Apps
TOOLS OF THE TRADE Every DP today carries with them a powerful mobile device that can serve as notebook, viewfinder, light meter, compass and much more besides. Apps can help visualise and communicate, prep and plan. “What professional DP is…
Oli Parry
Filmmakers Academy | Keylight – Where, when & why?
This is where it all starts, the key light and the human face. The window into your character’s soul, their emotions, and motivations. It is the most important subject you will ever light, and it all starts with where to…
Tony Karp on the zen of zooming
The opening scene of The Godfather is a zoom that lasts almost three minutes. Some feel that this is the most important scene in the most important movie. This was shot with a computer-controlled zoom lens built over fifty years…
Filmmakers Academy | Lighting day interior with zero lights
How do you shape natural light to deliver that brilliantly lit, cinematic look and texture? In How to Light Day Interiors Vol. III, Shane Hurlbut, ASC clues you in on his methodology for handling negative fill, black tablecloth, mirrors, and…
Andri Haraldsson | Laufey – Fragile
Laufey – Fragile is the second music video of the up and coming Icelandic jazz singer and musician Laufey Lin. Fragile is a song about a beautiful night of discoveries, love and finding a new path for one self after…
Natural light
AS NATURE WANTS An opinion persists that representations of nature in art are mostly about art itself rather than nature. Picasso incited: “Through art, we express our conception of what nature is not”. Does this apply to film, too? In…
Filmmakers Academy | Fundamentals of Unscripted
Cinematographer Sherri Kauk shares her Shooter’s Playbook providing valuable context for shooting unscripted television. First, Sherri starts by advising on why it’s essential to have a specific reel for every form of content that you would like to shoot. Then,…
Industry Wide Shot / Rental Houses
MOVING WITH THE MARKET A selection of UK rental houses share perspectives on the ever-evolving sector, from the peak in activity following the production void through to popular gear, training, and encouraging new entrants to the industry. Much as the…
Neil Oseman | Cinematography for Drama: Introduction
Neil Oseman, a regular contributor to British Cinematographer and a DP with over 20 years’ experience, teaches some simple techniques to create depth and mood in this introductory video from his new online course, Cinematography for Drama. The full course…
Filmmakers Academy review
YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING BAFTA Breakthrough cinematographer Aaron Reid explores Filmmakers Academy and shares his views on the site and its educational content as a resource for DPs and filmmakers at all stages of their careers. Over the last four…
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