Guest Stephen Murphy Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Another one of my personal study guides in case anyone else finds it useful http://stephenmurphydop.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/adrian-biddle-document.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holland Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Really interesting Stephen i have always liked Adrian Biddles anamorphic work he made it look easy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 23, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted August 23, 2012 Loved it -- just wish you had covered "1492"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel de Bourg Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 A great look. Loved your document on Cronenweth (big fan of his work) and now Biddle, one my greatest influences (probably second to Dean Cundey) and one of the first cinematographers I liked. Great read, with great quotes. I love Biddle's work with colors and mixing very soft fill with harder "natural" sources to shape the faces. Like him, I like to light night scenes with tungsten, something I do quite a bit. This quote was something that struck me, as it is essentially a way that sums up my way of working: "I find a source of light for each shot and build on that. You get artistic buzz from it, but a lot of times it's just working at it and doing your job." For me, that's how I think. I work around what the natural sources are, shine light through windows, use walls and ceilings for bounce and similarly to make it all feel natural, then add splices of color from practicals, or a light shining in from another room, a streetlamp outside the window or something else, to create mood and feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Kieran Scannell Posted August 27, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted August 27, 2012 Thanks Stephen! Another true artist. There's a real shortage of this kind of documentation and I would guess a reasonable niche market. Would be great if a publisher like Taschen would pick up on the idea and just run with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Murphy Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Loved it -- just wish you had covered "1492"... Would like to have included it but found it really hard to get any decent frame grabs from 1492 - the dvd copy i have doesnt have the best transfer and im not able to frame grab from blu-rays yet which is why ive had to scour the net for blu-ray screenshots. Sorry! S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 27, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted August 27, 2012 So far the laserdisc version is still the best copy of "1492"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Wheeler Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Again, really great! Thanks Stephen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Murphy Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 So far the laserdisc version is still the best copy of "1492"... Ah Laserdisc... Now you're showing your age David :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio pirovano Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 My Event Horizon Artilcle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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