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Caleb Deschanel to Receive ASC’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Caleb Deschanel, who has been nominated for Oscars for his cinematography in such films at The Right Stuff (1984), The Natural (1985), The Patriot (2001) and The Passion of the Christ (2005), will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards, to be held in Los Angeles next February.
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John Bailey to Host Kodak Film School Competition
Film students know it's a tough business in which to stand out. Any exposure helps. Especially if your film is being accessed by one of the leading cinematographers working today. John Bailey, a leader in the cinematography world for more than three decades, stands to give one lucky budding cinematographer just such a chance.
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Wake the Witch on JVC GY-HD250U
JVC Professional Products has announced that independent horror film Wake the Witch’s principal photography was completed on the company’s shoulder-mount GY-HD250U camcorder.
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Sneak Peek: Where The Wild Things Are
Hitting theaters October 16, the long-awaited arrival of Spike Jonze's sure-to-be quirky and crazy adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are is finally upon us. To celebrate, MM offers a sneak peak at some movie stills, courtesy of Warner Bros.
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Allen Daviau Joins Art Center College of Design
Esteemed cinematographer Allen Daviau, ASC will join the part-time faculty at Art Center College of Design. Daviau, whose credits include classic films such as E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple, Bugsy, as well as recent hits like Van Helsing, will teach a master class in cinematography.
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Kodak Chooses Its Eastman Scholars
Each year, Kodak awards a select group of talented student moviemakers with the Eastman scholarship. On August 5th, they announced this year's winners at the University Film and Video Association Conference (UFVA) in New Orleans.
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Sony Brings Woodstock Back to Life
Classic rock fans, both those who witnessed Woodstock firsthand in 1969 and those who weren't even born at the time, have a reason to celebrate. This weekend, the iconic music event will be relieved on television--just in time for Woodstock's 40th anniversary. Both VH1 and the History Channel will air the premiere of "Woodstock: Now and Then," a new documentary shot with Sony HDV camcorders.
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Michael Mann Takes a Shot in the Dark
Sony F23 digital camera lands the leading role in Public Enemies
Set mostly in Depression era Chicago, the picture, an adaptation of Bryan Burrough’s nonfiction book, follows the attempts of FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Bale) to hunt down notorious criminals John Dillinger (Depp), Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum).
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Anne Thompson Moves from Variety to indieWIRE
One of the film industry's most revered journalists, Anne Thompson recently announced that her popular blog, "Thompson on Hollywood," will moved from Variety.com to indieWIRE.
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NY Post|Production Conference Returns to New York
The fifth annual NY Post|Production Conference, organized by the digital media training center Future Media Concepts in association with the National Association of Broadcasters, will be held in New York City from October 5-8, 2009. At the conference, leading industry professionals will instruct attendees on the new technology needed by those pursuing careers in the production, post-production, broadcast and new media fields.
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Technology Changes, DV Expo Remains
Technologies are changing and careers are shifting in the entertainment business, but one thing that has remained constant for 14 years is the Digital Video Expo.
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50 Best Websites for Moviemakers 2009
The Internet offers moviemakers a unique opportunity for sharing their work with the world. But distribution is not the only way the Web can assist aspiring and seasoned auteurs alike. From pre-production through post, millions of Websites help today’s cinema artists further their careers. How can you separate the best from the rest? For starters, you can use our second annual roundup of the 50 Best Websites for Moviemakers.
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The Taking of Pelham: Then and Now
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's not a bad subtext for a conversation with Owen Roizman, ASC and Tobias Schliessler, ASC about The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Roizman shot the original movie in 1974; Schliessler lensed Tony Scott's contemporary version (actually titled The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3), which opens on June 12, 2009.
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Thomas Stern is on Training Ground in Portugal
Clint Eastwood's go-to cinematographer Thomas Stern will be on the "Cinematography" program at Training Ground, the festival for moviemakers and enthusiasts taking place this year in Espinho, Portugal.
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Panasonic Announces Free Downloadable Scene Files
Panasonic Broadcast, a leading supplier of broadcast and professional video products and systems, just announced the availability of a wide range of scene files for the popular AG-HPX300 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder with AVC-Intra recording. The downloadable scene files provide users with a diverse array of new "looks" to boost moviemakers' creativity.
