Technical stuff

Although Paul Guilhaume has not been a film student for a while, he still dissects the storyboards of such masterpieces as Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter, David Cronenberg’s History of Violence or the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men - films that triggered his desire to be a cinematographer. Again and again, he watches the splendid lighting mismatches concocted by cinematographer-cum-magician Vilmos Zsigmond for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, in the opening scene of which, on every single hot, everything and everyone is backlit against the sun!

In the latest news from Exalux, two new products : the LEDZEP™ Punch, a panel with new LED emitters combined with high-performance electronics, and the RX200N, new CRMX By Lumen Radio receiver developed by Exalux.

The latest news from Papa Sierra: the AlUla exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe, back to the Venice Film Festival, a special edition for Papa Sierra and The Paris-Tours, legendary cycling race.

Forty years ago, benevolent angels leaned over Leo Hinstin’s cradle, bestowing upon him the privilege of being born into a family of long, brilliant and enlightened bourgeois lineage. As far back as a genealogy-obsessed great-uncle was able to go, he had found a multitude of men whom France could be proud of: Ecole Polytechnique alumni, soldiers, intellectuals.

In the latest news from Full Motion, among others, the release in theatres of a feature length photographed by a member of the AFC and of a Netflix series, a feature film shoot with another member of the association, and shootings for various commercials.

This month, Papa Sierra has devoted itself to filming an essential TV show for France 3 and, also on France 3, on Wednesday, September 25, was broadcast the last episode of "Des racines et des ailes" dedicated to the Treasures of the Riviera.

It’s a fact - there are gel colors that RGBW and RGBA LED lights just can’t create. The six-chip, RGBLAW LED technology found inside our DMG Lumière MIX LED enables filmmakers to accurately produce several popular and unique Rosco gel colors.

Sony met the directors of photography Thierry Arbogast, AFC, and Eric Guichard, AFC. In two filmed interviews, they speak about their recent work, shot with the Sony Venice camera.

Eye-Lite presents you its 800m² stage: cyclo, truss and velum on request.

In 1991, while shooting J’embrasse pas (I Don’t Kiss), director André Téchiné falls in love with Super-8 images taken in some paratroopers’ barracks by the first assistant camera. Techiné has been entrusted with that footage by cinematographer Thierry Arbogast who is unable to finish the film.

Sigma corporation is pleased to announce the launch of Sigma fp, the world’s smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless digital camera (as of July 2019). The Sigma fp incorporates a 35mm full-frame Bayer sensor with 24.6 effective megapixels in a compact body, and boasts great versatility and scalability that allows mixing-and-matching of a variety of interchangeable lenses and accessories.

Director of photography Xavier Dolléans has chosen the Sony Venice camera, associated with Cooke Panchro/i Classic lenses, to shoot seasons 3 and 4 of "Skam France", the French version of the famous and innovative Norwegian series "Skam", which follows a group of teenagers in their daily lives.

In 1935, Benoît Delhomme’s grandfather Georges helped create Lancôme, a fragrance house for which he designed bottles or, more accurately, glass sculptures that were at once ethereal, bright and fanciful. "Magie", "Trésor", "Peut-être", "Joyeux Été" were the scents these bottles contained, the aim of which was to help women overcome the traumas of World War2.

On July 20, 2019 in the US, July 21 in France, the world celebrates the 50^th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The retransmission of the incredible images of the success of this mission remains one of the most significant broadcast events of all time. To create these images, NASA selected, among other equipment, the lenses of a small French company: Angenieux optics. The Angenieux 6x25 zoom mounted on a Westinghouse camera and Angenieux 75mm prime lens on a Maurer 16mm camera were on-board the command module of Apollo 11.

Following up on the article published on our website about the tests of the Fujifilm XT-3 camera body with the new Fujinon MK 18-55mm and MK 50-135mm lenses, Eric Guichard, AFC, and I would like to share the video of these tests followed by my comments. As a reminder, they were presented at the CST Pavillion at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Fujifilm allowed AFC to test out its new Fujifilm X-T3 camera body with two new Fujinon MK 18-55mm T:2.9 and Fujinon MK 50-135mm T:2.9 zoom lenses. Eric Guichard, AFC, Maryline Touret (assistant camera), Léa Charnier (intern), and I tested out the video capacities of this camera body. Panavision supplied the accessories we needed for the tests.

In the latest news from ACS France, the release in theatres of three movies – one photographed by Denis Rouden, AFC, –shot from helicopters with our Shotover K1.

In the July news from Panasonic, save money on buying a VariCam LT ! Focus on three feature films shot on VariCam.