IndieWire reached out to the cinematographers behind the nonfiction features premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and asked which cameras, lenses, and formats they used, and why they chose them to create the looks and meet the production demands of their films. Here are their responses.
Films appear in alphabetical order by title.
“All That Breathes“
Section: World Cinema Documentary Competition
Dir: Shaunak Sen, DoP: Ben Bernhard
Format: 4K Canon Log/ V-Log
Camera: Canon Eos C500MkII, Panasonic S1H
Lens: Leica R Primes and Zooms, Angenieux 45-90mm, Canon 500mm and Macro
Bernhard: In “All That Breathes,“ our approach was always “to render the scientific into the poetic,“ as Shaunak puts it. We were intrigued by how the organic matter of the earth shifts and changes because of human intervention, and how new natural habitats are formed. That’s why we chose a cinematic language that would keep the...
Films appear in alphabetical order by title.
“All That Breathes“
Section: World Cinema Documentary Competition
Dir: Shaunak Sen, DoP: Ben Bernhard
Format: 4K Canon Log/ V-Log
Camera: Canon Eos C500MkII, Panasonic S1H
Lens: Leica R Primes and Zooms, Angenieux 45-90mm, Canon 500mm and Macro
Bernhard: In “All That Breathes,“ our approach was always “to render the scientific into the poetic,“ as Shaunak puts it. We were intrigued by how the organic matter of the earth shifts and changes because of human intervention, and how new natural habitats are formed. That’s why we chose a cinematic language that would keep the...
- 1/27/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Veteran colorist Mike Sowa has joined Burbank-based post house and film lab Fotokem.
Over a 25-year career, he has collected a string of credits on films including The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Oblivion, Home of the Brave and Orson Welles' soon-to-be-released Netflix film The Other Side of the Wind.
Sowa joins Fotokem after a stint at Technicolor. Earlier, he worked at facilities including Modern VideoFilm, Universal High Def Center and Laser Pacific. Sowa is a four-time Hpa Award nominee and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
“I look forward to being part of an outstanding ...
Over a 25-year career, he has collected a string of credits on films including The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Oblivion, Home of the Brave and Orson Welles' soon-to-be-released Netflix film The Other Side of the Wind.
Sowa joins Fotokem after a stint at Technicolor. Earlier, he worked at facilities including Modern VideoFilm, Universal High Def Center and Laser Pacific. Sowa is a four-time Hpa Award nominee and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
“I look forward to being part of an outstanding ...
- 10/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran colorist Mike Sowa has joined Burbank-based post house and film lab Fotokem.
Over a 25-year career, he has collected a string of credits on films including The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Oblivion, Home of the Brave and Orson Welles' soon-to-be-released Netflix film The Other Side of the Wind.
Sowa joins Fotokem after a stint at Technicolor. Earlier, he worked at facilities including Modern VideoFilm, Universal High Def Center and Laser Pacific. Sowa is a four-time Hpa Award nominee and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
“I look forward to being part of an outstanding ...
Over a 25-year career, he has collected a string of credits on films including The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Oblivion, Home of the Brave and Orson Welles' soon-to-be-released Netflix film The Other Side of the Wind.
Sowa joins Fotokem after a stint at Technicolor. Earlier, he worked at facilities including Modern VideoFilm, Universal High Def Center and Laser Pacific. Sowa is a four-time Hpa Award nominee and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
“I look forward to being part of an outstanding ...
- 10/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The centrepiece of Panasonic's Ifa press conference was the stunning 65-inch 4K Oled Viera TX-65CZ950 television.
Pronouncing its full name may be a mouthful, but the set comes fully approved by Hollywood and promises to shine thanks to the inclusion of Panasonic's 4K Pro tech.
Oblivion cinematographer Mike Sowa was on hand to sing the TV's praises on stage at the Germany event, hailing its industry-standard colour reproduction.
"My world of visual storytelling is based around colour accuracy and the need for a display that complements the creative vision," he said.
