
SDCC 2017: A Tour Through The Beautiful Laika Experience
“I have cheered the uncheerable!”
“I have cheered the uncheerable!”
They don’t call the medium “film” for nothing.One of the biggest hot-button issues in contemporary filmmaking is the film versus digital debate. Each side has its advocates and detractors, with those …
The eye behind Steve McQueen.Though his most notable work has been with British filmmakers, cinematographer Sean Bobbitt is Texas born and bred, coming from Corpus Christi. He started his career in fi…
Did your favorite film make the cut?Cinematography has come a long way in the last 100+ years. In the early days of the medium a director of photography was little more than a glorified cameraman or d…
Academy-Award winner for Terrence Malick’s ‘Days of Heaven.’Though contemporary film fans might not immediately recognize his name, they know the work of cinematographer Nestor Almendros and likely re…
A montage of the premier cinematographer’s aesthetic signature.There are many facets of the cinematography of Roger Deakins that make him one of the foremost directors of photography not just of his t…
From The Shining, Goodfellas, Rocky, Bound for Glory, and - of course - Russian Ark.It’s been exactly four decades since the Steadicam made its Hollywood debut in Hal Ashby’s Bound for Glory, based on…
Digging into the composition of this well-crafted thriller from 2014. Executing the fundamentals with precision and a bit of cleverness is how you make classics. I recognize that these are basic elem…
A new video essay examines the disparities in lighting schemes when filming women versus men.It is no secret that throughout Hollywood history, women have been treated differently than men, both withi…
A look at the style and techniques of one of the most accomplished DP’s in the field.Harris Savides is one of those rare people who traded success for artistic fulfillment, and for his sacrifice found…