Blog
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Filmmaker’s Forum
In Praise of Sprezzatura
“In 1478 an artist had already discovered that to reach the next level of truth, perfection needed to be rejected.”
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Shot Craft
Shot Craft: A Look Back — New Media as Training Ground
ASC members Tommy Maddox-Upshaw and Alice Brooks explain how they cut their visual teeth on web series early in their careers.
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Letter From the President
Letter From the President: Careers Take Unpredictable Twists and Turns
For cinematographers, thinking about one’s career trajectory is a daily concern that sometimes verges on obsession, as various projects are considered.
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Shot Craft
Shot Craft: ASC Members and Mentors
Conversations with some of the Society’s newest members about their mentors and how they pay it forward.
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Filmmaker’s Forum
Clear-Cut Color: Communicating Chromaticity in Motion-Picture Production
This brief glimpse is just the beginning of the possibilities. If we as a community are willing to expand our toolsets, the returns can be extraordinary.
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Letter From the President
Letter From the President: The Spirit of Cinematography
In the spirit of the season of award presentations, it is time to turn away from our everyday challenges and remind ourselves of core creative ambitions for cinematographers.
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Shot Craft
Shot Craft: The Art of Exposing Film
This post covers the fundamentals of exposing film emulsions, kicking off a series of periodic columns about shooting and working with film.
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Letter From the President
Letter from the President: Working Through the New Normal
We must go about the business of living and working in the modified and masked manner we have learned over the last two years.