Cinematographer Todd Martin spent years shooting commercials, music videos and short films before stepping into narrative features with writer-director Lauren Hadaway’s The Novice, which earned him the Best Cinematography prize at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. For his subsequent feature, the Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi-directed drama Tatami, he worked with Panavision to find…
Led by BlueBolt’s Richard Frazer as overall production VFX supervisor, BlueBolt was principal VFX studio on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War – Amazon’s feature-length film continuation of its action series. BlueBolt delivered 365 VFX shots to support the break-neck-paced action, incorporating major explosions, gunfights, multiple complex CG urban environments spanning London, Dubai and New…
Peter Deming ASC has spent decades creating unforgettable cinematic worlds — from horror classics and groundbreaking comedies to his long-running creative partnership with David Lynch. In this conversation with Panavision, Deming reflects on his journey from projectionist and camera assistant to acclaimed cinematographer, sharing stories from films including Evil Dead II, Hollywood Shuffle, Austin Powers,…
The Invite director Olivia Wilde takes a tour of the Kodak Film Lab in New York City. Lab Team: Mike Ramdeo, Todd Orblych, Bob Gonzales, Bert Torres, Will Gounaris, Mike Gharib Director: Mas BouzidiProducers: Sherwyn Santos, Mas BouzidiDirector of Photography: Connor KeepEditor: Jessi Spickard1st AC: Joji BaratelliGaffer: Spencer SlishmanProduction Sound Mixer: John Michael KevilleFilm Processed…
Led by VFX supervisor Nic Birmingham, BlueBolt created 160 VFX shots to support the eighth and final season of the epic time-travelling adventure Outlander. BlueBolt worked closely with overall VFX supervisor Jon Neill, recreating key late 18-century environments for the American settlement of Savannah, Georgia, where the main characters Jamie and Claire are based. The…
Learn more about how the BFI National Archive cares for its most vulnerable holdings and how the archive’s storage facilities have evolved over the decades with this short video essay. Video produced with the support of the BFI Screen Heritage Fund, awarding National Lottery funding.
Cinematographer Ben Fordesman BSC breaks down the visual language behind Anemone, directed by Ronan Day-Lewis and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. In this conversation with Panavision, Fordesman discusses the film’s restrained compositions, painterly landscapes, and the challenge of photographing intense two-person scenes filled with long monologues and emotional distance. He also shares how references like The Banishment,…
At a time where humans can harness the power of the sun when exposed to sunlight, a mother and daughter must figure out where their intentions and loyalties lie. Daylight Rules by Alex Browning. Starring Ella Dacres, T’Nia Miller (The Haunting Of Bly Manor), and David Ajala (Star Trek: Discovery). DIRECTED BY ALEX BROWNINGSCREENPLAY BY…
This is a behind-the-scenes video of a short wildlife film Jack Richardson shot for BBC Springwatch. The subject, lacewings. The story, their whole lifecycle. And he filmed the entire thing on a table in his small one bedroom flat. This is part of a series he is planning to reveal the making of wildlife films…
