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Worldwide Edition Jon Fauer, ASC www.fdtimes.com Sept 2012 Combined Issues 50-51 Art, Technique and Technology in Motion Picture Production Worldwide Worldwide Edition Taylor Swift Sony F65 Music Video Roger Deakins, ASC with Alexa on Skyfall Canon EOS C100, Cinema Lenses Leica Summilux-C Factory Tour A Cooke Look Back How Hawk Anamorphics are Made ARRI Alexa Studio Anamorphic Films ARRI/ZEISS Anamorphics Jerusalem 3D IMAX June 2012 • Issue 49 1 FDTimes September 2012 Issue 50-51 Contents Art, Technique and Technology Sony F65 on Taylor Swift ..........................................................................4-6 Rembrandt’s Grip ........................................................................................ 7 is the journal and guide to technique and Film and Digital Times Roger Deakins on Skyfall with Alexa Studio ..............................................8-11 technology, tools and how-tos for Cinematographers, Photogra- Jerusalem 3D IMAX .............................................................................12-16 phers, Directors, Producers, Studio Chieftains, Camera Assistants, Zsigmond & Goodich on “Kickstart Theft” ................................................... 17 Camera Operators, Grips, Gaffers, Crews, Rental Houses, and Alexa Studio 4:3 Anamorphic on Gibraltar ..............................................18-19 Manufacturers. ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic Primes .................................................20-21 Alexa Studio 4:3 and Hawk Anamorphics on Miserere ............................22-23 It’s written, edited, and published by Jon Fauer, ASC, an award- Why We Make Hawk Anamoprhics the Way We Do ................................24-27 winning Cinematographer, Director, and author of 14 bestselling Hawk Vintage ‘74 Anamorphic Lenses ....................................................... 28 books (over 120,000 in print—famous for their user-friendly way “Did I Say That?” Danys Bruyère on Anamorphic ......................................... 29 of explaining things as if you were right there on location with A Cooke Look Back ..............................................................................30-35 him). With inside-the-industry “secrets-of the-pros” information, Angénieux at IBC and Cinec 19.5-94 and 28-340 ...................................... 37 Film and Digital Times is delivered to you by subscription or invita- A Canon Conversation ..........................................................................38-39 tion, online or on paper. We don’t take ads and are supported by Stop the Presses. Canon EOS C100 ........................................................... 40 readers and sponsors. New Canon Cinema Lenses ....................................................................... 41 Ron Howard and Canon ............................................................................. 41 © 2012 Film and Digital Times, Inc. 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She just changed on the fly while everything else was moving. Taylor literally would run. There would be a person on each arm and each leg putting stuff onto her. Whether Velcro or whether she was wearing three outfits and one of them would come off to reveal the next, it was all meticulously designed with the costume designer. He was involved from the get-go. When people see it they will ask, “How did they do that?” We used Leica Prime lenses. The Leica’s really played into the scope of the camera, the Sony F65. Sony is a brand partner of Taylor’s.
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