ACS Bulletin - 6 May 2013

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In This Bulletin

  • 2013 National Awards For Cinematography
  • Opening Evening Invitation - RSVP by May 15th
  • NFSA Blog - The world through McAlpine's lens
  • Deluxe Sponsor Spotlight
  • "Oblivion" Shot on Sony F65
  • Discounted Accommodation at Rydges
  • Geoff Boyle ACS Raw Workshops - Book your place
  • The Production Book - now available on iPad for FREE!

2013 NATIONAL AWARDS FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY

Don't miss the opportunity to see the work of our finest cinematographers!

 
Bookings are well and truly open for the 2013 National Awards for Cinematography in Canberra on Saturday, May 25th at Old Parliament House. But it will be much more than just the Awards presentation.
 
Using the theme "A Shining Light: Australian Cinematography", the ACT Branch have plenty to keep us all occupied over the 24, 25, 26 May.

Friday, May 24

6.00pm OFFICIAL OPENING & WELCOME - NFSA Courtyard.
6.15pm ACS / SPAA Networking Event – NFSA Courtyard - See attached invitation.
7.30pm “Show me the Magic” Screening - NFSA ARC Theatre
8.45pm Q&A with Don McAlpine ACS ASC, Cathy Henkel, Trish Lake, Moderated by Dick Marks OAM


Saturday, May 25

9.00am – 4.00pm Geoff Boyle RAW Workshop - BOOKINGS REQUIRED - NFSA Boardroom
12.45pm – 1.45pm Bert Ive, Australia's First Official Cinematographer and A Century of Australia's Audivisual Memory - with Ron Johanson ACS President, Ted Rayment ACS Archivist and NFSA Curators - ALL WELCOME - NFSA ARC Cinema
2.00pm – 4.00pm Don McAlpine ACS ASC "Predator" - ALL WELCOME - NFSA - ARC Theatre
6.30pm – 11.00pm 2013 ACS National Awards for Cinematography – BOOKINGS REQUIRED - Old Parliament House, Canberra

"Bert Ive, Australia's First Official Cinematographer and A Century of Australia's Audivisual Memory"

If Australia was a person, the Film Australia Collection would be their one big photo album. It goes back to 1913, when it was a young country, full of hope and dreams, a social democracy in the making. There are images of the hard times; a reminder of the obstacles overcome and the lessons learned. Film Australia served as training ground for some of the biggest names in Australia’s film industry. People like Fred Schepisi, Phillip Noyce, Peter Weir, Dean Semler, Ian Dunlop, Anthony Buckley, Jan Sharp, Gillian Armstrong, Tim Burstall as well as some of our greatest cinematographers such Dean Semler, Don McAlpine and John Leake.


Join Ron Johanson, ACS President, Ted Rayment ACS Archivist and  NFSA curators as they discuss personal favourites from the NFSA's Film Australia Collection of over 150,000 still images and 5000 films that record 100 years of Australian life. Illustrated Lecture (55 mins) FREE All welcome 

AFTER AWARD CELEBRATIONS

After award celebrations are being held at Uni Pub Lounge Bar Function Room  which is very, very close walking distance to Rydges.  


Sunday, May 25

9.00am – 5.00pm ACS Half Yearly Executive Meeting NFSA Boardroom - CLOSED EVENT
9.30am Videocraft Breakfast - Videocraft Unit 4, 70 Dacre Street, Mitchell ACT 2911 - ALL WELCOME
RSVP plee@cinematographer.net.au
12.00noon – 2.30pm - DSLR Masterclass with Pieter De Vries ACS - Videocraft - ALL WELCOME RSVP plee@cinematographer.net.au
11.00am – 1.00pm ACS Women’s Advisory Panel meeting - Chaired by Erika Addis - NFSA Meeting Room – VISITORS WELCOME
2.00pm – 4.00pm Don McAlpine ACS ASC "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie" NFSA - ARC Theatre

OPENING EVENING INVITATION – RSVP NOW!!

Don't forget to RSVP for the Opening Night event!

RSVP by March 15th by emailing plee@cinematographer.net.au

Don McAlpine ACS ASC and ACS National Awards weekend @ NFSA

The National Film and Sound Archive are featuring Don McAlpine on their blog this week. For interest, sharing and spreading the word, the article, "The World Through McAlpine's Lens" can be found here!

Don't miss “Show me the Magic” - Screening at the NFSA @ 7.30pm on the Friday night of the the ACS National Awards weekend.

Sponsor Spotlight: Deluxe

Campion and Fontenay Reunite to Create Television Masterpiece – Top of the Lake


Academy Award® winning writer/director, Jane Campion called upon respected feature film colourist, Olivier Fontenay, to work on her latest creation, Top of the Lake - Campion’s first television production in over 20 years. Their creative collaboration dates back over a decade.


Fontenay and Campion have shared the journey through the progression from film to Digital Intermediate mediums together. Their story began with feature film In the Cut (2003) - shot and graded on film, which transitioned into Bright Star (2009) - shot on film and DI colour graded. Then together they took the next step into the digital world with Top of the Lake (2013) – shooting the production digitally and finishing in DI.


Top of the Lake was a unique venture for both Director and Colourist – they are individually well regarded in their respective crafts, working on their first fully digital project collaboratively as well as stepping into the format of high-end television drama. Together, along with the rest of the production and post-production teams, they have provided audiences with a visually stunning and powerful production.


