Netflix Helps Drive the Creative Vision with High-Dynamic-Range Content
Some might consider high-dynamic-range (HDR) television a technology of the future, but millions of viewers are already enjoying it. At the forefront of HDR broadcast is Netflix, the streaming and production giant, which reports that roughly a quarter of the devices used to access its service monthly — more than 165 million — are configured for HDR. As a result, Netflix is making a concerted effort to provide HDR content and currently has more than 1,000 hours of such programming available.
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Rodrigo Prieto AMC ASC on Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto AMC ASC was prepping Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon when he received Greta Gerwig’s initial call about Barbie, and was immediately intrigued. “Any film Greta called me about I would have jumped on – I already admired her work and was drawn to her energy on the occasions we’d met,” he says.
We take a trip to Barbie Land with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto ASC AMC to find out how he helped make writer/director Greta Gerwig’s concept of “authentic artificiality” a reality
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RED V-Raptor Goes Face-Tracking-Auto-Focus
RED Digital Cinema has released the new firmware for its DSMC3 flagship, V-Raptor VV 8K camera. One of the major features is the Face Tracking Auto Focus (alpha form). That’s an indication that RED continues to sharpen DSMC3 AF capabilities. However, RED knows that it has a long way to go.
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For ‘Jeanne du Barry’ Laurent Dailland AFC using Kodak 35mm film
When it came to shooting her sixth feature, Jeanne du Barry, in which she also stars, director Maïwenn turned to the talents of veteran French cinematographer Laurent Dailland AFC and his expertise in shooting on 35mm film, albeit after a ten-year absence of capturing in analog format.
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Arri Skypanel X announced
This is the new generation of the workhorse LED fixture that was first introduced in April 2015. Skypanel X is a 2×1 fixture featuring a 6-colour RGBACL LED, it is IP66 weatherproof and has a modular design. The panel is now divided into eight pixel zones that can be programmed/animated. In CCT mode it can go from 1,500 to 20,000K.
For more information visit ARRI’s website.
Milad Alamis film Motståndaren utsedd till Sveriges Oscarbidrag
Vid en pressträff i Filmhuset i Stockholm idag avslöjades att Milad Alamis film Motståndaren är Sveriges bidrag till en Oscar för Bästa internationella film (Best International Feature Film).
Bild: Milad Alami (i mitten) tillsammans med skådespelarna Marall Nasiri och Ardalan Esmaili. Foto: Per Perstrand, Svenska Filminstitutet.
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