I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be at @viffest once again this May for a four-part workshop series about one of my favourite topics: the history of lighting ideologies in cinema! We’ll be going on a journey through four eras of filmmaking to trace the history of lighting, from the sunlit studios of early silent film through the three-point setups that defined classical Hollywood realism and film noir to modern techniques of LED-infused motivated lighting.
And it’ll be interactive! Each day, we’ll not only talk about this stuff, but build it in interactive live demonstrations too! Come join us for one, or all of these!
Thursdays @ 11am:
May 7: THE DOLL & Early Silent Film Lighting
May 14: THE GRAPES OF WRATH & Three-Point Lighting
May 21: THE MUSIC ROOM & Motivated Lighting
May 28: BLACK BAG & Lighting in the Digital Era
A new video essay! Link in bio.
People are wrong about the implications of large-format film gauges and sensors. Yes, including your favourite cinematographers.
Co-Directed and Edited by Willa Harlow Ross
Location Sound by @vladimirfedulovlocationsound
So happy to finally, belatedly express my excitement that @doctorgloria 's feature-length thriller A SAFE DISTANCE - which I had the pleasure of shooting - will see its world premiere at @sxsw in two weeks! What a country.
Spend your Thursday mornings with us and educator, cinematographer, and colourist @devanagscott with this edition of Film Studies: Motivated Lighting.
Join us for the remaining three lectures and film screenings with THE GRAPES OF WRATH on May 14, THE MUSIC ROOM on May 21, and BLACK BAG on May 28.
Each talk will last approximately 45 minutes, with case study screenings starting at 12:00 pm.
Get your tickets at the link in bio.
Find the first talk about silent film THE DOLL (1919) on YouTube.
The first of my four lectures on lighting for @viffest is now available to stream in full on YouTube! Find the link in my bio, or here: https://youtu.be/6HR0FraOCwA
I'll be back at VIFF each Thursday in May for more live lighting workshops! Come say hi.
At @viffest ! Tonight! 5:30pm! As a part of VIFF’s Mexico Noir series, a free talk about two of history’s greatest noir cinematographers before screenings of the (terrific) Él at 6:00pm and La Otra at 8:00pm.
Just a lovely couple of days presenting The Good, The Bad and the Ugly to a sold-out house with the @simpsonsfilmpod crew, and subsequently podcasting about it.
Endless thanks to @viffest and @tom.charity for making it happen.
Photos #1 and #3 by @chadgalloway
Photo #4 by Matt Stephanson
March 16th! 6:20pm! At @viffest centre! A new improved version of Sergio Leone's definitive international cut of THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY hostel by yours truly and the @simpsonsfilmpod team. This will be a special one. I'll be introducing the film with a brief update on the restoration history, and afterwards moderating a talkback with the audience. Be there or don't!
