The great Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS, visited Filmmakers Academy to sit down with Brendan Sweeney for the latest edition of Finding the Frame. Mandy discusses her career trajectory as a director of photography and her cinematic approach to the movie Elvis. Mandy was nominated for her work on Elvis by the American Society of Cinematographers, […]
Just last year RED debuted its new flagship camera system, the DSMC3 V-RAPTOR 8K VV. The RAPTOR is not only the most powerful digital camera on the market to date, but it opens the possibilities for how cinematographers craft their imagery. Previously, cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, ASC partnered with RED to deliver a live demo of […]
Changing the depth of field is a subtle yet powerful way to portray a character’s emotion in a scene. Shane Hurlbut, ASC recently used the “Cinefade VariND” on the movie Tall Girl 2. When Jodi (Ava Michelle) hears her inner voice of self-doubt, Shane uses the Cinefade to subtly enhance the moment. Watch the CINEFADE […]
Emmy-nominated cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and has worked in the industry for decades. Filmmakers Academy sat down with Nicole while in the middle of filming the live-action Netflix adaptation of One Piece, an extraordinarily popular manga, and anime series. Keep reading to learn more about […]
As Insecure comes to a close following five celebrated seasons, the coming-of-age series helmed by Issa Rae will certainly sparkle among the stars of other iconic HBO shows. Cinematographer Ava Berkofsky, ASC played a crucial role in devising the look of Insecure, joining the seminal series in its second season. Berkofsky, who prefers the pronouns […]
Michael Dallatorre worked his way up from prepping cameras at Panavision to lensing films like Brightburn, Studio 666, and the Amazon Prime Original film Emergency. Filmmakers Academy’s Brendan Sweeney sat down with Dallatorre to discuss his career from starting out in the prep room to his approach to lensing feature films. Watch the full interview! […]
Every successful filmmaker has benefited from a few mentors that helped spark their career in the film industry. Mentorships come in all shapes and sizes, some direct and others indirect. Shane Hurlbut, ASC has benefitted from numerous mentorships to get to the position of lensing multi-million dollar films and becoming an ASC cinematographer. Some were […]
Matthew Chuang, ACS visits Filmmakers Academy for the Finding the Frame interview series hosted by Brendan Sweeney. Chuang recently returned to Los Angeles after wrapping Of an Age in Melbourne, his second collaboration with writer and director Goran Stolevski. He sits down to talk about his journey as a filmmaker, shares inside details about the […]
British Cinematographer is famous for uniting cinematographers from around the world. Now Europe’s best cinematography publication’s readers will also benefit from Filmmakers Academy lessons. This year, Filmmakers Academy joined forces with British Cinematographer to provide 24/7 educational resources to filmmakers worldwide. In fact, the biggest winners of the partnership are the readers of BC magazine […]
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