CHINESE WINTERS DP Yu-Ming Huang and director Rui Wang won the music video category at the CVP Canon Stories in Motion event with their video for the song To Night. Here they explain filming it during the winter break. When…
A FINE VINTAGE By the late noughties, older lenses were considered by many to be too soft and generally obsolete. Then came digital cinema cameras, and suddenly so-called “vintage” lenses with their distinctive analogue characteristics were back in fashion. “We…
INTREPID ADVENTURE Anyone growing up in the UK is familiar with Captain Scott’s race to the South Pole as a tale of tragic heroism but there is far more to the story that a new film sets out to explore. …
WORLD UNITED Find out how some productions are combining visual effects flair and natural history expertise to create the next generation of wildlife documentaries. In 1999, Tim Haines, BBC Studios Science Unit, Discovery Channel, and Framestore released an ambitious six-part…
SMALL BUT MIGHTY From shrimps to spiders, capturing the natural world’s smaller inhabitants calls for specialist kit and knowledge. Macro cinematography demands meticulous control, with a mix of studio-based and on-location work. Veteran filmmaker Richard Kirby says most macro cinematographers…
NATURE KNOW HOW Providing a definitive overview of how to shoot wildlife is a near-impossible task. However, with help from a selection of brilliant and very experienced cinematographers, we can cover some of the ground rules. In terms of kit,…
STRENGTH IN COLLABORATION Co-directors Ren and Samuel Perry-Falvey continue their stellar collaboration which already produced the Camerimage-selected music video for “Hi Ren” at last year’s festival. Having lensed the music video for “Hi Ren” in 2022, Samuel Perry-Falvey returns to…
KEEPING THE STORY MOVING From sliders to SnorriCams, Steadicams and stabilisers, grip is so much more than just a support for the camera; it’s a way to make the lens dance in step with the story. Cinematographers today have a…
WOMEN OF THE HOUR Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti Hero’ video, written and directed by the multi-hyphenate singer, was a big hit with MTV Video Music Awards voters. Best Cinematography winner Rina Yang BSC reflects on her work on the fun shoot. …
Vehicle interior shoots are right at home on a virtual production stage. DPs Björn Charpentier SBC and Charlie Gruet share their processes when filming in the volume. Of all the applications to which virtual production has been put, the car…
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