See-Saw Films was thrilled to be working with Fontenay: “Olivier’s unrelenting passion and commitment to the director and the project doesn’t stop until the job is done”, said Emile Sherman, Producer See-Saw Films.


Deluxe EFILM’s Sydney based studio undertook the post-production - including conform, grade, QC and deliverables - on the six-part television series which currently screens on UKTV in Australia and New Zealand through to the end of April, has just finished its run on the Sundance Channel, in the US and will be broadcast on BBC Two later in the year.


Olivier Fontenay’s credits include: Wayne Blair’s, The Sapphires (2012); Catriona McKenzie’s, Satellite Boy (2012); Andrew Dominik’s, Killing Them Softly (2012); Tony Krawitz’s, Dead Europe (2012); Stephan Elliott’s, A Few Best Men (2011), Peter Weir’s, The Way Back (2010); Jane Campion’s, Bright Star (2009); Baz Luhrmann’s, Australia (2008); M. Night Shyamalan’s, Lady in the Water (2006); Zhang Yimou’s, Hero (2002); Patrice Leconte’s, Girl on the Bridge (1999); Lars Von Trier’s, Breaking the Waves (1996) and Jane Campion’s, The Piano (1993).


Jane Campion’s credits include: Bright Star (2009); In the Cut (2003), Holy Smoke (1999), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), The Piano (1993).


To view EFILM’s work visit: http://www.efilm.com.au
Deluxe EFILM is a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.

Image courtesy: See-Saw Films - Top of the Lake

"Oblivion" Shot on Sony F65

OBLIVION STARRING TOM CRUISE SHOT WITH SONY F65 4K CAMERAS
Sydney, 6 May 2013 -

Oblivion, one of the first major motion pictures shot with Sony’s F65 camera has been released worldwide to critical acclaim and taken over $13.47 million at the Australian box office to date. DOP on Oblivion, the Life of Pi academy award-winning Claudio Miranda ASC recently told a packed Sony press conference at NAB that the movie was captured in Sony’s 4K RAW format with a good deal of the movie’s VFX work also in 4K, leading to the very sharp final 2K image seen in the cinema release.

Claudio Miranda, ASC with the Sony F65 on the set of Oblivion © David James, Universal Pictures

Miranda went on to say that after exhaustive testing, both he and director Joseph “Joe” Kosinski chose the F65 when production commenced back in March 2012, as they liked the way the camera looked and that it suited the feel they were going for in the movie. By pushing the camera’s boundaries and limits Miranda felt he captured cleaner, more resolute images and made the most of its very wide colour gamut.


The DOP was also impressed with the F65’s workflow stating that with the right preparation for the amount of data shot, the production team easily managed the data pipeline and as a result, they were able to take full advantage of the camera’s much-heralded dynamic range and how well it holds in the highlights.

Oblivion director Joe Kosinski with the Sony F65 camera on set © David James, Universal Pictures

Miranda concluded by saying that he thought Oblivion would give people serious food for thought about Sony’s flagship F65 4K camera in part due to its amazing performance in low light and also because some of the movie’s key scenes, including the sky tower sequences, were all achieved in-camera, with extensive use of on-set front projection. He also made particular reference to shooting in Iceland, a country of amazing natural beauty and how the team best used the F65 to reproduce textures in capturing its stunning landscapes in full 4K resolution.


To watch the full interview with Claudio Miranda ASC where he talks about shooting Oblivion with Sony F65 4K cameras, go to: http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/video/related-recently_added/video-claudio_miranda/


To watch the Oblivion discussion panel,
with Claudio Miranda, ASC, DIT Alex Carr, and Technicolor’s David Waters at this year’s NAB which was hosted by Jon Fauer, ASC go to: http://vimeo.com/65295112

NATIONAL AWARDS ACCOMMODATION

Discounted Rates at Rydges Lakeside

The ACS has been able to negotiate a discounted rate for those members and sponsors wishing to stay at Rydges Lakeside. Call the hotel direct on 02 6247 6244 to receive the discount. Members need to quote the following code when booking accommodation, X-2405ACS.  This special rate is also available for non-members just simply quote the same code.  See you all there!!!

Geoff Boyle ACS RAW Workshops - Book you place

In this series of Workshops, Geoff Boyle will take you through RAW workflow from acquisition, to on set media management, to post production. With a healthy mix of theory, practical demonstrations, personal observations and hands on sessions, you will discover the every day issues of using RAW, what it adds and how to handle it.

All RAW camera systems available today will be covered, including ARRI Alexa, Sony F65, F55, Penelope D, RED, Canon C500, Blackmagic Cinema Camera and RED Dragon. Post systems will include: Colourfront Express Dailies, IRIDAS Speed Grade, Da Vinci Resolve and RedCine-X.

Topics will include: Basic Theory, Theory of CFAs, Compression, Camera set up, Use of exposure meters, Cameras and meters, Simple laptop colour grading, Post workflow, Problems that can bite you!

Workshops will be held in Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, with special admission prices for members from the Tasmanian and NT Branches. There will be an additional informal evening workshop in Sydney for Directors, Producers, Editors, Production Managers as well as other industry practitioners.

I’m confident this will be a very popular series of events, so be sure to book as soon as possible.

To find out more information and book, visit the relevant link for your state:

My thanks to all the sponsors and supporters of this event for their contributions, without whom it would have been very difficult to achieve. It should remind us all that we should reciprocate the loyalty of our sponsors and supporters.

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