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A Spirit Between Worlds

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 10:50 -- Nick Dager

Directed by Héléna Klotz, La Vénus d'argent (aka Spirit of Ecstasy) tells the story of Jeanne Francoeur (played by Claire Pommet), a young woman striving to escape the circumstances of her birth by morphing into a silent predator in the world of investment banking. Working with Panavision Paris, cinematographer Victor Seguin, AFC employed PVintage and Primo 70 lenses and a Panavised Sony Venice camera to help visualize Jeanne’s contrasting environments. Here, Seguin shares his experiences collaborating with Klotz and finding a unique look for each of Jeanne's worlds.

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Panavision

Creating a Vintage Allure

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 09:37 -- Nick Dager

The music video for Ariana Grande’s yes, and? brings a modern approach to vintage allure. The video was directed by Christian Breslauer, who worked for the first time with cinematographer Gaul Porat. Together, the filmmakers found inspiration in well-chosen references and showcased the dynamic choreography with intentional framing and subtle, deliberate camera moves. Working with Panavision New York, Breslauer and Porat chose to work primarily with H Series spherical primes for the production, which came together quickly late last year. Here the two filmmakers share insights on their inspirations and collaboration.

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Panavision New York
Panavision H Series spherical prime lenses

Nikon to Acquire Red Digital Cinema

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 09:24 -- Nick Dager

Nikon Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding membership interests of Red Digital Cinema, whereby Red will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikon, pursuant to a membership interest purchase agreement with James Jannard, Red’s founder, and Jarred Land, its current president, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions thereunder.

DP Trevor Forrest on Making MLK/X

Mon, 02/26/2024 - 12:19 -- Nick Dager

With its fourth season, the National Geographic series Genius presents a dual portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, inspirational leaders who paved parallel paths as pioneers in the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and ’60s. Genius: MLK/X traces their journeys from their formative years through their rise to prominence, as they each shaped a legacy that remains vitally important. Trevor Forrest, the lead director of photography for MLK/X, worked closely with Panavision to select an equipment package based around Panavised Arri Alexa 35 cameras and Primo spherical lenses, with modified Anamorphic Flare Attachments used for key moments.

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Panavised Arri Alexa 35 camera
Panavision Primo lenses

Red Releases Upgraded Versions of V-Raptor Cameras

Mon, 01/29/2024 - 09:39 -- Nick Dager

Red Digital Cinema has released the new V-Raptor [X] 8K VV and V-Raptor XL [X] 8K VV cameras with Red Global Vision. Featuring the acclaimed low-light performance, dynamic range, resolutions, high frame rates and form factor of its V-Raptor predecessor, the V-Raptor [X] introduces Red Global Vision, which includes an all new 8K VV global shutter sensor, enabling innovative features including Extended Highlights and Phantom Track. Additionally, the V-Raptor [X] and V-Raptor XL [X] systems offer increased exposure times, a further optimized optical cavity and improved audio performance.

Sphere Discusses its Unique Camera

Thu, 01/11/2024 - 11:45 -- Nick Dager

Sphere Entertainment today revealed new details on its work with STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, to create the world’s largest image sensor for Sphere’s Big Sky camera system. Big Sky is the groundbreaking, ultra-high-resolution camera system being used to capture content for Sphere, the next-generation entertainment medium in Las Vegas.

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Sphere Entertainment

Filming The 1619 Project

Wed, 12/13/2023 - 12:48 -- Nick Dager

Cinematographer Jerry Henry’s Emmy nomination for the sixth and final episode (Justice) of the Hulu Original TV Mini-docuseries The 1619 Project is just one of three Primetime Creative Arts Emmy nominations – including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series as well as Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program for the same episode (Adriana Pacheco, Jesse Allain-Marcus and Ephraim Kirkwood) – for the TV adaption of The 1619 Project created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine released by Hulu in January and February of 2023.

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Cooke miniS4/i S35 prime lenses
Sony PXW-FX9 XDCam 6K Full-Frame Camera
Bolex 16mm film camera

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