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Roger Deakins on Being a Cinematographer
The great Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, talks about his career, thinks about what he'd like to have done differently, and offers some advice for young cinematographers.
Shoot Like Kubrick with These Rare Zeiss f/0.7 Lenses
If you know much about Stanley Kubrick's methodology, you've probably heard about the special, super-fast lenses that he used to shoot candlelit scenes in Barry Lyndon (1975) — they were Zeiss f/0.7 lenses originally developed for a NASA project to take …
Larry Wright of Refocused Media in Dallas edited together clips of iconic Steadicam footage, basing his selection on a database of community-rated Steadicam shots maintained at steadishots.org. Visit Wright's site for a full list of clips included.
NVIDIA Ships Four New Quadro Graphics Cards
NVIDIA today announced four new Quadro graphics cards based on its Kepler architecture, reducing the cost of entry for pro users. Joining the top-of-the-line K5000 ($2249) in the Kepler desktop line-up are the Quadro K4000 ($1269), a high-end single-slot card …
Director Ang Lee and Editor Tim Squyres on Life of Pi
After finishing Life of Pi, his eleventh film made in collaboration with editor Tim Squyres, ACE, Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's ideas about the role of the film editor are changing. "The editor for a movie like this is not just [doing] …
Fujinon Sets 85-300mm Cabrio Lens for NAB Debut
Fujinon will arrive at NAB this year with the Premier PL 85-300mm Cabrio lens, a new, longer version of the 19-90mm Cabrio ZK4.7×19 lens it introduced at last year's show. Cabrio is short for cabriolet, or convertible. Like its predecessor, …
At Sea with the Intense, Immersive Doc Leviathan
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan raises the bar for documentary filmmaking: it’s closer to 2001: A Space Odyssey than the typical non-fiction film. Shot with a variety of video cameras, including the extremely small GoPro, it depicts life onboard …