Welcome to our newest and farthest frequent flier mileage sponsor, Anand Cine Service. With headquarters in Chennai, Anand Cine Service is the largest full film equipment rental house in India. Founded in 1985, Anand can supply more than 60 productions simultaneously on a single day, with offices in Hyderabad, Ernakulam, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. They have a complete line of cameras, lenses, heads, lights, grip, cranes, dollies, sound, generators — I’ve heard that Arri Alexas, Aluras and Cooke 5/i primes are on the way. Look for the Anand crew at Cine Gear, probably at the Cooke booth, buying more lenses. And look for forthcoming FDTimes articles on Anand and production in India.
Film and Digital Times Mid-Year Cine Gear 2010 Edition (issue 32+33) is now online for members. We will be at Cine Gear, Booth # 126. Pick up your free copy. See you there: June 4-5. www.cinegearexpo.com
Here’s a look inside at our post-NAB, Mid-Year, Cine Gear 2010 64-page Report:
- Steadicam Tango 6
- ZGC at NAB 7
- 16Digital SR Mag from P+S Technik 8
- The Missing Link 9
- ARRI Alexa in 5 Minutes 10-11
- Aaton Penelope-? 12-13
- Abel Cine Tech 14
- Angénieux and Cooke see /i to /i 15
- Angénieux at NAB 16-17
- Band Pro 18
- Anamorphic Hawk Lenses and Vantage 19
- Manios Digital & Film 19
- Canon XF305 20-21
- Cartoni 22
- Cine Xenar 23
- Dorn Good Stuff 23
- Element Technica 23
- Cooke 5/i Lenses and Dimmable Focus Scales 24
- Four FUJINON Premier PL Zooms 26
- Two ARRI-FUJINON Alura PL Zooms 27
- FUJIFILM B&W Separation Recording Film 28
- Chrosziel 28
- JVC GY-HM790 29
- Coddle your Cameras with Kata 30
- Kodak 31
- Dedolight 31
- Leica Cine Lens Saga 32-37
- Lentequip Küp and Kanü Eyewear 38
- Blue Man Grips 38
- Lowel-Light 39
- Manfrotto 40-41
- Nila 42
- OConnor OFocus 43
- Oh! OConnor OGrips 44
- Panasonic 45
- P+S Technik Freestyle 46
- Petrol 47
- Phantom Flex High Speed Digital Camera 48
- Preston: 3D Rig Calibration 49
- Litepanels 49
- Red 50
- Redrock Micro 50
- Sachtler artemis 51
- Sony 52-54
- Screen Plane 3D 55
- UniQoptics 55
- cmotion 55
- TANGO from Tiffen 56-57
- Transvideo 58-59
- ZEISS 60-61
- Tiffen ImageMakers 62
- Credits 63
A few days after managing the Film and Digital Times NAB booth, Cassie Jaye flew to Cannes. And won!
Actress, filmmaker and Film and Digital Times NAB Booth Team Leader Cassie Jaye won Best Documentary at the Cannes Independent Film Festival for her film “Daddy I Do.”
Stylishly directed, beautifully shot, and thoughtfully crafted, Cassie produced and directed this dramatic documentary about the effects of Abstinence-Only Programs versus Comprehensive Sex Education in schools and what society can do to help lower teen pregnancies, abortions, and STDS, as well as poverty and sexual abuse.
“Jaye has captured something in the confused American soul regarding sexuality. Despite the numerous pressing trials of our time, Jaye’s film effectively begs the viewer to pay attention to this issue.” – Barbara DeGrande
Interview with Cassie Jaye on YouTube.
Volker Bahnemann, Writer and Executive Producer of "Cinematographer Style," on location during filming
Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematographers established at NYU Film School.
In honor and recognition of Volker Bahnemann’s half century of service to the filmmaking community, ARRI Inc. has established The Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematographers at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. The grant was set up to inspire future generations of cinematographers by providing talented students with financial resources to complete their projects.
Volker served a total of 48 years at ARRI: 32 years were spent as CEO and President of ARRI Inc. and ARRI/CSC. He inspired countless filmmakers with breakthrough equipment, guidance and advice. I am one of those cinematographers: he has been a wonderful mentor all these years.
Three-time Oscar winner Vittorio Storaro AIC, ASC commented: “It is a great idea that ARRI has established the Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematographers. Volker was, is, and will be, one of the more prominent figures in the film industry. Ever since I met him for the first time, he touched me with his balance in conjugating technology and creativity. His personality always pushed all of us in knowing not only the new technical elements that his company, or any other company, provided for the advancement of expression in cinematography. Mainly, he pushed all of us to use our personal creativity and our knowledge of every art to better express ourselves in the ‘Tenth Muse:’ the cinema.”
The Bahnemann Award provides an annual production grant to one cinematographer in either the undergraduate or graduate divisions of the Kanbar Institute. Recipients will be selected by the faculty based upon rigorous criteria and with careful attention to Volker’s mantra of excellence in cinematography. Funds must be applied towards the thesis project for the honoree.
