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This is actually one of my favorite topics of conversation.
First, foremost, front and center: The choice of your lens is drastically more important than the choice of your camera. The camera can cost...
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As my time here winds down, I wanted to say thanks to everyone for your questions. They were all amazing and very concise.
Special Thanks as well to everyone at Stage 32 for setting this up and continuing to support and educate filmmakers. this site is invaluable and the wealth of knowledge is a cli...
Expand postThank you, Neil Watson for spending the time with us. It was an awesome AMA and there were lots of things to learn from it. Looking forward to staying in touch with you. Happy New Year!...
Expand commentThanks again for having the AMA, Neil Watson. I learned a lot. I'm already subscribed to your YouTube channel. I'm gonna check out more of your videos, especially POOL. Have an incredible 2024!...
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Neil Watson will be having an AMA here in the Cinematography Lounge on January 2nd!
Neil is an award-winning director at Film Dreams Inc, cinematographer, camera operator, producer, writer, and winner of Stage 32’s Short Film Contest 2023. He worked on “Avatar 2,” “Avatar 3,” “Dancing with the Stars,...
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Hello dear community,
Here’s news of some exciting AMAs for January.
In the Cinematography Lounge:
Tuesday, January 2nd in the Cinematography Lounge- Neil Watson, Director, Cinematographer, Camera Operator (AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER), and Winner of Stage 32's Short Film Contest 2023, will be answering...
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Hey, DPs!
Don't miss out on Tuesday's upcoming Ask Me Anything, right here in the Cinematography Lounge with Filmmaker and ICG local 600 Camera Operator (Avatar: The Way of Water & Avatar 3), Neil Watson! Neil will be here all day answering your questions about, "Working as a Professional Camera Oper...
Expand postLooking forward to this AMA, Ashley Renee Smith! All of them!
Stage 32’s founder and CEO, Richard “RB” Botto, shares three videos in today’s blog.
In the first video, actor and filmmaker Peter Billingsley talks about what it was like making A CHRISTMAS STORY and shares behind-the-scenes moments.
The second video digs into the filming process of ELF.
In the th...
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Last night I came out of the cinema buzzing, with thanks to Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn who were of course aided with the screenplay by Peter Stone and the Cinematography of Charles Lang.
The festival is a presentation of the University of the West of England and the audience was pointed towards th...
Expand postI haven't seen "Charade," Geoff Hall, but the cinematography in it is phenomenal. I noticed that in the video about the witty dialogue. The interviewer asked Charles Lang, "What special lighting probl...
Expand commentMaurice Vaughan ah, I see. Interior locations will have their own lighting sources which may conflict against how the film is being shot and so there may be lots of control issues for existing light a...
Expand commentOk, gotcha, Geoff Hall. Thanks for explaining. I thought cinematographers only have problems with lighting when filming outside because of the sun. Inside, the sun isn't an issue.
I was recently involved in a project where basically the challenge was to make a short film within a month based on a theme. It's all about people pooling their time and passion to make it happen, the...
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I love the way that Mission: Impossible looked. How about you? It’s great to hear too, that Stephen H Burum, the cinematographer, referenced other DPs work. It gave the film a distinctive style and feel, that really stood out for me.
https://youtu.be/SXdYsoQcfj8?si=hgt2bOSeB-I9VGbO...
Expand postI really like "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One," Geoff Hall. I saw it on streaming. I really like all of the "Mission: Impossible" movies actually. They have some of the best set pieces...
Expand commentGeoff Hall I think it was on the Script Apart podcast about the first MI film where David Koepp said De Palma had shown an early cut of the film and George Lucas said it was missing the 'spaghetti' sc...
Expand commentMark Giacomin that’s a great point, Mark. I’ll have to make a note of that ‘spaghetti scene’ for future reference. Thanks for sharing it.
No probs Geoff Hall, I'm going to use it too. Apparently, the film was going to start during the mission that goes wrong, Lucas said the audience wouldn't know any of the characters so wouldn't care i...
Expand commentMark Giacomin Lucas is a wise man. Get the audience emotionally involved before you threaten their lives, eh?
Hey DPs,
Tokina just announced that they're working on a vintage style modification of its successful Vista glass.
https://ymcinema.com/2023/12/11/tokina-vista-p-full-frame-cinema-primes-......
Expand postCool idea. But if you want the vintage lens look, go vintage. It's more than bokeh. It's also the lens coating, etc. I think it's more of a marketing gimmick to charge too much money for a lens.
For years now, Tokina Vista primes have been used as the base for a slew of "customizable" and detuned lenses like the Masterbuilt series used on the Joker. So this is just Tokina expanding, using the...
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It has been my experience that many times the color palette of a film is decided between the film's Director and it's Art Director. It's is too big of a decision to saddle the Director of Photography...
Expand commentIt has been my experience that many times the color palette of a film is decided between the film's Director and it's Art Director. It's is too big of a decision to saddle the Director of Photography with. That being said, color plays a significant role in every production, and highlights the importance for a camera's crew's attention to detail in ensuring the color temperature is universally correct to balance the film's palette.