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  1. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    And the post ruined that film. It looked awful. But I’d need to rewatch to make sure that’s still my view.
  2. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Another interview with Vittorio Storaro! Screencaps! http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2016/04/cafe-society-new-images-from-vittorio-storaro-interview/ http://blog.screenweek.it/2016/04/cafe-society-vittorio-storaro-concepito-quattro-aspetti-diversi-nuove-immagini-508809.php I’d love to hear som impressions!
  3. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Oh, not again. Not another one of these... Will this cat-and-mouse game ever end...
  4. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    I’m not sure if this was posted here or if it’s of interest to anyone, but I’ll give it a try: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/thewire/cooke-optics-teases-specifications-second-new-anamorphici-zoom-lens-nab-2016/155584 Could I ask what is the “Cooke look”? How can it be described?
  5. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    I’m not sure if this was posted here or if it’s of interest to anyone, but I’ll give it a try: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/thewire/cooke-optics-teases-specifications-second-new-anamorphici-zoom-lens-nab-2016/155584 Could I ask what is the “Cooke look”? How can it be described?
  6. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    So, Satsuki, this has been intriguing me ever since you mentioned it here last year: could you perhaps name a scene which you know was shot where silver or gold lamé was used as bounce fabric? Or a film which used it throughout? Or a cinematographer fond of using it in his work? You’ve also talked about lamé in this thread: http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=63982
  7. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    :lol: Right back at ya! I thought people would jump at me in horror with bewilderment and disagreement. It really looks very nondescript, and the digital sharpness isn’t helping.
  8. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    I don’t get what he’s saying. The high wavelength values told him “what grade of Kelvin” to use for what? He speaks of tensions between sunlight and artificial light. But if the soon was low in daytime, it, too, had a low colour temperature. Then the contrast between the Sun and the light bulbs wouldn’t be so pronounced as what I’m getting as an impression from what he’s saying. Or perhaps the colour temperature wouldn’t be so low? He says the sunlight was warm and that the artificial light was orange. Since he says that each shop and each apartment were lit with artificial energy, I presume that at the time most of that light, at least for apartments, was coming from incandescent light bulbs. The shops might have been lit by the same light (but perhaps to a lesser degree) and perhaps by sodium-vapour lamps as well. I wonder what kind of contrast he is talking about.
  9. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    It kind of looks boring. This overused, dull rusty, faded-photo colour scheme. Yawn. Perhaps it will look better on a bigger screen.
  10. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    It’s not really on screen yet – it won’t be until November – but I thought it might be better suited for this section than to In Production. Here’s a glimpse into what Philippe Rousselot prepared:
  11. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Has there ever existed a film stock equivalent or similar to what Fuji Velvia 50 was in the still-photography business?
  12. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Has there ever existed a film stock equivalent or similar to what Fuji Velvia 50 was in the still-photography business?
  13. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    The first anecdote I read about him was that quote from Francis Ford Coppola about how Vittorio is the only man Francis knows who could fall off a ladder into mud and not get dirty.
  14. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    I really can’t thank you enough, Satsuki, for putting up with me. You’ve explained it beautifully, as you always do. I freaked out when I saw that camera when I first saw it. I couldn’t believe I haven’t seen anything like it before. Later, more and more it seemed like some sort of a modified Canon EOS. There are two more videos of pretty much the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZfRMkj5U1w
  15. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Café Society will open the Cannes Film Festival: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35917201 The Festival’s Facebook page makes it seem as if the photo of Woody and Vittorio is one of the official ones: http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2016/03/woody-allens-cafe-society-to-open-69th-cannes-film-festival/ As The Woody Allen Pages say: “Who’s up for a trip to France?” :D
  16. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Sorry, it was unclear. I kind of understood it as if you meant it was unnatural, yet a purple flower in a green meadow is as natural as it gets. I even like this digital bokeh:
  17. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Oh, thank you, JB! I was actually referring to the Khondji quote, but I’m glad you explained it all.
  18. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    What does that mean? :blink: I mean, I can see a few interpretations. I forgot to add that I was wondering who this gaffer might be. I think it may be Frans Wetterings III.
  19. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    This is not bad, is it?
  20. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Thank you for this thread. I, too, thought these lights had a special use. I first heard about them in an interview with Darius Khondji in the American Cinematographer magazine in which he talked about Midnight in Paris and To Rome with Love. Then he mentioned them again talking about Magic in the Moonlight: That’s the second time he called them perfect, saying how you have to play with them to get interesting results. I wonder what he means by both those things: why does he think they’re perfect and how exactly does he play with them and what does he want to achieve?
  21. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Thank you, Satsuki! :D I think Woody said exactly that: by the time all the tourists have passed or something like that, time flew by and they lost the light. Something like that. I’ve read so much in the last few days that I don’t know if he was referring to this particular film, or was it about another shoot from the past, but in any case, something of sorts happened. Since my ignorance is huge, I did wonder why they chose two lights instead of, say, one Celeb 400? With Manhattan’s skyscrapers and tall buildings, the Sun goes away quickly in Central Park. With new towers being erected as we speak, I can only imagine it will get worse. By the way, do you know what sort of a camera that is that the woman with the sunglasses on her head is using around 00.56? It looks awfully huge. :blink:
  22. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Hey, Satsuki! :D Long time no see! Thank you for the video and for still thinking about this thread. Why isn’t warmth done more often? I think David only mentioned Wes Anderson as another director whose films are timed towards warm. I managed to find a backstage video of a scene that I think comes somewhere at the end of the film: What’s that lighting fixture used in the scene?
  23. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Here’s a little backstage footage: Two Kino Flo Celeb 200s and a diffusion panel, if I got that right. What might be the purpose? Some sort of diffused backlight?
  24. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    Are the Tokyo Olympics near enough for you? http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/127997-japan-plans-8k-tv-broadcast-testing-in-2016-with-full-service-by-2020-tokyo-olympics http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10722021/Panasonic-to-power-8K-NHK-broadcasts-for-Tokyo-Olympics.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/24/reference/japan-backs-next-generation-8k-technology-ahead-of-2020-games/ :) There was another post that reminded me to say this on the previous page, but it doesn’t matter now. What I wanted to say is: Where is it that I’ve read years ago how the porn industry is the lead innovator? BBC’s website? The Wall Street Journal? None of those two? Perhaps The New Yorker? I don’t think so. I think it had something to do with how it does it’s business or how it is being filmed and distributed or something like that. So... Watch porn. Oops, that’s a double entendre. I meant the industry, of course. If it’s leading the way into 4K content and then, beyond that, into 8K, then that’s coming, I’m sure. Then there’s the 5G network, which, I think, is coming in 2020. If that matters in any way. I think it does.
  25. Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos
    I’ve always wondered the same. But it seems it’s very popular. Or so I’m led to believe.
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