Ancient Optics Ancient Optics is a cinema lens manufacturer with a focus on vintage optics. The company preserves and curates legendary optical designs for the modern cinematographer. Its extensive testing protocol insures all its lenses have the unique optical characteristics…
CAPTURING THE CLUTTER Nanu Segal BSC explores how lensing choices and lighting transitions came into play when shooting haunting drama examining childhood trauma, Hoard – from scenes grounded in naturalism through to more absurd hoarding sequences. When my agent sent…
GUIDING LIGHT Mentees and mentors have been paired and 2024’s BSC Mentorship scheme is in full flow. We speak to BSC Education Committee chair Oliver Stapleton BSC about changes made to the scheme, benefits past mentors and mentees have enjoyed,…
TRUE BRIT As UK studios adapt to industry changes, they are expanding, embracing sustainability, and enhancing training initiatives, paving the way for a vibrant future in film. The uncertainty around film and HETV production may not have yet subsided, but…
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…
NICE AND EASEY Bert Easey BSC, a pioneering figure in British cinematography, co-founded the British Society of Cinematographers in 1949, shaping film’s technical future. On the 75th anniversary of the creation of the British Society of Cinematographers, there is no…
EN VOGUE The Netflix series Geek Girl, centred on an awkward teen model, uniquely benefits from cinematographer Tim Palmer BSC’s fashion industry knowledge and experience. Not many people know this, but before I entered the camera department, I was a fully-fledged fashion…
PULLING THE STRINGS Benedict Spence BSC details the technical challenges of Eric, focusing on maintaining continuity across scenes filmed in New York City and Budapest. I was thrilled when I was first given the script for Eric. My friend and…
BODY SHOCK Benjamin Kračun BSC reveals the approach he adopted when shooting The Substance, working with prosthetics and practical effects to realise director Coralie Fargeat’s vision for the body horror. The script for The Substance is 150 pages and 20…
Diary of a Ghost is a short drama about a young woman’s relationship with her deceased partner and her struggle to let go of the past. We shot the film over two days in and around London. There was…
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