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President's Desk
President’s Desk: 99 Sizes
With the recent surge in the development and production of large-sensor digital cameras and all the format and lens choices, we are looking at an unprecedented number of options.
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TheFilmBook
Les Misérables - Authentic, Communal, Cinematic
Notes on the stunning Oscar-nominated film and its director Ladj Ly, with comments from cinematographer Julien Poupard, AFC
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John's Bailiwick
Berg and Kentridge: Wozzeck, Met Opera Live in HD
Many recent Metropolitan Opera productions have been tailored more to the Live in HD audiences in theaters than the in-house audience at the Met. The productions directed by William Kentridge, including the latest, Wozzeck, have been especially ambitious.
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Shot Craft
Where Do You Put the Camera?
How you frame the shot, where you place the camera, and what subjects you choose to show in the frame — those are the nouns, verbs, adverbs and prepositions of the language of motion pictures.
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President's Desk
President’s Desk: Film School Misery
“I found, in most instances, film school teaching was not always reaching an acceptable level of education.”
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John's Bailiwick
The Academy 2019 International Feature Film Shortlist
A look at the 10 films shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature of 2019 — and one notable omission.
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TheFilmBook
Making Waves — A Conversation with Director Trey Edward Shults
Speaking in depth with the filmmaker about his dazzling third feature, with striking cinematography by Drew Daniels.
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John's Bailiwick
BIG SCREEN//small screen
Taking a two-year hiatus from my career as a working cinematographer gave me a chance to reflect on the nature of the viewing experience. Watching alone with a personal device that we control yields one kind of experience, whereas watching with an audience in a dark theater yields another. With the latter, we surrender ourselves to the flow of time and space envisioned by the filmmaker.
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