I want to extend heartfelt sympathy and best wishes to all who are recovering from the devastation of the floods on the east coast. Many have lost part or all of their homes or facilities and equipment and it is a slow road to a full recovery. Please keep an eye out for your fellow ACS members and community and check in on each other.
National Awards judging was held in Adelaide in February supervised by the SA Branch, and thanks go to Ernie Clark ACS, Mylene Ludgate, and Mal Ludgate ACS for their incredible support over the three days.
Thanks to our esteemed panel; David Foreman ACS (SA,) Susan Stitt ACS (NSW), Ron Johanson ACS (Qld), Arron Gully ACS (SA), and Ernie Clark ACS(SA), with Warwick Field ACS as Chair of Judges.
The overall standard of entries was extremely high (as you'd expect) making the judging challenging and interesting. As the Awards get closer, we will release the full list of nominees and then on the Awards night on Saturday, 30th April we will announce the recipients at the gala presentation in Adelaide at the Hilton Hotel.
Plans are well underway with the special events that will take place as part of the National Awards for Cinematography, please see details below, and make your bookings at your earliest opportunity. I look forward to seeing everyone there.
Erika Addis
2022 National ACS Awards for Cinematography
Presented By
The prestigious 2022 National ACS Awards for Cinematography will be held in Adelaide at the Hilton Hotel on Victoria Square on April 30th beginning with pre-dinner drinks at 6pm. Our MC is the fabulous Ray Martin AMand please note this is a black tie event and the highlight of the ACS year. At these Awards you can see the best of the best work from Australian DoP's and it's a chance to mix with some of the best cinematographers in Australia. We hope to see you at our 52nd National Awards for Cinematography in Adelaide and help us celebrate the legacy of outgoing National ACS President Ron Johanson OAM ACS and to welcome our new National President Erika Addis.
Bookings for the Awards and the ancillary events open on March 14th via Bookings - ACS National Awards. All booking links are available on this page, so get in early as there are limits at the venues and note that all bookings close by April 21st.
Over the Awards weekend these other events, which are free for ACS members and sponsors, include:
A special Screening and Q&A of The Dry with DoP Stefan DuscioACS and moderator Kim Batterham ACS sponsored by PANAVISION on Friday night April 29th at the Mercury CX Cinema, 13 Frome Rd Adelaide. The Bar will open at 6pm (buy your own) for a 6:30pm screening followed by the Q&A.
Immediately following the Q&A enjoy the ROSCO - LEITZ sponsored Drinks & Finger food at Mercury CX going through until 11:30pm. ACS Members and Sponsors Only.
On the following Saturday morning, April 30th, we'll have the popular Meet the Nominees session sponsored by ARRI Australia with Kim Batterham ACS once again moderating at the Mercury CX Cinema, 13 Frome Rd Adelaide. We'll have as many nominated DoP's of differing genres on the panel that we can.
Remember if you are attending the awards and any of the other events please bring some cash to purchase raffle tickets with all proceeds going to the Motion Picture Benevolent Fund. The prize is proudly sponsored by Panasonic - Lumix. Please be generous as your help is really needed and appreciated.
Please note: Bookings are required and essential for all Award events.
New ARRI B-Mount 24 V System
Many of you will know ARRI Product Marketing Manager, Sean Dooley.
In this linked Tech Talk video with Sean he introduces the new ARRI B-Mount, a 24 V on-board battery system for the future.
Also, in the video Sean makes reference to the much anticipated S35 4K camera from ARRI.
“The new camera that’s coming this year from ARRI will be a B-Mount native camera. It will be a 24V camera, and that’s because within that camera we have really exciting image quality improvements just need more power for. Hence, we have increased demands for resolution, for colour bit-depth, frame rates, all of these things require more processing which requires more power”.
For further information on the B-Mount use this link ARRI B-Mount.
Joel Egan "Makes Memories"
DP/Director and Victoria ACS member Joel Egan in collaboration with Volvo Cars Melbourne has released a narrative automotive film and series “Making Memories”.
Having been postponed three times due to lockdowns the project was shot over two blocks consisting of a total of five days broken into one day filming with each talent and two days of dedicated car tracking.
Extensive scouting was conducted in South Gippsland to pinpoint the best time of day for sunrise and sunset, with golden hour or blue hour, pre-dusk or dusk chosen for three particular emotive looks for the project.
To read the full story and see Joel’s work go to to the Campaign Brief article on “Making Memories”.
