At the extremely well visited CW Sonderoptic booth at the AFC Micro Salon we started a discussion with cinematographer Yves Cape about a shared passion for pictures. A few days later we continued the feverish conversation for over two hours.
ACS France shot for the feature film Réparer les vivants (Katell Quillévéré) and Bourne 5 (Paul Greengrass); Belle and Sébastien to be released the 9th of December.
LCA Lights Camera Action, new members of the AFC, recently exhibited at Satis with a selection of some of the latest in LED Lighting for Film, TV and Broadcast. Nick Shapley and Spencer Newbury attended the show where they met a number of AFC members including Co-President, Nathalie Durand.
Following this summer’s corporate restructuring, Eclair continues to provide audio-visual post production services to professionals of the film and television industries. All post production activities are now centralized at our Vanves location.
ACS France have lately been involved in the shooting of three French feature films. We present you our Shotover F1 and our last feature films released.
For over 20 years, ACS France has been assisting production teams in their aerial and dynamic shooting projects, and we took part in more than 150 feature films and 200 commercials, in France and abroad.
First production units of Angenieux 30-72mm AS2 Anamorphic lens are making a splash on the set of Star Trek Beyond (2016) with Cinematographer Stephen Windon ACS, ASC.
In this article, we present a facet of ACS France expertise, the aerial coordination. We are working on a new series, and have finished the 2015 French Open “Roland Garros”.
The month of June is full of news: new projects in feature films, a French movie release, a new series to discover and our new lightweight grip-equipment.
Partners of the event since 2001, our team is preparing for the annual tournament of Roland Garros, which will this year take place from the 24th of May to the 7th of June. Our A380 replica on the Cablecam®, which will be equipped with our new generation of gyro-stabilized head Shotover F1, will fly over the courts throughout the tournament!
Adapted from Jiang Rong’s best-seller in China, Wolf Totem has been shot in 3D by Jean-Marie Dreujou, AFC, talked about his experience with Angénieux lenses during the shooting.
Effective 1 January 2015, we have the following new contacts for the sale and support of our Motion Picture Film products in the France / Benelux region.
One more year at our customers’ service to advise them about how to achieve specific and aerial shots. We always work and think about how to better approach directors and cinematographers. Once more, ACS France has worked upstream Warner Bros Production to study, advise and meet a specific request for aerials with "ground effect" (turbulence created by the helicopter rotor wind).
Thales Angénieux is honored to be the recipient of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) "Bert Easey Technical Award", presented at the annual BSC Operators Night on Friday 28th November 2014 at Gibson Hall in London. This award was named in honor of Bert Easey, who, in 1947, was head of the camera department at Denham and Pinewood Studios and was integral in the formation of the BSC. The award is given to "an individual or company who has contributed something outstanding in the way of endeavor or equipment."
Since the end of last year, we have made several shootings in the fauna and flora for two French Directors’ next documentary... Hedgehogs, blackbirds, wolfs, ponies... So wildlife shootings!
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