The Camera Report with Sean P. Malone

Sean Malone

Conversations with today's top cinematographers.

  1. Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC & David Stump, ASC — Global Cinematography Institute

    2013/03/04

    Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC & David Stump, ASC — Global Cinematography Institute

    Hi I'm Sean P. Malone in Los Angeles, California and this is The Camera Report. This edition of The Camera Report features interviews with Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC and David Stump, ASC. I caught up to Vilmos and David a few months ago at a Global Cinematography Institute special presentation, where they and other instructors from GCI talked about the school's purpose and approach. David Stump, ASC is a cinematographer, a VFX supervisor and a stereographer. He has served as an effects DP on movies like 'X-Men' and 'X2', and he recently was senior stereographer on 'The Immortals'. His expertise on the changing landscape and technologies of film production are on display here, and in the recent documentary film, 'Side by Side'. David currently is an instructor at the year-old Global Cinematography Institute, teaching "Digital Cinematography." Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC is a director of photography who has lent his beautiful photography to some of cinema's best moments. 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', 'Deliverance', 'McCabe and Mrs. Miller', 'The Deer Hunter', and more recently, 'The Black Dahlia'. His sensibilities behind the camera continue to inspire cinematographers and filmmakers the world round. Vilmos is currently teaching "Lighting for Feature Films" at GCI, and co-founded the school with previous Camera Report guest, Yuri Neyman, ASC. If you want to learn more about GCI, join Vilmos, Yuri and other instructors at Filmtools on March 9th, for a sample class presentation. They will be talking about the next session of classes that begins April 13th. One disclaimer before you hear these interviews: when I interviewed David and Vilmos I was writing a story about changing technology in cinematography, but since that time I myself have been taking GCI's course one. I am also helping them out with a future journalism related project. Thanks and enjoy the interviews. Thank you for listening to this edition of The Camera Report. Go to globalcinematography.com to find out about GCI's March 9th event, and their upcoming session. Want to ask a question or make a comment? "Like" The Camera Report on Facebook and send us a message. I'm Sean P. Malone, thanks for listening.

    12 分钟
  2. Paul Cameron, ASC — 'Total Recall'

    2012/08/01

    Paul Cameron, ASC — 'Total Recall'

    'Man on Fire', 'Gone in Sixty Seconds', 'Swordfish', 'Deja Vu', 'Collateral." If you've seen any of these titles, then you've seen the work of this month's guest, director of photography Paul Cameron, ASC. His interest in photography started with a Polaroid camera when he was 15 years old — and his journey from taking Polaroid pictures as a kid, to the images he now captures for Hollywood's most noteworthy directors, is one worth taking in. You can do just that at his website, paulcamerondp.com and you'll see what I mean. As a side note, take a look at some of Paul's TV commercials as well. You may have missed some on your boob tube that are just incredibly shot. Paul's latest film is 'Total Recall', a brand new re-imagining of Philip K. Dick's 1966 short story, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. With images worthy of the Philip K. Dick cinema tradition, and as stark as any you'll see on the screen this Summer, Total Recall is a feast for the science fiction lover's eyes. Paul speaks to us about shooting the futuristic world of 'Total Recall' as practically as possible, film preservation in the age of digital transition, and what it means to richly "layer" an image. Thank you for downloading this episode of The Camera Report, produced by Brad Malone and Sean Malone. For more episodes of The Camera Report please visit waterfootfilms.com and click on the PODCAST link. Subscribing is easy and free. Also, search for Waterfoot Films on Facebook and then "Like" us to see updates. If you'd like to offer feedback about the show, email us at podcast@waterfootfilms.com. Thanks for listening!

    21 分钟
  3. John Schwartzman, ASC — 'The Amazing Spider-Man'

    2012/06/30

    John Schwartzman, ASC — 'The Amazing Spider-Man'

    It's Summer 2012 — and that means your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is once again slinging webs on the big screen. But according to this month's guest, 'The Amazing Spider-Man' inhabits a gritty and realistic world the likes of which his movie going fans have never seen. We got to talk to the film's director of photography, and avid Spider-Man fan, John Schwartzman, ASC about his Amazing work on this much anticipated blockbuster. John has shot more blockbusters than many cinematographers have seen. He is known for the moving, dynamic camera style that made action films like director Michael Bay's 'The Rock', 'Armageddon' and 'Pearl Harbor' so memorable... but he is no one trick pony. He was nominated for an Oscar and won an ASC award for his thoughtful and classically beautiful work on 'Seabiscuit', and his other credits include 'The Rookie' and 'Benny & Joon'. He speaks to us today about shooting 'The Amazing Spider-Man', the state of the art Red Epic cameras John borrowed from Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit', and about his career in the movies. Thank you for downloading this episode of The Camera Report, produced by Brad Malone and Sean Malone. For more episodes of The Camera Report please visit waterfootfilms.com and click on the PODCAST link. Subscribing is easy and free. Also, search for Waterfoot Films on Facebook and then "Like" us to see updates. If you'd like to offer feedback about the show, Email us at podcast@waterfootfilms.com. Thanks for listening!

    47 分钟
  4. Yuri Neyman, ASC — The Global Cinematography Institute

    2012/03/20

    Yuri Neyman, ASC — The Global Cinematography Institute

    This month Sean is speaking with one of the co-founders of the brand new Global Cinematography Institute in Los Angeles, Yuri Neyman, ASC. Yuri co-founded the new school with fellow director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC and is an accomplished director of photography, educator and film industry innovator. As a director of photography, Yuri is best known for his work on the breakthrough indie film 'Liquid Sky' and the neo-noir thriller, 'D.O.A.', starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. As a technological innovator, he developed the 3cP system, which allows a director of photography to communicate on-set color grading decisions directly to the colorist, thereby avoiding creative miscommunication and costly mistakes. The system has been widely adopted and employed in today's film industry. Yuri also developed the curriculum for a course he taught at AFI for several years called "History of Cinematography", which led him eventually to the idea for The Global Cinematography Institute. The program not only emphasizes traditional cinematography but also expanded cinematography, which includes digital and what Yuri calls "virtual cinematography," training the directors of photography of today to also be directors of imagery for 3D worlds of tomorrow. Thank you for listening to this episode of The Camera Report, produced by Brad Malone and Sean Malone. We want to hear from you! Email us at podcast@waterfootfilms.com. For more episodes of The Camera Report please visit waterfootfilms.com and click on the PODCAST link. Subscribing is easy and free. Also, search for Waterfoot Films on Facebook and then "Like" us to see updates.

    26 分钟

评分及评论

4.8
共 5 分
4 个评分

关于

Conversations with today's top cinematographers.