ASC Online Master Class: August 27th – 28th

The American Society of Cinematographers will hold a two-day Online Master Class, from Saturday, Aug 27th to Sunday, Aug 28th. Derived and adapted from our signature in-person Master Classes, the seminar will have live interactions and Q&A with some of the world’s top working cinematographers.

The Cameras Behind Emmys 2022: Sony VENICE Goes Head to Head With ARRI Mini

IndieWire has published its annual survey regarding the 74th Emmy cinematography nominees. As the tradition calls, Y.M.Cinema Magazine has transformed this data into camera charts, which show us that the Sony VENICE goes head to head with the ARRI ALEXA Mini. Furthermore, there’s a first appearance of the RED V-Raptor, plus a solid presence of film cameras.

ALEXA 35 Software Update 1.0.3 Revision 4

August 11, 2022. ARRI posted a new maintenance update for ALEXA 35 cameras today: ALEXA 35 SUP 1.0.3 Revision 4.

As stated in the notes: “ALEXA 35 SUP 1.0.3 Revision 4 is a maintenance release and contains important bugfixes and improvements to system stability (and is more recent than) ALEXA 35 SUP 1.0.3 Revision 3, which was installed on the first cameras that were shipped. There are no new features. We recommend updating for all customers.”

Behind the Scenes with Top Gun: Maverick Aerial Team

The air-to-air team behind Top Gun: Maverick shares a detailed behind-the-scenes look at exactly how they pulled off making the groundbreaking film, including gear choices, challenges, victories, and more.

Featuring commentary from: Claudio Miranda, ASC- Director of Photography, David B. Nowell, ASC- Aerial Cinematographer/Team5, Michael FitzMaurice- Aerial Cinematographer, Kevin LaRosa- Aerial Coordinator/ Lead Camera Pilot.

What Defines a Cinema Camera?

What makes a camera a cinema camera? Some of today’s biggest names in cinematography share their thoughts.

ICG Magazine August 2022 Digital Edition

Wim Wenders: ‘With restoration, there’s a danger you can falsify the film’

Wim Wenders is in London accompanying new restorations of a number of his classic movies, in collaboration with Curzon for a season called Kino Dreams. Although he still keeps his hand in as a director, photographer and painter, the German maestro who coined the modern conception of the “road movie” is spending a lot of time of late getting his hands dirty with the job of restoring his films to a set of various specific specifications.

Kate Reid BSC stays flexible when lensing HBO’s limited series The Baby.

“When I finished reading the pilot script of The Baby, I didn’t really know what to make of it,” says cinematographer Kate Reid BSC. “And that’s always really exciting, getting sent material that surprises you.”

The eight-episode HBO limited series, which began airing on 24 April, is a horror/comedy from first-time showrunners and co-creators Siân Robins-Grace and Lucy Gaymer. A co-production with SKY and the creatives at SISTER Productions (who produced the award-winning Chernobyl), The Baby is as funny as it is deathly serious.

Top Gun: Maverick Takes IMAX to New Heights

This is the quote from the Q2 2022 IMAX Corporation Conference Call aired today, although Top Gun: Maverick wasn’t filmed with real IMAX cameras. Also, the IMAX movies’ timeline has been presented. And… Oppenheimer teaser has been released. Read all this below with more IMAX news.

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