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Australian Cinematographer is published quarterly for members and associates 2009/10 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE of the Australian Cinematographers Society President: Editor: branch Ron Johanson ACS (Qld) Butch Calderwood ACS addresses Vice-Presidents: Chairman: Ernie Clark ACS (SA) Ted Rayment ACS Alan Cole ACS (Vic) Associate Editors: National & Secretary: Tony Luu ACS New South Wales David Wakeley ACS (NSW) Morris Hood BA DipEd PO Box 207, Heidi Tobin Cammeray, NSW 2062 Assistant Secretary: Robb Shaw-Velzon (ACT) Art Department: Brad Sampson Victoria Treasurer: PO Box 2023, Mylene Ludgate (SA) Consultant: Sth Melbourne, VIC 3205 Craig Pickersgill Assistant Treasurer: Ernie Clark ACS (SA) Contributing Writers: Manny Aston BA Queensland Historian: John Bowring ACS 11 Balaclava Street, Ron Windon ACS Judd Overton Woolloongabba QLD 4006 NSW President: Roger Lanser ACS Calvin Gardiner ACS Nicola Daley Drew Llewelyn South Australia VIC President: Sam Cleveland PO Box 705, Alan Cole ACS Vivyan Maddigan North Adelaide, SA 5006 Craig Berkman QLD President: Ron Johanson ACS Tim McGahan ACS Mike Seymour Western Australia SA President: Tony Luu PO Box 476, Ernie Clark ACS Daryl Binning ACS Leederville, WA 6903 David Walpole WA President: Jason Thomas Printing: Tasmania Heroprint 48 Diamond Drive, TAS President: Blackmans Bay, TAS 7052 Peter Curtis ACS Publishers: AustCine Publishing ACT President: PO Box 402, Robb Shaw-Velzen ACT West Ryde NSW 1685 PO Box 1558, NT President: National Library of Australia: Woden, ACT 2602 Ian Redfearn ISSN 1440-978X Website: Print Post Approved: NT Craig Pickersgill PP255003/03506 Simon Russell PO Box 2111, Parap, NT 0820 4 CONTENTS ISSUE #50 JUNE 2011 10 departments 06 From the Editor Letterst Quarterly Journal of the 06 Australian Cinematographers Society features 30 08 From the President ON SET - Sinbad 10 & the Minotaur DOP Nino Martinetti ACS BY Sam Cleveland Big Picture 2011 National 46 BY Manny Aston BA 14 Awards For 14 Cinematography Kodak Q&A Series CML 16 BYVivyan Maddigan 47 BY David Walpole 32 Hall of Fame Malcolm Richards ACS New Gear 18 Ron & Valerie Taylor 48 NAB Review The Golden Hour 20 BY Craig Berkman 16 New Gear 52 BY Mike Seymour Polishing the Valiant 24 BY Roger Lanser ACS 38 New Gear 54 BY Tony Luu ACS Night Rider 30 BY Drew Llewelyn ACS Short Ends Big Mamma’s Boy 20 56 32 BY Judd Overton The Way Back Book Review 38 DOP Russell Boyd ACS ASC 42 57 BY Rosemary Reid BA BY Nicola Daley In Memoriam 42 John Bowring ACS 60 Snaps Cover: Nino Martinetti ACS 24 Copyright AustCine Publishing and The Australian Cinematographers Society (2011) All expressions of opinion are published on the basis that they are not representing the offi cial opinion of the Australian Cinematographers Society, unless ex- pressly stated. Australian Cinematographers Society accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any opinions, advice, representations or information contained in this publication. Australian Cinematographer is copyright, no part of it can be reproduced without prior written permission from the Society. All reproductions in this magazine have been done so with permission and credited accordingly. 5 FROM THE EDITOR FROM THE EDITOR LETTERS fter twelve and a half years this magazine has made it Dear Sir to 50 issues. That is quite an achievement, not only for Avolunteers, but also for the people who write articles I want to thank the magazine for reviewing my and send us pictures. documentary “From The Outback To The World: 90 Years of Qantas Innovation” in the last issue. There Last week I sat through a TV screening of Cecil B. DeMille’s seems to have been a misunderstanding on the part of bum-numbing epic, The Ten Commandments, made in 1956. the reviewer that this was paid for by Qantas and a And the same night, on a commercial channel was the 2006 promotional exercise for them. It was most definitely not. production of The Ten Commandments. It was interesting to see the different styles with DeMille being very ‘theatre stage’ The film has been produced entirely independently and the fluid movement of the 2006 effort. of the airline and we are in fact paying them for the unprecedented access to their remarkable film library. Our new office in the National Headquarters is open for business and this is the first magazine to be issued from it.. We set out to tell the inspiring story that we found in their history, one that I felt was an important part of Australia’s PLEASE READ THESE FEW WORDS! growth and relationship to the world since the 1920’s. DEADLINES These are published in each issue for the I am also pleased to offer AC readers a discount following issues. In future, submissions made after the on copies ordered through the film’s website www. published date will appear in the following issue. There will qantashistory.com - using the discount code “ACS” will be no exemptions. give a discount of $5 per DVD. PHOTOGRAPHS Please send pictures as attachments with I’m sure that Qantas travel has been a big part of the captions and please credit the photographer. We spend a lot working lives of many Australian cinematographers of time tracking down captions. 300dpi is the minimum scan. and that many of those have even taken footage for Hi Rez pix only please. the airline. If anyone has shot footage featured in the film or knows who shot particular material they are LETTERS Please send all letters of complaints, suggestions etc. welcome to contact me to help us compile a list of the to Cinematographers and Directors to be featured on the [email protected] cc [email protected] website. Thank you for your attention. Yours sincerely, Butch Calderwood ACS Ben Allan ACS Editor LitePad Axiom is a revolutionary LED light from Rosco specifically designed for filmmakers, videographers and still photographers. Its steel and aluminium housing is designed not only to protect the light source, but to make a variety of mounting solutions quick and easy. The housing includes a gel slot for adding Cinegel colour or spot lenses. A wide range of kits & mounting options are now available. Rosco Australia - 42 Sawyer Lane, Artarmon NSW 2064 Phone: 02 9906-6262 email: [email protected] web: www.rosco.com 6 Black is black. Sony’s new OLED master monitors are here. 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One was Authorship and we discussed at length the concept; “Is the cinematographer the author of the image still valid or recognised by industry given the highly collaborative nature of the industry today and how do we protect our contributions to a project in the face of massive digital post production contributions?” Of the 22 countries represented, some could say they had co - authorship rights, but even these were somewhat restricted. As we are all aware Australia has none, but we are in good company with the USA, UK, Canada, France and Italy.