Cooke Panchro Classic

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.

Le directeur de la photographie Xavier Dolléans a choisi la caméra Sony Venice, associée aux objectifs Cooke Panchro/i Classic, pour tourner les saisons 3 et 4 de "Skam France", la version française de la célèbre et innovante série norvégienne "Skam", qui suit un groupe d’adolescents dans leur quotidien.

Ce mois-ci, deux nouveautés chez Next Shot ainsi que deux tournages, dont un photographié par une directrice de la photographie de l’AFC.

Ce compte rendu de ma visite à IBC (suite et fin) repose sur point de vue forcément subjectif. Aux annonces faites en amont de cette manifestation, j’ai tendance à privilégier plutôt la rencontre avec les exposants que je connais et les conseils de Jon Fauer – encore lui. Jon a en effet très souvent connaissance avant tout le monde de nouveautés intéressantes et de stands à aller voir absolument.

Dans l’actualité de TSF en décembre, les nouvelles séries Anamorphiques Technovision Classic, la nouvelle tête gyro-stabilisée Arri SRH-3, sept sorties en salles de films tournés avec nos moyens techniques, dont deux photographiés par des DP AFC, dix longs métrages en tournage, dont cinq photographiés par des membres de l’AFC, et deux fictions TV.

With Joker, Todd Phillips has confirmed his great talent as a director, a writer, and a producer, which was already evident on the Very Good Trip franchise (2009) or the incredible Project X (2012). This film was created in an atmosphere of mutual trust, which makes daring experimentation possible: the producer was his actor/director friend Bradley Cooper, his editor was Jeff Groth (Project X), and the cinematography was by Lawrence Sher, who has been his faithful companion since the start of his career. Joaquin Phoenix’s performance has already been acclaimed several times (likely opening the pathway to his first Oscar), and the film has enjoyed enormous success with audiences since its release, unleashing polemics and passions in an international social context which sometimes makes reality into fiction. Lawrence Sher, ASC, joins us for an in-depth interview on the creation of this classic yet unique film about insanity.

Teenage girl Tati lives at the very top of a flight of stairs in a favela in Rio de Janeiro with her mother, who is almost young enough to be her older sister. Her father is the former local crime boss and has been in prison since before she was born. But one day, he returns. For her first film, Laura Merians has created an image full of strength and colors at the heart of a classic tale of redemption whose visual narration elegantly takes over from the literary narration of the script. The strong and endearing characters round off this dizzying dive into contemporary Brazil, where violence has become totally normalized and is a part of the daily lives of millions of people.

Sigma est présent à IBC 2019 sur le stand D58 du hall 12 et y présente ses nouveautés.

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.

Le directeur de la photographie Xavier Dolléans a choisi la caméra Sony Venice, associée aux objectifs Cooke Panchro/i Classic, pour tourner les saisons 3 et 4 de "Skam France", la version française de la célèbre et innovante série norvégienne "Skam", qui suit un groupe d’adolescents dans leur quotidien.

Quinze ans que je n’étais pas retourné à Los Angeles. A l’époque, j’y étais pour tourner une publicité Maybelline et je n’avais eu que peu de temps pour rencontrer les acteurs de l’industrie cinématographique locaux. Cette année, c’est donc avec beaucoup d’excitation et d’ambition que j’envisageais ce saut au-dessus de l’Atlantique pour y retrouver les grandes enseignes internationales du cinéma.

The idea for the Technovision Classic lenses goes back to the iconic Technovision Lenses from the 70’s of last century that had been used for hundreds of impressive widescreen feature films like Leon (DoP Thierry Arbogast, AFC), Subway (DoP Carlo Varini, AFC), Evita (DoP Darius Khondji, AFC, ASC), Apocalypse now (DoP Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC) and many more. Due to the change to digital and scalable modern sensor technology a full frame version is the desired achievement. Coverage the larger sensors of cameras such as the Sony Venice, RED Monstro and the Arri Alexa LF was a design key element to offer a future proofed creative product.

As part of the eclectic selection in the Directors’ Fortnight this year, festivalgoers were able to discover a strange American film by Babak Anvari (Américano-iranien director) in which the fantastic cyclically appears in a rather classic plot centred on a love triangle. In the end, the mix isn’t always well-proportioned between the jumpy moments and the relationship falling apart in an apartment – New Orleans style – full of alcohol and giant cockroaches. British cinematographer Kit Frasier signed off on the visuals of this film, which follows the main character’s inexorable downward spiral. This is a Netflix film, and will soon be released on their platform. (FR)

Ce mois-ci, deux nouveautés chez Next Shot ainsi que deux tournages, dont un photographié par une directrice de la photographie de l’AFC.

Ce compte rendu de ma visite à IBC (suite et fin) repose sur point de vue forcément subjectif. Aux annonces faites en amont de cette manifestation, j’ai tendance à privilégier plutôt la rencontre avec les exposants que je connais et les conseils de Jon Fauer – encore lui. Jon a en effet très souvent connaissance avant tout le monde de nouveautés intéressantes et de stands à aller voir absolument.