"Panasonic has engineered their newest 4K Pro Oled TV to a standard that I would only expect in professional displays."
Panasonic is yet to announce pricing or a release date for the TX-65CZ950, but don't expect it to come cheap.
Pronouncing its full name may be a mouthful, but the set comes fully approved by Hollywood and promises to shine thanks to the inclusion of Panasonic's 4K Pro tech.
Oblivion cinematographer Mike Sowa was on hand to sing the TV's praises on stage at the Germany event, hailing its industry-standard colour reproduction.
"My world of visual storytelling is based around colour accuracy and the need for a display that complements the creative vision," he said.
"Panasonic has engineered their newest 4K Pro Oled TV to a standard that I would only expect in professional displays."
Panasonic is yet to announce pricing or a release date for the TX-65CZ950, but don't expect it to come cheap.
- 9/2/2015
- Digital Spy
Eastman Kodak's wholly owned post subsidiary, LaserPacific Media, is extending its digital services.
The entity is forming a digital-mastering services business unit that will handle new titles as well as the remastering of film elements from studio libraries to create digital elements for new distribution formats as well as preservation requirements.
To lead the business, LaserPacific has brought on a pair of respected industry veterans: Ron Burdett, who will serve as Gm, and supervising mastering colorist Lou Levinson.
"There is a need for extremely high-quality masters now that there are new display technologies in the home and delivery formats like Blu-ray," LaserPacific president Leon Silverman said. "As a result, the studios are going back into their libraries and remastering titles that have already been mastered. Because we are moving from a videotape to file-based world ... it makes sense to have the file-based, not tape-based, master elements of the highest possible quality.
The entity is forming a digital-mastering services business unit that will handle new titles as well as the remastering of film elements from studio libraries to create digital elements for new distribution formats as well as preservation requirements.
To lead the business, LaserPacific has brought on a pair of respected industry veterans: Ron Burdett, who will serve as Gm, and supervising mastering colorist Lou Levinson.
"There is a need for extremely high-quality masters now that there are new display technologies in the home and delivery formats like Blu-ray," LaserPacific president Leon Silverman said. "As a result, the studios are going back into their libraries and remastering titles that have already been mastered. Because we are moving from a videotape to file-based world ... it makes sense to have the file-based, not tape-based, master elements of the highest possible quality.
- 11/12/2008
- by By Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The films "Iron Man" and "Into the Wild" and the TV series "Pushing Daisies" received two nominations each for the Hollywood Post Alliance's third annual HPA Awards, which were announced Tuesday. The awards will be held on Nov. 6 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
The awards, launched in 2006, acknowledge creative and technical excellence in the art, science and craft of postproduction.
At the awards, dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts Elizabeth M. Daley will receive the first Charles S. Swartz Award, which honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of postproduction.
The nominees for the HPA Awards are:
Outstanding color grading feature film in a DI process
"Iron Man"
Steven J. Scott (EFilm)
"Sweeney Todd"
Stefan Sonnenfeld
"Kite Runner"
Mike Sowa (LaserPacific Media Corporation)
???
Outstanding color grading, television
"Pushing Daisies," "The Fun in Funerals"
Joe Hathaway (LaserPacific Media Corporation)
"Espn: The Masters"
Siggy Ferstl (Riot)
"Andromeda Strain,...
The awards, launched in 2006, acknowledge creative and technical excellence in the art, science and craft of postproduction.
At the awards, dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts Elizabeth M. Daley will receive the first Charles S. Swartz Award, which honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of postproduction.
The nominees for the HPA Awards are:
Outstanding color grading feature film in a DI process
"Iron Man"
Steven J. Scott (EFilm)
"Sweeney Todd"
Stefan Sonnenfeld
"Kite Runner"
Mike Sowa (LaserPacific Media Corporation)
???
Outstanding color grading, television
"Pushing Daisies," "The Fun in Funerals"
Joe Hathaway (LaserPacific Media Corporation)
"Espn: The Masters"
Siggy Ferstl (Riot)
"Andromeda Strain,...
- 9/23/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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