Napoleonic coding Henry Badgett from BlueBolt explains the team’s approach that secured Napoleon a place on the Academy’s visual effects longlist. Ridley Scott described his recent epic Napoleon as “a character study with violence, with action, with everything you got”, as…
PAINTING BY CANDLELIGHT The rise of one of France’s most emblematic figures is the subject of Ridley Scott and Dariusz Wolski ASC’s latest collaboration. The cinematographer reveals how capturing Napoleon’s epic battle scenes felt akin to shooting a rock concert. …
FILTERED IMAGES DPs past and present discuss their favourite filters and consider the place of physical filtration in a digital world. “It’s still a question I ask myself every time I put [a filter] in front of the camera: is…
Beginning in March, Lord Puttnam has led five seminars on all aspects of the screen industries. The sixth, on 11 May, will focus on the growing importance of factual and documentary makers with Ridley Scott. University of Sunderland and Northern…
MASTERCLASS IN MONOCHROME Black-and-white biopic Mank sees another successful collaboration between cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt ASC and director David Fincher as they craft an authentic portrayal of Hollywood’s golden age and explore the turbulent development of the script for Citizen Kane.…
THE REAL AND THE UNREAL “In my experience, most DPs get VFX. They’re often a technical bunch who love cameras and gear so they get what we do,” says Geoff D.E. Scott. Scott has supervised his share of visual effects,…
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