In a new Dune cinematographer interview, DP Greig Fraser says he had to "forget" the world of Star Wars when shooting what he calls a "standalone epic."
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Rogue One cinematographer Greig Fraser has been hired to shoot The Batman (with a camera, not a gun, relax).
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Linus Sandgren, who shot La La Land, is reportedly the new Bond 25 cinematographer. And Greig Fraser (Rogue One) is eying Denis Villeneuve's Dune.
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Star Wars has long been a film series that helped push technology forward, beginning with the original 1977 film. That movie was a pioneer in visual effects, with the first large-scale use of motion-control camera systems, and also helped push Dolby Stereo into theaters. But one of the new Star Wars films might be using a fusion…
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There's too much important stuff in this edition of Star Wars Bits to waste time. Read about the following: Star Wars Episode VIII will shoot on 35mm film. Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One will shoot partially with a 6K camera and new Panavision lenses. Daisy Ridley drops a hint about Rey's lineage in Star Wars:…
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We don't know what the Star Wars spinoff directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) is about, and in fact we don't know much, beyond the release date -- the current date for the film is December 16, 2016 -- and fact that Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli) is writing, But now we know who is shooting…
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There's a lot to be said for timing when it comes to film awards, and in that respect things couldn't have worked out better for Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. While most audiences won't even have a chance to see the film until early next year, the first screenings of the movie have drawn rave…
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