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Vision Research Bolsters Advanced Phantom v-Series With Two New Digital High-Speed Cameras

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

On track for a record year of new product introductions in 2009, Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of high-speed digital imaging systems, unveiled the Phantom v710 and Phantom v210 — the latest additions to the company’s renowned v-Series of advanced digital high-speed cameras....

Anonymous Signs Director Cary Fukunaga

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Anonymous Content recently added award-winning writer, director, and cinematographer Cary Fukunaga to their commercial division after originally being repped solely by their management arm. The young talent, whose most recent work, the feature film Sin Nombre, won the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award and the U.S. Dramatic Excellence in Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival, will add another visionary director to Anonymous' ever-growing roster....

DP Dante Spinotti on Public Enemies

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Public Enemies, the John Dillinger biopic directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard, is one of the summer’s most hotly anticipated films. The feature pairs Mann with his frequent collaborator, cinematographer Dante Spinotti. Spinotti shot this digitally, using the Sony CineAlta F23 camera system. Film & Video caught up with Spinotti in Australia, where he is prepping for another F23 project, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, directed by Michael Apted....

Field-Testing the HPX300

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

When director Bryan Gunnar Cole and cinematographer Peter Nelson headed to North Florida to shoot wildlife footage at the 7,000-acre White Oak Conservation Center, the first production question that had to be answered was which camera system to use. They ended up wrangling a pre-release version of the AG-HPX300 P2 camcorder....

Director Duncan Jones on Low-Budget Moon

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

The visually dazzling film, whose production design may be its most impressive aspect, pays homage to a host of science fiction precursors, including 2001: A Space Odyssey, but carries an emotional charge all its own. F&V talked to Jones about the challenges of creating images of the lunar surface in a British soundstage and directing an actor to fight himself....