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A Conversation with Kenneth Zunder, ASC Capturing Cultural Touchstones Exclusive interview conducted by Johnny Lee Solis Since earning my first cinematographer credit on the television series thirtysomething, I have worked on many features, television movies, and series such as Brooklyn Bridge, seaQuest, Chicago Hope, Lois and Clark, Judging Amy, The Starter Wife, The Closer and… …
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Photo by Nandhu Kumar. Follow on Instagram @nandhukumar_nk Light Emotion Written by Eddie Tapp Light is all around us. We use light, we feel light, we create light, we use light that is already created. Sometimes we assume light and sometimes abuse light. When light is at its epic moment, we appreciate light, sometimes… …
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Pictured above: Production still by Austin Distel. Follow on Instagram @austindistel. “Recording a new podcast interview with CEOs and Founders of successful online businesses, Scale or Die. This show recently hit Apple’s New and Noteworthy for business and technology categories. Watch or listen to the most recent episodes at useproof.com/scaleordie.” Cinematography for Interviews 7 Best… …
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Pictured above: Michelle Acuna (Em) in Independent Western, “Bounty” (2009) Bounty (2009), HVX100 with Red Rock Adapter. Chocolate Filter in front of lens. Lit with the sun and a bounce board about 50 feet from the actress, wearing dirt FX make up, to give an edge light on her left cheek. Colored by Allen Kelly at Filmlook… …
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A triptych in film form, Love is Love is Love is written and directed by Eleanor Coppola. “Late Lunch” is one of three segments in the film, and it takes place mainly in a large dining room and an adjacent living room in a house in San Francisco. Ten women gather at a long dining… …
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Awesome lighting tips from Peter Levy, ASC, Uta Briesewitz, ASC, and David Moxness, ASC, CSC… Above photo By Kal Visuals. Follow @kalvisuals | www.kalvisuals.com 3 Need-To-Know Lighting Tips for Student Cinematographers Tip #1 ” My advice to give to students is, don’t think of the fill light as a light source. Understand what… …
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Read these great lighting tips for cinematography students and film students. Tips from Uta Briesewitz, ASC, David Moxness, ASC, CSC, Stijn Van der Veken, ASC, SBC and more… Above photo by Daniil Kuželev in Odessa, Ukraine. 4 Master Lighting Tips for Next Generation Cinematographers Tip #1 “Watch the world around you, get inspired… …
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Photo above by @frankiefilms_xu, Boston-based cinematographer and filmmaker. 7 PRO Lighting Tips from Master Cinematographers “Study paintings and photography from history. Study films and see how the light works with the story. Be present, look at light in life and your own experience. Remember what you see, let it become part of who… …
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Amplify Your Practical Sources to Get the Light You Need by Saro Varjabedian It has been my experience that in the world of independent filmmaking the cinematography is locked in a constant struggle between wanting to light a scene to an ideal vision and having to light based on a budget. However, vision does not… …
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by Jeffrey M. Hamel You light with the lights you have, not the lights you wish you had. As a gaffer or lighting director you spend time making a wish list of lighting equipment for each scene or job. Most of the time this is an exercise of futility because either the DP has a… …
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by Kevin Zanit As a cinematographer, one of many skills you should have is the ability to “cheat” what time of day you are shooting for another. A situation I encounter regularly is shooting at night in a room filled with windows when the scene is supposed to take place during the day. There are… …
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A Conversation with Cinematographer Stijn Van der Veken, ASC, SBC Leading Your Audience’s Eye StudentFilmmakers Magazine: You’re known for your ominous, beautiful dark cinematography and playing with shadows and contrast. Where did your style for lighting come from? Stijn Van der Veken, ASC, SBC: Cinematography is all about guiding the story and the actors’ performances to the… …
