First stepping behind
the camera as cinematographer for the 1977 drama Homeward in the Night, August took the helm for Honeymoon the following year, to great critical acclaim.
Not exact matches
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Working with a pricier, higher quality technical team, Nicolas Winding Refn calls in renouned
cinematographer Larry Smith to assist him in delivering on nifty, stylish
camera plays that often immerse
as cleverly used, in spite of limitations to aesthetic value beyond stylish usage, kind of like Brian Eno's and J. Peter Schwalm's score, which isn't all that special by its own right either, but has a certain atmosphere to it that is very effective when used right.
Serving
as the primary
cinematographer, he employs a run - and - gun style for much of the movie, using a lightweight digital
camera that at times lurches so dramatically that you can visualize the body attached to it.
A former
cinematographer, Los Angeles - born Ted Tetzlaff entered the movie business
as a lab assistant before becoming a
camera assistant, and became a
cinematographer in 1926.
As cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle's
camera zips and darts through slum alleyways and soars to the heights of Mumbai's thrusting new skyscrapers, the vitality of modern India bursts from the screen.
Allen, production designer Santo Loquasto, and
cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (the legendary
camera maestro here working,
as is Allen, for the first time in the digital format, and knocking it out of the park) have a very particular vision of 1930s Hollywood, despite Allen's well - known and well - worn antipathy toward Los Angeles in general.
(There's no
cinematographer credited in the film,
as Anderson leads a rotating crew of
camera operators.)
With Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void, Michael Rowe's
Camera d'Or winner Leap Year, UK indie apocalypse film Monsters, Aussie rom - com The Wedding Party and a four feature tribute to
cinematographer Jack Cardiff (including Hitchcock goes Down Under in Under Capricorn), BIFF 2010 has,
as Moore so eloquently put it, «snap, crackle, pop, kick, bite and relevance».
Wan, with veteran
cinematographer Don Burgess, shows a mastery over the
camera as a storytelling tool and creates evocative, bone - chilling suspense with just a simple pan or tilt.
As the
camera follows Oldman's portly bulldog Churchill chugging through his claustrophobic War Rooms, Wright's ace
cinematographer, Bruno Delbonnel, matches the fluidity and impact of his trench - warfare shots in Jean - Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement.
With
cinematographer Robert Elswit behind the
camera and Dylan Tichenor laboring in the editing room, both of whom are Anderson's long - time companions, Magnolia is also distinguished by the effective use of American rock singer Aimee Mann's songs, such
as «Wise Up,» the piece that Anderson used
as a glue tying the characters together in one particular impressive sequence.
Right off, one should say that Lucien Ballard is one fine
cinematographer, even though he didn't get a chance to point his
camera at anything very interesting in Breakheart Pass, a suspense ripoff dressed up
as a quasi-Western.
Shot in the square academy aspect ratio by
cinematographer Alexander Dynan, in long, measured takes captured by a mostly stationary
camera, it marks the director's first conscious effort to mimic the hushed, contemplative aesthetic of directors like Robert Bresson, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Yasujiro Ozu,
as brilliantly explicated in Schrader's seminal 1972 book, «Transcendental Style in Film.»
Working with
cinematographer Matyas Erdely (who also worked on Miss Bala and Son of Saul), the
camera constantly gets
as close
as possible to its characters, lending an immediacy to the proceedings that make it both gut - wrenching and hard to look away.
The film is also Anderson's first feature with no credited
cinematographer,
as the filmmaker worked with a crew of
camera technicians he has collaborated with before in a new way.
It doesn't feel
as if Greengrass has staged the events, but that his
camera (in the expert hands of
cinematographer Ivan Strasburg) happened to be there when the tragedy occurred, a witness to the British officers» planning, to the marchers» anger and panic, to the soldiers» gung - ho macho and to the cover - up that followed.
Problem is, Victor Frankenstein also looks like a glorified TV movie, when it regards the framing choices and
camera setups used by McGuigan and
cinematographer Fabian Wagner (whose background is primarily in television,
as it were).
In
Camera Darklight Festival 2012 welcomed celebrated Oscar ® - nominated
cinematographer Seamus McGarvey
as their special guest.
Cinematographer Dick Pope utilizes some of the prettiest lighting and compositions you'll see this year to amaze our eyes
as Leigh's patient
camera largely sits idle.
Tom Hanks leads a cast that also includes Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda, while Spielberg's usual
cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski, is behind the
camera, and Thomas Newman fills in for an ailing John Williams
as the soundtrack's composer.
Minihan and
cinematographer David Schuurman work in some nifty
camera tricks to help mirror Jules» paranoia and disorientation (one particular instance in which the
camera is strapped to an oar is particularly effective),
as well
as long takes tracking Jules» movement around the isolated cabin.
Moorhead's
camera (he pulls double duty
as cinematographer, just
as Benson pulls double duty
as screenwriter) shoots the Italian countryside beautifully, but sprinkles liberal bird's - eye flyover shots that manage to unsettle, hinting perhaps at something that only makes itself known from afar, otherwise hidden in plain sight.
