BLACKHAT TRIBUTE
ANOTHER TRACK(From WE CUT THE NIGHT Album) COME TO VISIT ME AND SUDDENLY I HAVE A SPECIAL NEED TO DO THIS MASHUP, SO I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS IN MY AVID STUDIO AND I GUESS THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST TRIBUTE.ENJOY THIS MUSIC FROM FRENCH BAND AaRON and THIS OUTSTANDING AS UNDERRATED MOVIE BY M I C H A E L M A N N
From ASC CLOSE UP 
Vol 90(2009)
What’s The Best Professional Advice you’ve received?
GABRIEL BERISTAIN, ASC, BSC
Kate Nelligan , a superb actor, once told me that if I could light women beautifully, I would not help many careers, but I would also definitely help mine.
PETER SUSCHITZKY, ASC
I Was once invited to a dinner where Billy Wilder was one of the guests.He asked me what I was doing, to which I replied, ‘Oh , a small movie’ He said,’ There’s no such thing, just good ones and bad ones.’ For the rest, I listened to an inner voice that said,’Develop as many interests as you can, as you will need them to fill the long gaps between movie and enrich life in general.’
PETER WUNSTRORF, ASC
‘Be Yourself’. I was about to interview for the aforementioned pilot (Millennium), and I was nervous.;my Good friend Dominique Fortin said, ‘Just be yourself;they will like you.’ I didn’t try to fake it. I thought it went badly, but in prep, the producer told me, ‘You came in and only spoke about the work,and that’s all Chris Cater cared about.’
THOMAS ACKERMAN, ASC
Legendary gaffer George ‘Popeye’ Dahlquist used to tell his lamp operatos ‘Boys,if you’re not 10 minutes early,you’re 10 minutes late.’Readiness is a big part of what we do.
JOHN LINDLEY, ASC
When I wanted to quit a miserable show, the director, Virgil Vogel,said,’Kid, never quit.If you have to leave, get fired.If you quit,it will always reflect on you.’
ALAN CASO, ASC
From John Frankenheimer: ‘Alan, whatever you do in this business,don’t ever let them push you into shooting something you know is just bad,something you’ll end up regretting or hating.Simple rule of thumb: ‘don’t shoot s**t!’
MARK IRWIN, ASC, CSC
When director Gil Cates chose me to shoot a love story starring Bea Arthur and Richard Kiley, he said he liked what i’d done on The Fly.I reminded him that Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davies were in a horror film, not a love story.He said,’No,they were in love, and that’s what the audience saw. Sometimes you have to ignore the words and let the pictures tell the story.
AARON SCHNEIDER, ASC
When I was starting out, a veteran first assistant told me the 2-make Rule,’ make your leading ladies look beautiful and make your day.’
ALEXANDER GRUSZYNSKI, ASC
I think it was Sven Nykvist, ASC who once said, ‘Take chances, but when you do, lower the ASA settings on your light meter.’ To this day, no matter how great the latitude of the film stock is, I always calibrate my meter to a lower settings than what the manufacturer recommends.
ANASTAS MICHOS, ASC
I was working with Don McAlpine,ASC,ACS, and getting impatient watching the director, producer and assistant director endlessly discuss the next setup. Don turned me and said in his inimitable Aussie drawl,’Relax: Sooner or later they’ll have to come over to talk to us.’
PAUL RYAN, ASC
Michael Chapman, ASC said ‘You have to give the impression you know what you’re doing even when you’re totally confused.’
To Be Continued… –つづく…
From ASC CLOSE UP Vol 89(2008)
What’s The Best Professional Advice you’ve received?
GLEN MacPHERSON, ASC
‘Keep it Simple’. it’s Always exciting to try a new piece of gear, but sometimes two grips pulling a camera on a blanket is stille the best solution.
TORBEN JOHNKE, ASC
I once worked with Irvin Penn, who told me a simple rule: less is often better.He used a single soft light for most of his shots. We shot a number of Pepsi commercials that way, and those spots won several Clios.
WAYNE KENNAN, ASC
Right After I was accepted into the union as an operator, I was offered a job at Warners as An Assistant. I needed a letter from a producer to re-rate me.The Producer told me I’d be an idiot not to pursue operating because it might take me 10 or more years to ge there again.He was right;it was a struggle. But I established myself as an operator and was working steadily within a year.
