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Cinematographer Claudio Miranda on Oblivion and Life of Pi

Already well-known for his work with director David Fincher, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, cinematographer Claudio Miranda saw his career reach a new peak this year with an Oscar win for Life of Pi, which he shot in stereo … more »

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Apple Adds 4K Sony F55 Support to Final Cut Pro X

Apple made a new update to FCP X available for download today, bringing the version number to 10.0.8. Sony shooters are likely to be happiest with this version, which adds support for Sony's new XAVC codec, which was introduced last … more »

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ARRI Announces New Alexa XT Camera Line-up

ARRI revamped its line of Alexa digital cinema cameras this week with the new Alexa XT series. The company says the XT cameras (the letters stand for "Xtended Technology") will replace all of the previous Alexa models except for the … more »

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Shooting Zero Dark Thirty: 10 Tidbits from the Trenches

With awards season running at full throttle, much ink has been spilled about the political implications of Zero Dark Thirty. The controversy has nearly overshadowed director Kathryn Bigelow's pulse-quickening achievement in translating the boots-on-the-ground details of the CIA's long-running manhunt … more »

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Sound Devices Adds ProRes 4444 to PIX 240 Recorders

A free v3.0 firmware update to the PIX 240 and PIX 240i production video recorders now enables 330 Mbps Apple ProRes 4444 recording from sources that send 4:4:4 RGB or YCbCr over 3G SDI. The new capability makes the recorders … more »

Five Questions: “Saigon ’68″ Director Douglas Sloan

Documentarian Douglas Sloan strives to put a single moment frozen in time into a larger context in "Saigon ’68," a 15-minute short premiering this week at the DOC NYC festival in New York. It examines a notorious image from the … more »

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Three Developments in Post I’m Watching (From Afar) at IBC

IBC has been going full swing for the last couple of days and there's been some cool products announced. It would be great to be in Amsterdam in person to walk the show floor, like StudioDaily Editor Beth Marchant, who … more »

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Roger Deakins’ Digital Odyssey Not in 4K

Saturday afternoon in IBC's Big Screen Theater, celebrated cinematographer Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, took to the stage and spoke about his experience shooting the soon-to-be released James Bond film Skyfall on the ARRI Alexa digital camera. While Alexa is being used … more »

Shooting Game of Thrones with the ARRI Alexa

If you’ve been watching HBO’s Game of Thrones — which reached a bracing, dispiriting climax at the end of the ninth episode, which aired Sunday night — you know that life is hard for heroes, and that just about everyone … more »