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“Singularity:” How Cinematographer Khalid Mohtaseb Told a Love Story in Dance
“We wanted to approach it in almost a classical, theatrical way.”
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The 2019 Camera Comparison Chart Is Live
"From the beginning, the chart has been designed around providing a tool for cinematographers to help them educate producers with the incredibly large variety...
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Being There: ‘Detroit’ Takes Viewers Through the City’s 1967 Riots
In this project for Annapurna Pictures, director Kathryn Bigelow reteamed with her "Hurt Locker" director of photography, Barry Ackroyd, BSC.
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‘Get Out’ Visual Style Relies on Realism
In the comedic horror feature Get Out, a black photographer (Daniel Kaluuya) goes upstate with his white girlfriend (Allison Williams) to meet her affluent...
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Perpetual Motion: Achieving the Visual Marvels of ‘Legion’
For those acquainted with Marvel Comics, the character of David Haller/Legion does not rank particularly high in the pantheon of heroes and villains. But...
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RED Epic-W Helium vs. ARRI Alexa Mini
NoFilmSchool has released a camera test between the RED Epic-W Helium and ARRI Alexa Mini. As they explain, “ Given all the buzz around...
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Life on ‘Mars’: Inside National Geographic’s Epic Multiplatform Initiative
National Geographic Channel says it wants to redefine television storytelling with its ambitious cross-platform project Mars, which premieres in 171 countries and 45 languages...
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‘Berlin Station’: Spies, Lies and Shooting on Location
Launching on cable network EPIX with a ten-episode season on October 16, Berlin Station is a contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, who...
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Tone, Technique and Tension: Making the Hulu Thriller Series ‘Chance’
DP Terry Stacey uses film noir texture “to push the mood into a psychological tone and language.”
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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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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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Watch a Leica R Lens Shootout with the RED Weapon and ARRI Alexa Mini
In the below video, Rent Cinema Glass does a lens shootout, using the Leica R with both the RED Weapon and ARRI Alexa Mini. The rental...
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Watch the ARRI Alexa Mini vs. RED Epic vs. RED Dragon
YouTube user Женя Козлов pits the ARRI Alexa Mini vs. the RED Epic and RED Dragon in the quick camera test found below. The test features...
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ARRI Alexa Mini vs. Canon C100 (The Results May Surprise You)
In the below video, LensProtoGo’s Evan Bourcier compares the ARRI Alexa Mini (a $40K camera) with the Canon C100 (a $4K camera) to determine...
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ARRI Alexa Mini Helps Execute Complicated POV Mirror Shot
The Brothers Lynch’s short film “Trial” was shot on an ARRI Alexa with an ARRI Alexa Mini used to create a complicated mirror shot....
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ARRI Amira and Alexa Minis Capture Kanye’s Live-Streamed Fashion Show
Ten ARRI Amira and four ARRI Alexa Minis were used to capture and live-stream Kanye West’s YEEZY Season 3 fashion collection from Madison Square...
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Seinfeld Web Series Hits the Road with ARRI Alexa Mini
I recently used ARRI’s Alexa Mini on season 7 of Crackle’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, the web series created by comedian Jerry Seinfeld....
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Deconstructing Production: Achieving the Affecting Realism of ‘Demolition’
Is the new film from Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée a study in grief, or in pathology? The unusual script by Bryan Sipe combines with...
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ARRI Alexa Mini Provides POV Shots for ‘Nine Lives’
For Barry Sonnenfeld’s “feline comedy” Nine Lives, cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK, recalls, “We needed to shoot from the point of view of...
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See 10 Cinema Cameras Go Head to Head
Radiant Images has tested out 16 cinema cameras and evaluated them for under exposure, over exposure, color rendition and green screen. They have currently put 10...
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Cinematography with a Compact Form Factor: Assessing ARRI’s Alexa Mini Camera
The camera is intended for applications where size, weight and flexible rigging are crucial, but other functions, like audio recording, are less important.
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Unexpected Perspectives: Small, Portable POV Cameras Enhance Imaging Options
Today’s action camera models are all quite small so it’s in the feature sets that the cameras express their individuality.
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Watch a Video Walkthrough of the ARRI Alexa Mini
Michael Jonas, product manager for the ARRI Alexa Mini, walks NoFilmSchool through the specs of the new camera in the video found below. Says...
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Go Behind the Scenes of an ARRI Alexa Mini Shoot
This behind-the-scenes video from Adi Geisegger shows how he used the ARRI Alexa Mini to shoot his short gymnast film “The Focus” with often...