Volker said, “I was truly overwhelmed by this philanthropic gift from my friends and colleagues. Words alone cannot fully express my appreciation and gratitude to everyone who has generously contributed to establish this award for future generations of cinematographers. This also is my opportunity and motivation to stay involved with this wonderful art and craft well beyond my active business life.”
Anyone who’s career or life was touched by Volker’s generosity might like to consider contributing to the Volker Bahnemann Fund for Cinematography at NYU.
Canon Inc. announced today that manufacturing of their EOS-series film and digital single-lens reflex cameras passed the 40-million mark. The EOS Digital series recently surpassed 20 million cameras.
The EOS series, which stands for “Electro Optical System” was first introduced in March 1987 as a new generation of autofocus SLR cameras that incorporated the first electronic mount system (EF) for complete electronic control not only between the lens and body but throughout the entire camera system. The flagship EOS-1 professional model was first introduced in 1989.
Following the introduction of the EOS D30 in 2000, Canon developed its proprietary CMOS sensors and high-performance DIGIC digital image processor, as well as an extensive lineup of EF lenses. Currently there are seven Canon EOS cameras—two professional, three advanced-amateur, and two entry-level models.
The Digital Dilemma is this: how do you archive not only film, but also digital original? As the Academy’s Technical Committee pointed out in its important Digital Dilemma report, history has not been kind to the archiving, playback or longevity of the more than fifty video formats that have come and gone in as many years.
On May 11, 2010, Fujifilm North America Corporation announced the introduction of its ETERNA-RDS digital separation black and white motion picture recording film. Fujifilm developed and released its specialized ETERNA-RDS film for recording original images as three Y-C-M separations on black and white (silver halide) films.
“Black and white silver halide film possesses outstanding stability, and by some estimates will be able to preserve images for more than 500 years,” said Graeme Parcher, group vice president, Motion Picture Division, Fujifilm North America Corporation. “We believe the industry will see this new addition to Fujifilm’s Eterna line as a very important tool….”
ETERNA-RDS builds on the science of ETERNA-RDI digital intermediate film, which recently received a Sci-Tech award from the Academy. ETERNA-RDS optimizes the characteristics of digital origination and provides exceptional photographic output via laser recorders, with gradation linearity, wide latitude, excellent sharpness and low granularity. The film possesses outstanding stability for both black and white negative and positive process conditions.
So how does it work? Run your digital files through a film-out laser. Record onto ETERNA-RDS in three passes (like Technicolor 3-color separations). Fast-forward to the year 2084. Like the Betamax, U-Matic and VHS, your digital files can only be played back on the last two remaining and working units in the world, somewhere in a digital museum in outer Mongolia. The studio is ready to re-release your masterpiece on the latest successor to Blu-ray: the fingernail-sized solid-state 16K Platinum-ray. Luckily, your producers had the good sense to archive to ETERNA-RDS. The three separations are scanned on an ARRISCAN 16K. The three passes are combined and conformed. And faster than you can say “Thank you Fujifilm,” your foresight was truly money in the bank.
In case you’re wondering what we use on many of the Film and Digital Times product still shots–it’s the Bruce Dorn “Whole Shooting’ Match for Speedlites” from IDC Photography and F. J. Westcott along with our Canon 580EX II Speedlite (strobe) that fires remotely with our Canon 7D.
Since Bruce does stills and motion pictures, he knows the benefit of placing a single source off-center when using diffusion. Better yet, his Asymetrical Softbox uses the same, real Gridcloth and Lite Gridcloth we all know and love.
I think still shooters call it a Strip Bank, but we call it a beautiful, soft single source.
Ross Lowell, founder of Lowel-Light, cinematographer, author, photographer, mentor, Renaissance man…will open his “TIME TRAILS” photo exhibition at the Pound Ridge Library on Saturday, May 15, 2010 with an artist’s reception from 3-5 p.m.
You can be sure his images will be both beautiful and well-lit. He describes them as “fanciful reconstructions, built from borrowed elements of bent reality.” I’m also confident the Pound Ridge Library will also be carefully re-lit in case its curators have neglected to follow his seminal book “Matters of Light and Depth.”
Ross has received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement, two Academy Award nominations, Emmys, Golden Eagles, and many other awards. He founded Lowel-Light early in his career as a cinematographer frustrated with the technology that existed at the time. The company was later taken over by his partner Marvin Seligman, and last year, Lowel has become part of Tiffen.
Directions to Pound Ridge Library:
Pound Ridge Library
271 Westchester Avenue
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
Phone: (914) 764-5085
The Library is located at the intersection of Routes 124 and 137 in the Hamlet of Pound Ridge. From I 684, take Exit 4 onto Route 172 East. Follow Route 172 East to “T” at blinking red light. Turn left onto Routes 172/22. Continue one mile to 2nd traffic light at Bedford Green. Bear right at light onto Route 172 East (sign will say STAMFORD/POUND RIDGE). Continue 4 miles to fork. Bear left at fork onto Route 137 North (Westchester Avenue). Continue one tenth of a mile. Library will be on your right.
