, to...
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Cooke S4/i Primes Shoot the Biggest Television Show in the World
"On 'Game of Thrones,' all the different aspects come together for a certain look and feel."
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Near-Infrared Film Depicts Dreamlike Moments in Nature
“Most of Brindabellas was filmed with one camera and one cameraman in a range of challenging environments, from steep mountain terrain to fast-flowing rivers,”...
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‘Lasso’ Captured with Panasonic VariCam 35 Camera/Recorders
Director of photography Luke Sauer recently completed shooting the feature film Lasso with Panasonic VariCam 35 cinema camera/recorders. A “survive the night” thriller directed...
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‘Black and White’ Embraces Ikegami HDK-97ARRI Cameras
Recorded before a studio audience, the A&E series Black and White addresses timely news stories through the prism of race and uses comedy to...
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‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’ Depends on Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras
Written, directed by and starring Natalie Portman, A Tale of Love and Darkness follows a writer, journalist and advocate of a two-state solution to...
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Endless Possibilities: Generating Effects with Red Giant Trapcode Suite 13
Adobe After Effects artists who are frequently called on to design shots that involve sci-fi effects, particles and user interface overlays, or shots with...
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Night Vision: Low-Light and No-Light Production with Canon’s ME20F-SH Camera
The Canon ME20F-SH is a breakthrough HD video camera that can literally see in the dark without resorting to monochrome infrared. It is able...
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Revealing the Reality of Reality TV: How the ‘UnREAL’ Crew Shoots a Show About a Show
"I get to shoot two shows in one: Everlasting, the contestant show, which is generally always high-key and colorful, and the series itself, UnREAL,...
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Tips to Clip: September 2016
Not a Clue Most of us have learned a lot from the “stupid client tricks,” which are the result of people with absolutely no...
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‘The Picture Show’: Documenting Isolation and Inspiration by the Salton Sea
In my latest documentary project, The Picture Show, I follow the story of people who explore a different image of themselves and their circumstances...
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DCP BFD: Kiss Your ‘Cinema Paradiso’ Goodbye
FYI: The world has changed. The movies you see at the cinema are no longer projected from 35mm film. Instead, the moving images are...
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Character Studies: ‘Better Things’ Cinematography Captures “Human Truths”
" is a very busy woman with a hectic life schedule, and there needs to be a sense of the pace from...
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Chases, Crashes and Blackmagic Cameras: Capturing the Action Scenes for ‘Jason Bourne’
“Cutting to these mounted shots really quickly gives your senses a jolt, and you see cars flying right by the cameras,” says second unit...
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Phil Holland Shares His Experiences with Duclos’ Cine-Mod
The Duclos Lenses Cine-Mod paved the way for budding cinematographers to take advantage of millions of legacy lenses by adding cinematic features normally reserved...
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Tamron Delivers Fast, Stabilized Glass
Recently released prime lenses from Tamron contain some unique features especially beneficial for filmmakers. The 35mm f/1.8 VC in particular is one of my...
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Xenon FF-Primes Capture the Fastest Game in Sports
Cinematographer Adam Beck (@adamwbeck) calls ice hockey “the fastest game in sports.” To give viewers an impassioned experience, he likes the cinematic look of Schneider-Kreuznach...
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Onyx Cinema Tests Zeiss Lenses for Upcoming Short Film
My team from Onyx Cinema (@onyxcinema) and I recently tested Zeiss Milvus and Otus lenses to see how well they worked with our new Sony...
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Fujinon Cabrio Lens Delivers Live UHD Broadcast of Much Music Video Awards
Bell Media (Twitter @BellMediaPR) produced a live-to-air UHD broadcast of the iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards (MMVAs) in downtown Toronto in June, with an extensive setup...
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Made in Network Has It Made with Sony Gear
Made in Network is a YouTube-certified multichannel network based in Nashville. They create original video programming and series alongside creators, as well as custom...
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Tyler Stableford Covers His Bases with Redrock microRemote Tandem Bundle
Director/DP Tyler Stableford (Twitter @TylerStableford) is sought for his bold visual storytelling in TV commercials, narrative projects and documentaries. His style and subject matter...
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Native New Yorkers: Developing the Textured Beauty of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Get Down’
The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann’s musical drama series created for Netflix, chronicles the origins of hip-hop in the Bronx in the late 1970s against...
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Panavision’s Anamorphic Look Invades Television
Anamorphic lenses, long loved for their cinematic look, have become a predominant choice for television production. AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead is one of...
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Imaging and Information
We're offering a one-day workshop during Government Video Expo that details how modern digital cinema cameras work.