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Tag Archive for: Director of Photography

Announcements, Cinematography, Recent Blog Posts

Creating LUTs with ASC Cinematographer: RED RAPTOR

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 […]

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January 13, 2023/by Filmmakers Academy
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Cinematography, Recent Blog Posts

Cinematography Tip: Every Filmmaker Needs Alien Tape

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January 12, 2023/by Filmmakers Academy
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Cinematography, Recent Blog Posts

Top 10 Tools in Shane Hurlbut’s Cinematography Travel Kit

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November 23, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
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Lighting, Recent Blog Posts

Pipe Lighting Review 2022 by ASC Cinematographer

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October 14, 2022/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Cinematography, Finding the Frame

“One Piece” Cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker

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 […]

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September 7, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
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Cinematography, Finding the Frame

Finding the Frame: Michael Dallatorre

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! […]

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July 17, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
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Cinematography, Finding the Frame

Finding the Frame: Matthew Chuang, ACS

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 […]

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June 8, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
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Cinematography, Film Theory

Depth of Field: Focusing on Character & Story

Depth of field is as important as your composition or picking a focal length. It’s the emotion, the punctuation, and the eyes of the story in filmmaking.

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March 2, 2020/by Filmmakers Academy
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Film Theory

Film: The History of Celluloid in Filmmaking

The history of the film format in filmmaking, it’s importance in how we make films, why we should keep film alive, and where we cinematography is going with this medium.

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January 27, 2020/by Filmmakers Academy
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Announcements, Sponsored

Filmtools End Of Summer LIGHT SALE!

Filmtools have just launched a sale that has some INCREDIBLE deals! Here we pick out the best deals for our members and followers.

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September 27, 2019/by Filmmakers Academy
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Cinematography, Production

The Modern Cinematographer – On-Set Essentials

Want to know the essentials that Shane Hurlbut ASC puts onto his cart? Here’s the man himself to lift the lid on what equipment he uses on set every day.

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July 18, 2019/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Cinematography

Cinematography: Bit Depth Doesn’t Matter, But Story Does

I overheard a conversation between a young cinematographer and a colorist going back and forth discussing the importance of 10 bit color or higher.  I didn’t have time to interact then, so let me put my 2 cents in here and now. We have 8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit, all these bits. I personally really do […]

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December 13, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Cinematography, Production

Comfort Zone: Stay at Your Own Risk

Do you ever wake up in the morning and say, “God, I don’t want to go into work today…”?  Believe it or not, I have those days too. Those are the days it’s MOST important to push through your comfort zone. There’s those days that you work on jobs that the director’s not very nice, […]

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September 26, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Cinematography

Focus, Formats, and Exposure – Master Cinematic Storytelling!

My July podcast is all about camera technology from formats and exposure to the emotion and motivation of focus pulling and much more. Topics covered include: What it takes to capture the “cinematic” look and feel with your camera Selecting your next camera: the pros & cons of Panasonic GH4, Sony A7s, Canon 5D Mark […]

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September 25, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Post Production, Sponsored

Musicbed – Unlimited Music For Your Productions!

We’re proud to announce a revolutionary new aspect of Musicbed: the Musicbed Membership. For the first time, get unlimited music from the Musicbed artists you know and love for a monthly or annual fee. It’s a revolutionary take on the subscription model, giving filmmakers and creatives full access to real, emerging indie artists and leading […]

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September 24, 2018/by Filmmakers Academy
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Film Theory, Pre Production

TV Script – How to Write Like a PRO!

TV and online ads are becoming longer, more artistic feats. That said, many new writers make the mistake of handing in script formatted drafts to clients instead of TV formatted scripts. It’s actually an easy fix just by knowing the correct template to work with.

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August 29, 2018/by Filmmakers Academy
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Wellness

Coffee – Top 5 Alternatives to Get You Moving!

Coffee Rocks! I started drinking it in college as a nursing student when I had to be at the hospital by 6:00 am and have enjoyed it ever since, except when I was pregnant. A cup of coffee in the morning is routine not only for me, but for many filmmakers, especially those with early […]

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July 23, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Cinematography, Film Theory, Production

Smoke & Haze – Creating Cinematic Depth

One of my most favorite ways of not only creating depth, but diffusion with smoke & haze. In this series I’m going to focus on what creates depth in an image, how to get it, and why it’s so important.

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July 18, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Film Theory, Production

Film Productions – Tips and Tricks

Creating a healthy DP-Director relationship is a key element to having a smooth production. This podcast will show the must-knows behind establishing a productive shoot.

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July 2, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Cinematography

Xeen Lenses Skin Tone – Red Monstro Test

Full frame is the new darling of the cinematography world, but the larger frame means a lot of the glass we’ve been used to using just won’t cover…

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June 27, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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Lighting

Lighting in Any Situation – Cinematic Results NOW

In this podcast, we really wanted to focus on the importance of lighting. If you want to rise up the ranks as a director of photography, you need to learn the principles of what makes good and bad lighting.

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June 6, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
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