Kay's curve of elegance goes the opposite direction
as Ward's — he starts out in fancy clothes and becomes more raggedy
as the film progresses — and
cinematographer John Bailey objectifies Gere in ways Marshall's
camera wouldn't dare do to Roberts (just try to find another Hollywood movie so in horny lust for its male actor's physicality).
Cinematographer Tom Stern («Mystic River,» «Flags of Our Fathers») was a spectacular choice
as he brings a grittier, handheld style to the
camera work that grounds it in a way that other options would have ignored.
As a result, in the few moments when Schrader and
cinematographer Alexander Dynan do move the
camera, the technique has a forceful impact.
The film is pieced together from outtakes from the long - time documentary filmmaker /
cinematographer's extensive body of work, but beyond occasionally hearing her voice behind the
camera (and one shot towards the end in which we finally see her face
as she points the
camera toward herself), Johnson forgoes the safety net of voiceover narration to tie all this footage together.
The filmmaking here is luscious, Anderson's
camera (he is the uncredited
cinematographer) panning, tracking, and swooping
as it showcases Mark Tildesley's gorgeous production design and Mark Bridges's glorious costumes while Jonny Greenwood's score — featuring harps, piano, and flutes that serve
as a constant presence throughout the film — accompanies the action.
This film and Two - Lane Blacktop (a film that was my first assignment
as a
camera assistant and that was also subject to poor initial reviews) represent two poles of the directorial aesthetic that has informed my own work
as cinematographer.
Then, of course, there is the aforementioned exorcism, which director Scott Derrickson and
cinematographer Scott Kevan shoot with a jittery
camera and layers of strobe lights,
as a cacophony of shouted prayers, unnatural screeches, and general rumbling fills the soundtrack.
Morrison, who started
as a
camera operator in 2001 and has since been the
cinematographer on such films
as Cake and Dope and the DP on Fruitvale Station, was also the first woman to get Best Cinematographeer from the New York Film Critics Circle Award.
Denis Villeneuve oversees a production that includes a screenplay penned by Hampton Fancher (Blade Runner), Michael Green (American Gods, Logan), Ridley Scott (Alien, The Martian)
as Producer, 13 time Oscar nominee Roger Deakins (Sicario)
as Cinematographer, Hans Zimmer (Inception) and Johannson (Arrival) composing and finally Ryan Gosling (La La Land) and Harrison Ford (Star Wars) in front of the
camera.
Unfortunately, even with James Wan involved
as a producer, and his longtime
cinematographer, John R. Leonetti, stepping in behind the
camera, «Annabelle» is a boring mess plagued by bad acting and an unoriginal script that blatantly steals from better films like «Rosemary's Baby» and «The Omen.»
Chazelle and
cinematographer Linus Sandgren shot the film in extra-wide CinemaScope, allowing the
camera to pan and twirl
as if perpetually curious to discover what delights might lurk just outside the frame.
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter: «Favreau and
cinematographer Bill Pope vigorously keep the
camera moving at all but the quietest moments, and the visual effects team led by Robert Legato and Adam Valdez has both created sumptuous settings that look
as lifelike
as any CGI ever presented in a studio feature and integrated both humans and animal characters into them in seamless ways.»
I want to focus on one crucial shot, when Luca Guadagnino and
cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom move the
camera off of Elio and Oliver
as they're about to have sex.
His
cinematographer, Stéphane Fontaine, who shot the intentionally banal - looking Elle, gets queasily close to Portman, his
camera as invasive
as the ones that rendered Jackie's private agony public.
Director Ridley Scott and
cinematographer Slavomir Idziak keep the
camera far enough away from the action so
as to give a sense of the characters» positions and allow us to decipher what's actually happening.
All the while, Collet - Serra and
cinematographer Paul Cameron's
camera breezes through and between cars, establishing the limited locale and following Michael along his back - and - forth way (It should come
as no surprise that some of the passengers begin to suspect him of ill intent, given his behavior and the way he keeps showing up with some new injury).
The magic of their relationship carries over to the film
as a whole, making it easy to accept the more unlikely love stories that linger in the background: one between an English teacher (Wong Kar - Wai
cinematographer Christopher Doyle, taking a turn in front of the
camera) and a prostitute; and Xiaojun's aunt's fond remembrance of a romance with none other than William Holden.
About Blog The Western India
Cinematographers» Association (WICA) today represents the complete spectrum of personnel who work
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Camera Mounts,
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Incorporating film, video, and photographic installations Adrià Julià embarks on a new project that focuses on the relationship between the
camera and the bodies that operate it, such
as in
cinematographers.
He has also served
as cinematographer for Flex Is Kings, a documentary about Brooklyn street dance that premiered at TriBeca Film Festival in 2013, and
as camera - op on BKLYN FLEX, a series combining fantasy and documentary in the lives of Brooklyn Flex dancers.
About Blog The Western India
Cinematographers» Association (WICA) today represents the complete spectrum of personnel who work
as «
Camera Crew» including
Camera Assistants, Focus Pullers, Operators of Specialised
Camera Mounts,
Camera Attendants.
About Blog The Western India
Cinematographers» Association (WICA) today represents the complete spectrum of personnel who work
as «
Camera Crew» including
Camera Assistants, Focus Pullers, Operators of Specialised
Camera Mounts,
Camera Attendants.