RODNEY TAYLOR, ASC
When Leavie Asked me to work with him at Corman’s, the pay was 50$ a day.Levie said,’They’re not paying for experience .Take the job and you’ll meet people.’
ANTONIO CALVACHE, ASC, AEC
This is directly related to my memorable blunder. When Conrad Hall ASC gave me a lecture at AFI, he was asked what a single piece of advice he’d give to aspiring cinematographer.His answer :’Get Enough Sleep.’
ROB MacLACHLAN, ASC, CSC
My Dad told me it did not matter what I did for a living as long as I loved it.Also, much later, Richard Leiterman caught up with me at CSC Awards, where I’d just gotten my fourth consecutive award for TV series and was on a bit of a roll. He told me not to ‘get too damn comfortable’ and to ‘get the hell back to the USA while ya can!’ A year later, I was divorced, living in my native California, doing my most satisfying work ever, and shooting a big studio feature. My career and life have only gotten better since that.
BILL TAYLOR, ASC
When I asked Freddie Francis for his secret to glamour lighting, he said, ‘Put a great Big light over the lens. And get Brooke Shields if you can.’
JOHN S.BARTLEY, ASC, CSC
‘Light the Set, then turn off half the lights and shoot.’
PETER KOZACHICK, ASC
At ILM, Dennis Muren, ASC had a simple, powerful phrase:’ One Shot, one Thought.’ When we lapse into gliding the lily on a setup, that quote provides a reality check.
ROSS BERRYMAN, ASC, ACS
‘Be nice to people on your way up because you never know who you’re going to meet on the way down.’
VICTOR GOSS, ASC
When I was becoming successful shooting commercials, a wise producer friend learned over in a screening room once and whispered ‘Don’t let this go to your head.’About 23 years later, I figured out what he meant.
DONALD McALPINE, ASC, ACS
The late and wonderful Phil Gersh, my agent for many years, listed the directors one should avoid working with. I’m not going to publish that list.Reports and anecdotes over the years have been an indication of grief avoided.
To Be Continued… –つづく…
From ASC CLOSE UP Vol 88(2007)
What’s The Best Professional Advice you’ve received?
RON DEXTER, ASC
While I Worked in construction with my dad, he told me that if I gave customers more than they bargained for, they would return and never question the bill. I worked with some of the same commercial-agency clients for 30 years.
Feb. Vol 88#2 NOT AVAILABLE NOT EDITED ON THE ISSUE
HIRO NARITA, ASC
I Was invited to join the cinematographers shooting The Last Waltz , for which director Martin Scorsese prepared an elaborate shooting script for each camera position and every performer.David Myers, an accomplished and wise cameraman of much greater experience than I at the time, took me aside and whispered, ‘Go with your instincts.’ His advice stays with me even today.
VINCENT COX, ASC
‘There are never any problems,only solutions’
NANCY SCHREIBER, ASC
Never take rejection personally if you don’t get a job. There re so many cinematographers vying for so few jobs, and there are many forces at work that have nothing to do with one’s talent.
RICHARD P.CRUDO, ASC
Never give up. Always keep a positive attitude. Attention to detail.
DAVID STUMP, ASC
The thing that makes you a filmmaker is the act of making a film.
BILL ROE, ASC
Don’t be afraid to push yourself and trust yourself.
Sept. Vol 88#9 NOT AVAILABLE NOT EDITED ON THE ISSUE
JOHN BAILEY, ASC
Early in my carer, as an assistant doing commercials, I found myself sitting at the top of a Titan Crane next to the great Phil Lathrop, ASC waiting for the sun to set for a wide beauty shot of cars. He sat there patiently behind the lens. I learned toward him and said, ‘I’m just starting in the business and hope someday to be a cinematographer.What advice could you give me?’ He looked at me and so hard I felt like bailing off the crane.’Only one thing, kid,’ he said. ‘Sit down whenever you can’
JOHN HORA, ASC
‘It’s only a film, ‘which, coupled with ‘This too will pass,’ pretty much takes care of it.
CHRISTIAN SEBALDT, ASC
My Dad told me:’ Always be prepared, do your homework.’ I can only do my best if I know what a scene is about, what the purpose of every shot is, how it needs to advance the story and how it fits into the over-all editing puzzle.
To Be Continued… –つづく…
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