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Digital Jungle Posts My Suicide
Suicide is not supposed to be funny. Yet My Suicide—A Self-Inflicted Comedy, directed by David Lee Miller, has been a hit at numerous film festivals. Edited in association with Digital Jungle, My Suicide is the visually stunning story of Archie Williams, who plans to commit suicide on camera for a school project. Everyone begins to get involved in Archie's life, for right and wrong reasons, creating an independent gem on screen.
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Vilmos Zsigmond named UCLA Kodak Cinematographer in Residence
Acclaimed Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, who won an Oscar in 1978 for Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has been named Kodak Cinematographer in Residence for the spring quarter at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The mentorship program was created in 2000 by Professor William McDonald with the support of Kodak.
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Columbine Survivor Prepares for April Showers
On April 20, 1999, director Andrew Robinson was a personal witness to the tragic school shootings that took place at Colorado's Columbine High School. Ten years later, he is debuting his first theatrical release feature, April Showers, a fictionalized story based on the true events and aftermath of that day. Robinson hopes to show the audience a perspective that the media couldn't and to give the movie the personal touch that is necessary for such a film.
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Brandon Trost Cranks It Up with Canon
Crank: High Voltage, the new film from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor starring Jason Statham and Amy Smart, picks up where their acclaimed 2006 Crank left off to deliver even greater thrills for action-movie fans. This time around these innovative directors further “cranked-up” the pace and unique visual style of their film by shooting it with professional and consumer HD camcorders from Canon.
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How Peter Donahue Turned a Hobby into One Gigantic Career
Peter Donahue is no stranger to capturing images. He began his obsession with pictures while growing up in Boston, where he existed as a self-proclaimed "still photography buff" from a young age. Now, 10 years into a career in cinematography, it's clear that this infatuation is paying off.
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Maryse Alberti Captures the Spirit of The Wrestler
Cinematographer Maryse Alberti’s career is like one of those old Mickey Rooney movies where a seemingly impossible dream comes true. She was born and raised on a farm in southern France and didn't see her first movie until she was 19 years old. Most recently, Alberti won her second Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for her artful imagery in The Wrestler. But how exactly did they achieve the movie's naturalistic feel?
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Slumdog Millionaire is Top Dog at 2009 Oscars
As predicated, Danny Boyle's little-indie-that-could, Slumdog Millionaire, took home the most awards at last night's Oscar ceremony, claiming eight Golden Guys in all, including those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle, Best Editing for Chris Dickens and two nods for its music, one for Best Original Score and the other for Best Original Song.
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Slumdog Scores at ASC Awards
Best Picture Nominee Slumdog Millionaire was victorious at this year’s 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards. Anthony Dod Mantle (The Last King of Scotland, 28 Days Later), the film's cinematographer, won the feature film competition. Other feature film nominees included Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, for Revolutionary Road and The Reader; Chris Menges, ASC, BSC, also for The Reader; Claudio Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; and Wally Pfister, ASC, for The Dark Knight.
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DV is No Fad, and Neither are the DV Awards
Martin Rhodes was wrong about the success of digital video once, but never again
In 2003, Martin Rhodes knew the world of video production was significantly changing. That's why he created the DV Awards, an international competition awarding video producers of all kinds for excellence in digital video recording and editing.
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ASC Announces Top Student Cinematographers
A new generation of moviemakers is beginning to sprout up around the country, making colleges and universities the go-to place to look for the next batch of talent. With this in mind, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has begun weeding out the cream of the cinematography crop with its ASC Burton Stone Heritage Award for outstanding achievement in student moviemaking. This year’s recipients of the award include Nathan Levine-Heaney from Florida State University, who took the top prize in the Graduate category, and Aaron Dunson from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, who came up big in the Undergraduate competition.
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Pro8mm Asks You to Think Big, Shoot Small
It’s a problem that every novice moviemaker faces when he or she thinks of entering a film festival: With only a single, cruddy camera, no means of editing and the bare minimum when it comes to both talent and location, how can I shoot to get the look I want? More importantly, how do I have any chance of going up against other movies if a festival only accepts perfectly polished, finely edited, big-budget masterpieces? For many, that is where the festival process ends, leaving moviemakers with the taste of failure in their mouths and great ideas wasted. But this no longer has to be the case.
