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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.

Available on Amazon Prime Video, "Hunters" is one of the flagship programs of year 2020 for Jeff Bezos’ platform. Produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out), and written by David Weil, this 10-episodes series is a kind of homage to B cinema. The premise : a Nazi hunt in New York City in the 70’s, led by Al Pacino. Somewhere between extreme violence and humor. Fred Elmes, ASC, has lensed this pilot, picked up from the Fist Look - TV Pilots section at Camerimage 2020. (FR)

After Moonlight, in 2016, which won the Oscars for best film and best screenplay, director Barry Jenkins decided to adapt Colson Whitehead’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning "Underground Railroad" for his first series. He teamed up again with James Laxton, ASC, whom he has known since they were both students at the University of Tallahassee, Florida. Both filmmakers explored a very different universe from that of their prior films, one that mixes the authenticity of a period film (the story takes place in the slave era in the middle of the 19th Century) with fantasy. The story follows the flight of Cora, a young slave being pursued by one of her master’s employees, through several states. A series broadcast on Amazon Prime, which has been heaped with praise since its release online. (FR)

Extending rather than recreating the cult film by Nicholas Roeg, The Man who Fell to Earth – in which David Bowie plays an alien on Earth looking for a way to save his own planet – the eponymous TV series is a readaptation of the original novel that introduces a good dose of modernity. The impeccable British actor of Nigerian origin Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dirty Pretty Things, 12 Years a Slave...) lends his features to the visitor from another galaxy, while Noémie Harris (the mother in the film Moonlight) plays the Earthling who will be forced to accompany him on his mission. The screenplay by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet of course seizes the opportunity to show the social reality of present-day America, like an echo of the science-fiction short story that centers the theme of the foreigner.
Tommy Maddox-Upshaw ASC is the mind behind the images. He discusses with us the challenges involved in filming this series, a Spanish-British coproduction, which has been broadcast since April 2022 on Showtime. (FR)

Currently in Poland (Bydgoszcz – Nov 12/ 19, 2016), the 24th edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography : the most expected meeting of cinematographers in the world. Angénieux is there and very pleased to present all cinematographers and future cinematographers who came to Bydgoszcz its newest zoom lenses. In 2016, Angénieux presented to the market a 10x anamorphic zoom lens – the Optimo 44-440 A2S and the Angenieux Type EZ series.

Produced for the new Paramount+ platform launched in December 2022, the series "The Offer" is a recreation of a mythical moment in cinema history : the adaptation and production of Mario Puzo’s bestseller "The Godfather". The writer, the main character of the series – who is eventually promoted to co-writer-, is surrounded by an array of protagonists who make up the amazing success of the project. Top of the list, the incredible Matthew Goode, who plays Bob Evans, head of the Paramount studio. He seems to come straight out of the legendary documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture", originally devoted to him.
For the first time in his long career, Italian-American cinematographer Salvatore Totino (Davinci Code, Everest...) was in charge of this series, and photographed the first six episodes. Three directors follow one another around him (Dexter Fletcher, Adam Arkin and Collin Bucksey). "The Offer" is competing for the Golden Frog for Best Series at Camerimage 2023. (FR)

IBC 2016 – Amsterdam Sept 9 /13 - Angénieux new Type EZ Series !
Angenieux, in collaboration with BandPro and Jebsen, will unveil at IBC 2016 a new lens range : two fast and light weight zoom lenses covering S35mm and larger image formats for cine and broadcast productions. Join us at IBC booth 12.E33.

Le film français, 5 novembre 2010

Si le renouveau de la série française existe, la facture de ses images n’y est pas étrangère. Nombre d’entre elles ont été conçues par des directeurs de la photographie qui travaillent tant pour le cinéma que pour la télévision. Font-il le même travail pour ces deux supports ?