In This Bulletin
- Apologies - Late arrival of last week's bulletin
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DONT MISS OUT - BOOK NOW - 2013 NATIONAL AWARDS FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Opening Evening Invitation - RSVP by May 15th
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Discounted Accommodation at Rydges
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Geoff Boyle ACS Raw Workshops - Book your place
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"A Place Beyond The Pines" - Review by James Cunningham
Apologies - Late arrival of last week's bulletin
If you're in the last 75% of our alphabetical mailout list chances are your ACS e-news bulletin from last Monday only arrived in your inbox yesterday. Our new e-news editor is still learning the ropes and we appreciate your patience in keeping up to date. Please do read both bulletins, we've kept today's short to make up for it, with important reminders regarding the Awards weekend in Canberra along with a review of The Place Beyond The Pines. Everything in last weeks bulletin is certainly still relevant and worth a read.
DONT MISS OUT - BOOK NOW - 2013 NATIONAL AWARDS FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY
CELEBRATE WITH US THE BEST OF THE BEST 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. Don't miss this opportunity to see the collective works of our finest cinematographers and to part of a very exciting evening in a relaxed atmosphere. BOOK NOW at www.cinematographer.org.au 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.
NATIONAL AWARDS for CINEMATOGRAPHY EVENTS
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" - 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 - 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
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
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 Womens 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!!! CLOSING MARCH 15TH
Don't forget to RSVP for the Opening Night event! RSVP by March 15th by emailing plee@cinematographer.net.au
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. Im 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.
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES: review by James Cunningham
Derek Cianfrane's The Place Beyond The Pines (2012) is one of the most intelligent pieces of filmmaking to come out of the United States in many years. A relative newcomer to international audiences, Cianfance started his career as a Cinematographer. So it is not surprising that the director chose Sean Bobbit BSC, probably best known for Steve McQueen's The Hunger (2008), as his DOP for this project. Both Cianfrance and Bobbit are both considered and mature in their many traditional choices. There is a reliance on both mid shots and close ups here which unnervingly brings you to the center of each scene. In one of the most deftly designed and subtly powerful shots in the film, our camera tracks high behind a young boy on a bike. Almost spiritual in the emotion it evokes, the tracking shot beautifully and cleverly conveys the idea of the boy being 'watched over' by a recently deceased relative as he rides down a quiet road. Importantly, the almost mesmerising direction does not take away from what is king here, and that is performance. The brutish, yet vulnerable character of Luke (Ryan Gossling) is at it's heart a likeable bad-guy archetype. However Gossling brings a quiet sense apathy to the role which is welcomed from the supporting cast around him -i ncluding a wonderfully dark turn by Australia's Ben Mendelsohn. While Bradley Cooper is solid is his portrayal as the the most stunning performance comes not, however, from our two leads - but from Ray Liotta in an ancillary role. The character of Deluca (Ray Liotta) carries a lot of weight while occupining the screen. From the moment we see Deluca through a porch screen door, we immediately feel uneasy, and it's through an often silent stare that Liotta absolutely commands every scene he is in. While indicative of the high quality craft this film demonstrates - other actors take note, less is certainly more. This film, about far more than just fathers and sons, is ambitious in scope as it tells the stories of a group of inherently intertwined characters, in an oddly non-traditional narrative. Almost perfectly linear, the story even jumps forward fifteen years at one point transporting the audience, welcomingly, to a most unexpected place. As a whole, The Place Beyond The Pines is glossy on the outside, gritty on the inside, simple genius, and an absolute pleasure to watch for lovers of good cinema.
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