How become a set Photographer

P1010047Last saturday, I was employed for 9 hours on a home made set for a short movie,made with full HD camera by Panasonic,written and directed by my friend Arianna.I read the treatment of Home, just one week before and I accepted without hesitate,so I spent many hours behind-the-scenes documenting; promotional portraits;between takes or during,using the available light,reflections ,with no flash or falling in camera field using my silent Lumix FZ200;in addition during the pause make pasta ,Fabio’s special recipe,for cast and few crew. Nice day..

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Tetsuya Nakashima’s CONFESSIONS

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Never heard before of Tetsuya Nakashima but my good fellow and friend Matteo Merli of Arkadin Picuters said to me lately Keep an eye over this author and his last film,CONFESSIONS,is Michael Mann’s proof(in fact he reviewed it as High Art),so finally I had the pleasure to watch it with my friend Arianna ,we are still mind-blowing.. that’s the kind of cinema we need more,plus amazing soundtrack editing and cinematography.
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Dante goes Hercules

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Some great news from Showbiz  Dante Spinotti is checking venues and locations in Budapest for next Brett Ratner’s project produced by MGM – Paramount Hercules The film is going to be directed by Brett Ratner and co-produced by Peter Berg (director of Hancock and Battleship).Meanwhile he was so willing and gracius to answers me about the world of cinematography,I love this world ,this is not an insert coin passion, I spent many time on readings over American Cinematographer and  watching movies I matured a sort of curiosity, so we have a good chat about photochemical past era(finally clarify use of daylies) and some words about the new one the digital era ,the use some Panavison cameras and Lenses( expecially”rehoused” versions of Zeiss or Cooke lenses) , Panavision I guess the greatest supporting company for your ideas;last we also talk about very intresting made in germany anamorphic Hawk Lenses . It was for me and my profanity a moving call,The size of this man is equal to the huge emotions in producing great images for every great flick he covered. Grazie Dante you deserve a bottle of Gattinara for the Warp Party!

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Interrupt Vector

Chris Hemsworth On The Set Of 'Cyber'Great news,Michael Mann and I guess his production company Forward Pass,are sight around Hong Kong,the project,seems named CYBER,is starring Mr.Thor Chris Hemsworth; dealt with Legendary Pictures( rumors say 100M $ budget) is a modern hacker Thriller set in China.
Our beloved good fellows,Gusmano Cesaretti included (plus some intresting mirrorless cameras), are checking with a photographic job for film locations ,ok call it location scouting plus casting some local cinema’s stars(Wei Tang-Leehom Wang) ; I feel this is will be Great. Kudos!!

Michael Mann and (Stuat Drybourgh DOP )crew on Negeri Roadstone Quarry Malasya

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Guillermo del Toro [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðel ˈtoɾo]

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guillermoGuillermo del Toro (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðel ˈtoɾo]; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish dark fantasy pieces, such as The Devil’s Backbone (2001) and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), and more mainstream American action movies, such as Blade II (2002) and Hellboy (2004).mimic4

Del Toro’s work is characterised by a strong connection to fairy tales and horror, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty.[2] He has a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power.[3] Del Toro is known for his use of insectile and religious imagery, underworld and clockwork motifs, dominant amber lighting, and his frequent collaborations with Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, and Doug Jones.[4]

He is one of the writers of Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit trilogy.

So,Just realized that I L I K E  his cinema, MIMIC was pretty well done, it was 1997,and I really enjoyed BLADE II blade-ii-sceneand the HELLBOY (idea limited by technology available)but I had the apogee with the outstanding and practical PAN’S LABYRINTH ( remind me something of Michael Mann’s The Keep) ,of this Pan I own a great special edition on DVD;however last week end happen to see his last Production MAMA  shitting my pants, now  the only thing that counts is that I cant’ wait for July and PACIFIC RIM.. I loved Cloverfield,and I grew up with Megaloman,Mazinger and other japanese  Giant robots and Monsters so…again, this will feed the child living inside me!pan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PACIFIC RIM Kaijū

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PACIFIC RIM’s Jaeger

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