http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/awards/embracing-the-digital-divide-in-a-dazzling-year-for-cinematography/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/embracing-the-digital-divide-in-a-dazzling-year-for-cinematography/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:58:21 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=25023 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/embracing-the-digital-divide-in-a-dazzling-year-for-cinematography/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/art-directors-guild-honors-production-designers-for-hugo-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-harry-potter/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/art-directors-guild-honors-production-designers-for-hugo-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-harry-potter/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:58:42 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=25006 Hugo, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 won top prizes in the three feature film categories at the 16^th annual Art Directors Guild “Excellence in Production Design” dinner held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Saturday night.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/art-directors-guild-honors-production-designers-for-hugo-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-harry-potter/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/irans-best-foreign-film-nominee-asghar-farhadis-a-separation/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/irans-best-foreign-film-nominee-asghar-farhadis-a-separation/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:58:36 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24750 A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and garnered two Oscar nominations. The beautifully photographed movie tells a multi-layered story of a modern-day couple in Tehran who are on the verge of a divorce. The wife wants to move abroad for a better life for their daughter but the husband wants to stay, in part because he won’t leave his father who has advanced Alzheimer’s.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/irans-best-foreign-film-nominee-asghar-farhadis-a-separation/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-emmanuel-lubezki-the-tree-of-life/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-emmanuel-lubezki-the-tree-of-life/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:05:18 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24421 Emmanuel Lubezki, director of photography on The Tree of Life, helmed by imagistic director Terence Malick. “Working with Terry, sometimes I can shoot a whole day and not know if there’s anything that’s going to be usable.”]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-emmanuel-lubezki-the-tree-of-life/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:51:14 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24336 Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came to Los Angeles, the city of cars, to make a film filled with some of the most authentic and exciting car chase sequences seen on the screen in years.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-janusz-kaminski-war-horse/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-janusz-kaminski-war-horse/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:57:21 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24015 War Horse, directed by Steven Spielberg, harkens back to the kinds of movies Hollywood used to make. Much of the film’s impact derives from the eye-filling images created by director of photography Janusz Kaminski. And at a time when technology is remaking cinematography, the DP relied almost entirely on the cinematographer’s traditional toolbox – lighting, filters and framing.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-janusz-kaminski-war-horse/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-pawel-edelman-carnage/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-pawel-edelman-carnage/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:53:44 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23830 Carnage, award-winning director of photography Pawel Edelman was literally cornered, as were the quartet of actors who make up the entire cast. The film is directed by Roman Polanski, with whom the DP has worked on his three previous films. The movie is about an increasingly hostile confrontation between two sets of Manhattan parents who are trying to resolve a bullying incident that took place between their sons.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-pawel-edelman-carnage/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-%e2%80%93-director-of-photography-guillaume-schiffman-the-artist/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-%e2%80%93-director-of-photography-guillaume-schiffman-the-artist/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:51:29 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23752 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-%e2%80%93-director-of-photography-guillaume-schiffman-the-artist/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-director-of-photography-manuel-alberto-claro-melancholia/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-director-of-photography-manuel-alberto-claro-melancholia/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:58:36 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23676 Melancholia is the visually stunning, apocalyptic new film from boundary-pushing Danish director Lars Von Trier. The movie is a psychological disaster story about nothing less than the end of world. The title references the personal depression that starts unraveling a newly-wed bride, played to great acclaim by Kirsten Dunst. Melancholia is also the name of a giant planet that has appeared in the sky and is poised to crash into the earth. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-director-of-photography-manuel-alberto-claro-melancholia/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-robert-richardson-hugo/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-robert-richardson-hugo/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:57:59 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23464 Robert Richardson. “That is always a tremendous challenge.” On the new film Hugo director Martin Scorsese demanded more than ever from his top-flight team of veteran collaborators. For Richardson, it was the first time he shot an entire film with a digital camera (he had done some commercials) and he chose the Arri Alexa. It was also a maiden effort in 3D movie-making, as it was for the director.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-director-of-photography-robert-richardson-hugo/feed/ 0