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Emmy-nominated DP Adam Bricker reflects on shooting comedy series Hacks
In Season 1 of the HBO Max original series Hacks, legendary but no longer irreplaceable Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and “canceled” television writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) reluctantly agreed to work together in a last-ditch bid to resuscitate their...
Polly Morgan ASC BSC discusses her collaboration with director Olivia Newman on Where The Crawdads Sing
The feature Where The Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a young woman who grew up isolated in the North Carolina marshes and is implicated in a murder. Directed by Olivia Newman, the movie was shot by cinematographer Polly Morgan ASC BSC, whose...
DP Denis Lenoir AFC ASC delivers an exquisite result shooting 2-perf Kodak 35mm on Mia Hansen Løve’s Cannes-contender Bergman Island
Shooting in 2-perf on Kodak 35mm film, renowned French cinematographer Denis Lenoir AFC ASC combined natural lighting together with character-focussed camera moves to bring an exquisite look to the storytelling in Mia Hansen Løve’s Bergman Island. The film is...
Behind the scenes of Tall Girl 2 with Shane Hurlbut ASC
Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut ASC gives us a behind the scenes look of his newest feature film Tall Girl 2, available to stream on Netflix now. We analyse the Cinefade scenes and get a brief insight into Hurlbut's creative process of using our novel storytelling tool....
DP Hélène Louvart AFC depicts trouble in paradise for The Lost Daughter
By Darek Kuźma Maggie Gyllenhaal’s daring directorial debut, dealing with the profound complexity and moral ambiguity of motherhood, would not be the same without the skillset of French cinematographer Hélène Louvart AFC. On the face of it, Leda (Olivia Colman) seems...
DP Kasper Tuxen DFF lenses a modern-day love story on 35mm for Joachim Trier’s 2021 Cannes Contender The Worst Person In The World
Set in contemporary Oslo, Norway, The Worst Person In The World (Verdens Verste Menneske) is a comic drama about the pursuit of love-and-meaning in our times. Directed by Joachim Trier, and shot on Kodak 35mm film by Danish DP Kasper Tuxen DFF, the movie is...
The inside story of DP Linus Sandgren FSF ASC’s work using 35mm, 65mm and 65mm IMAX film to create No Time To Die
Linus Sandgren FSF ASC • No Time To Die By Ron Prince 007 fans might have been split over the events in Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond, but there’s no doubt that his time as the iconic super-spy ended with an almighty box-office bang. Released in October...
How DP David Procter went about shooting Disney’s Black Beauty
David Procter/Black Beauty By Michael Burns The Victorian tale of Black Beauty – transplanted into the contemporary American Midwest – gave British cinematographer David Procter the chance to get in touch with nature in more ways than the obvious. Based on the 1877...
DP Mátyás Erdély HSC harnessed Kodak 35mm film to haunting effect for director Sean Durkin’s The Nest
Using Kodak 35mm film, DP Mátyás Erdély HSC infused tension and unease into every frame of the slow-burn family psychodrama The Nest. Written, directed and produced by Sean Durkin, the haunting thriller stars Jude Law and Carrie Coon as Rory and Allison O'Hara, a...
DP Annika Summerson delivers a perfectly horrific result for Censor using Kodak 35mm film
It’s 1980’s Britain, and the lurid, often macabre, contents of ‘video nasties’ are raising concern in censorial circles, not least about how they might encourage people to do things they really shouldn’t do. Cut to Enid Baines, who works as a film censor, and who,...
