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Examining the Color Palette of Film: The Impact of Color and Its Use by Cinematographers by Jacqueline Frost The color palette of a film is a subtle way to visually enhance the emotional aspects of a film and guide the viewer to respond to it on a visceral level. Understanding the basic components of… …
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Color Grading 101 Charles Haine’s educational articles covering topics in cinematography, directing, and film business have been published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. We are excited to announce the release of his new book, “Color Grading 101: Getting Started Color Grading for Editors, Cinematographers, Directors, and Aspiring Colorists”… …
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You have just gotten your first big film to shoot. This is an exciting time. You want it to be a fantastic experience, because it will be a mainstay of your reel – and a possible entré into the industry. You have a great relationship with the director and even the producer thinks you are… …
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In the cinematographer’s ideal world, we would get every piece of equipment we asked for, and production managers would give us half a day to prepare each setup. However, independent filmmaking reality dictates that we’re more likely to find ourselves four hours behind schedule at 8 p.m. with fifteen setups to go – and that’s… …
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To improve your tennis game, play with better tennis players. I am not sure where I first heard this, but it was one of the most important things I’ve learned about improving “my game” as a director of photography. For me, the better tennis players are directors of photography I have had the opportunity to… …
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Extremely high-speed cinematography presents its own set of unique challenges. It is an art of its own, that takes much time to understand and master. The applications for extreme high-speed photography are vast. Things that the naked eye perceives as instant and mundane become exciting and visually amazing. Take a water drop falling into a… …
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Pictured above: Kate Bosworth in “90 Minutes in Heaven”. There is no such thing as video lighting, nor DV lighting, digital lighting, HD lighting – anymore than there is Fuji lighting versus Kodak lighting. I mean, what exactly is “film lighting” when that term covers the look of movies from Singin’ in the Rain to… …
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Exclusive interview conducted Nash Choudhury Peter Stein, ASC has been shooting films in one way or another for over thirty years working on a wide variety of films from horror classics to children’s comedies to incisive documentaries. Beginning his career in cinematography with one of the highest grossing films of 1981, Friday the 13th Part… …
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STUDENTFILMMAKERS: Your career as a cinematographer includes a wonderfully diverse body of work. What are some of the differences between filming styles for feature films, TV movies, episodics, and documentaries? Uta Briesewitz, ASC: In feature films for theatrical release you can live more in wide shots since the big screen of a movie theatre… …
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Hiro Narita, ASC has a filmography that includes over seventy-three titles ranging from feature films to episodic television series to documentaries. He is known for his work on “Never Cry Wolf” (1983), “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” (1989), “The Rocketeer” (1991), “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (1991) and “The Scorpion King” (2002). Narita… …
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New Book on Lighting Written by David Landau While there are some great books with interviews of big time cinematographers out there, there are few books immediately applicable to what beginning cinematographers are facing on limited budget shoots. “Lighting for Cinematography: A Practical Guide to the Art and Craft of Lighting for the Moving Image,”… …
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Interview conducted by Kelcie Des Jardins Tips for Aspiring Cinematographers from Anna Foerster, ASC • It’s easy to get hijacked by technical novelties and it’s good to stay up to date with the fast developing technical stuff. But don’t let that dictate your choices. • Stay physically in shape. Somehow those 16 hour days will… …
