Creative Analysis - Part 2 - Penny Dreadful From The Cinematographer June 17^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

For anyone who’s seen the first series to bear the title, the name Penny Dreadful will conjure up images of occult happenings in a shadowy, late-Victorian world. After twenty-seven episodes across three highly successful seasons, Showtime aired the last episode of Penny Dreadful in June 2016. By November 2018, the network h

ATG Danmon Tapped For New UHD Production Studios At Fidelity International June 4^th 2020 - 12:05 PM

Veteran systems integrator ATG Danmon has completed a UHD video production facility for the London headquarters of Fidelity International, an investment firm. The project was prompted by Fidelity’s recent relocation to a new office building at 4 Cannon Street in the center of the city’s financial district.

HDR - Part 10 - Large Format Cinematography And Lenses June 3^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Most film and TV jobs start with some simple questions, as Gregory Irwin puts it. “What is it, where is it, when is it.” In April 2018 Irwin found himself asking those questions of cinematographer Lawrence Sher, with whom he’d collaborated on five previous films beginning with John Hamburg’s I Love

BB&S Lighting Intros BiColor Compact Beamlight May 27^th 2020 - 01:00 PM

BB&S Lighting of Denmark has announced the Compact Beamlight BiColor which offers a range of 2700°-5700°K. The fixtures are for professional studio, stage and broadcast news studios that require a hard shadow beam.

Creative Analysis - Part 1 - The Nest From The DOP May 20^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Glasgow in December is a place and a time with a particular look, and The Nest is a production which enthusiastically embraces that aesthetic. Broadcast in the UK beginning in March 2020, it was produced for the BBC by Studio Lambert as five one-hour episodes featuring a couple, played by Martin

ASG Ships Remote Production Kits May 19^th 2020 - 01:50 PM

Advanced Systems Group (ASG), says it has shipped more than 120 remote production kits to clients over the past two months, as content creators have continued to work from home.

LitraStudio Is A Wireless And Waterproof LED May 12^th 2020 - 01:00 PM

LitraStudio from Litra delivers 3,000 Lumens cable-free.

HDR - Part 9 - An Introduction To ACES May 12^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

It’s one thing to be confronted by a big pile of technology and to be confused by it. It’s another to know something about that technology and conclude that things could be a lot simpler than they are. That’s the reaction a lot of people have to color

HDR - Part 8 - Log Formats April 10^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Most people are aware that words like “gamma” and “gamut” are connected with the way a camera processes brightness and color, respectively. Some modern cameras might easily have half a dozen settings for each, and it’s not always obvious which is best for the circumstances at hand. To be clear up

We Need Perfect Lenses After All April 2^nd 2020 - 01:00 PM

Veteran cinematographers and DOPs have long understood that lenses have a personality with a specific look and feel. In the same way that an actor imparts his or her interpretation on a film’s story, the DOP selects a lens that best supports the program’s emotional stakes. The ideal cam