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John Bailey Holds Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Cinematographer John Bailey is pulling double duty at the Sundance Film Festival this year, as two of his movies, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men and The Greatest screen in the Grand Jury Competition. Meanwhile, over at Slamdance, he's also taking part in a panel discussion on the aesthetics and costs of moviemaking. Here, he discusses with MM the process behind his work and the rationale behind his shooting decisions.
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Bringing The Spirit to Life
Frank Miller pays tribute to his mentor, Will Eisner, and makes some technical breakthroughs
With technological breakthroughs and inventive storytelling, Frank Miller is making sure that the innovative spirit of his friend and mentor Will Eisner lives on in his latest directorial effort.
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Canon HD Camcorders Bring Cinema Verité to the Masses
Inspired storytelling, superior HDTV production values and prudent budgeting are essential elements in the competitive world of producing innovative programming—whether for today’s cable networks or local cinemas. For Varuna Entertainment, achieving these goals is made easier by using Canon’s XH G1 HD Camcorders to capture dramatic, challenging and often dangerous footage for two of their latest cable reality series.
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ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards Announced
It’s in the way the camera slowly follows The Joker’s movement at the beginning of The Dark Knight to suggest the character’s looming presence; the way light and darkness are presented in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to contrast the protagonist’s relation to age; it’s the bright, fake sheen of suburbia in Revolutionary Road; the way camera distance denotes isolation in The Reader; or the mesmerizing energy contained in a still shot of a Mumbai street corner in Slumdog Millionaire. Ultimately, it can be found in every image seen on screen: The cinematographer’s contribution to the making of a movie.
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Entries Now Being Accepted for the 23rd Annual ASC Awards
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is now accepting entries for their 23rd annual Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards, taking place Sunday, February 15, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Awards will be presented in several categories, including feature films, episodic television and television movie/miniseries/pilot. The deadline for television entries is December 1. The television nominees will be announced the week of December 15, while the theatrical film nominees will be announced January 6 or 7.
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Donald McAlpine to Receive ASC International Achievement Award
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced Donald McAlpine as the 2009 recipient of the annual ASC International Achievement Award. The award, presented to a cinematographer who has made significant contributions to the art of moviemaking, is “an expression of our admiration for Don McAlpine both as a human being and as an artful filmmaker,” says Awards Committee chairman Michael Goi.
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Joseph White Aims and Shoots for Repo! Men
Arriving in theaters on November 7th, Repo! The Genetic Opera is a true original—a "science fiction horror rock opera" that is sure to be unlike any other musical you've ever seen. Directed by the Saw series stalwart Darren Lynn Bousman and based on a play by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich (who also wrote the script), the movie takes place in the not-so-distant future, when an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Biotech company GeneCo emerges, offering organ transplants for a price. So how do you mix science fiction, horror, opera and Paris Hilton? Any way you'd like, says cinematographer Joseph White.
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Kevin and David Make a Porno
A conversation with Zack and Miri Make a Porno director Kevin Smith and cinematographer David Klein
For writer-director Kevin Smith and cinematographer David Klein, the first time is a charm. But so is the second, and the third… After their first collaboration, Clerks (1994) won awards and critical raves at Sundance and Cannes, the director and cinematographer paired up for Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), "Reaper" (2007) and Clerks II. Now, they're aiming for a sixth successful project when Zack and Miri Make a Porno hits theaters Friday, October 31.
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Kodak Filmschool Winners Shoot For the Sky
Four students, each from a major region of the world, have been named first-place winners in the 2008 Kodak Filmschool competition. Now in its ninth year, the annual contest recognizes outstanding achievements in cinematography by student moviemakers. This year’s winners include Devendra Golatkar from the Film and Television Institute of India, Mateo Soler from the Universidad ORT Uruguay, Aonan Yang from Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Canada and Amparo de Miguel Viguer of ECAM in Spain. The winners will receive a trip to the 2009 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France, where their films will be presented in the Kodak Short Film Showcase.
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