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Cinematography: A Brave New Blend of Film and Digital
ASC member and DP Tom Sigel, who had a slew of releases this year with Frankie and Alice, The Conspirator and Leap Year, considers the way cinematography accolades for 2010 will be assessed in light of what happened last award season: “Last year’s Academy award to Avatar (for DP Mauro Fiore) was quite controversial... »
ASC Announces Award Nominations
Matthew Libatique, ASC (Black Swan), Wally Pfister, ASC (Inception), Danny Cohen, BSC (The King's Speech), Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (The Social Network), and Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (True Grit) have been nominated in the feature film category of the 25th annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards. »
Editing: The Invisible Hands Behind the Scenes
Films have been edited for over 100 years and the craft has evolved considerably. The best editing is now honored each year by both the American Cinema Editors with their ACE Eddy Awards and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences with the Oscar, but Chris Innis, ACE, Oscar winner for The Hurt... »
Awards Season Kicks Off With No Clear Leader in the Pack
This year’s awards season kicked off with a healthy raft of contenders vying for attention, but no clear front runners expected to sweep up, making it difficult for pundits to read the tea leaves – unlike last year, where two odds-on favorites – Avatar and The Hurt Locker – overshadowed all others. James Franco... »
Rendered Worlds, Creatures and Subtle Touches
For Jenny Fulle, visual effects producer and founder of post-house Creative Cartel, it’s been a good year for VFX, going all the way back to January. “The Book of Eli was good,” she allows, referring to the post-apocalyptic tale, and she also liked this summer’s Prince of Persia. But there’s a particular alchemy to... »
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
The Hurt Locker, a suspense drama about a bomb disposal squad in war-torn Iraq, was the night’s big winner, garnering six Oscars overall. Three were for top line categories including best picture, best director (Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win the helmer honor) and best screenplay. »
Berger, Kivilo and Egilsson Earn Top ASC Awards
It was retro night at the 24th annual awards dinner of the American Society of Cinematographers. Austrian director of photography Christian Berger, AAC, was the surprise winner for best work on a feature film for his black-and-white cinematography for The White Ribbon. Another theme at the gala was the virtue of film over digital... »
Developing an Eye for Great Cinematography
The look and emotional feel of a film, more than simply a series of unfolding images, is the responsibility of the director of photography. The cinematographer, from choice of camera and lenses, to the crucial task of lighting what’s being shot, is the director’s “right hand,” working to support the helmer’s vision of the... »
A Great Year for Animation
This year has seen a bumper crop of top-notch animated films, making the competition for the Best Animated Feature Oscar particularly interesting. The award, recognizing a genre that was long ignored by the Academy is a relative newcomer, having been instituted only in 2001. “It was certainly a pretty exceptional year for animation,” said... »
The Invisible Art of Cutting Films
“Every editor is going to tell you the same thing,” says Sheldon Kahn, A.C.E. “If you don’t notice the editing, that’s good editing. Whether it’s an animated picture o »
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Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in HeadhuntersMay 2012 | By Jack Egan
Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre... »
Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero
April 2012 | By Scott Essman
With the onset of April every spring, one conjures the classic baseball films in cinema lore. Certainly The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of... »