Jon Fauer, ASC IBC Wrap-Up Online Edition • October 2009 Issue 28 Contents The Journal of Art, Technique and Special IBC Report Technology for Film, Video and Our Special Online IBC Report begins with a lament on the sorry Digital Production state of lighting paintings in many museums and galleries. The art- ist surely worked long and hard to express a mood or convey emo- Film and Digital Times is the journal and guide to technique and technology, tions with a careful representation of lighting, by lighting with the tools and how-tos for Cinematographers, Photographers, Directors, Produc- paints and brushes available. Several centuries later, the painting ers, Studio Chieftains, Camera Assistants, Camera Operators, Grips, Gaffers, is hanging in a museum, lit with glaring lights. It’s similar to the Crews, Rental Houses, and Manufacturers. frustration a cinematographer feels when seeing ones work on an It’s published, written and edited Jon Fauer, ASC, an award-winning Cinema- airplane where every overhead monitor is a different color. tographer, Director, and author of 14 bestselling books (over 120,000 in print—famous for their user-friendly way of explaining things as if you were We come full circle in our Lighting Paintings story at the end of right there on location with him). With inside-the-industry “secrets-of the-pros” this issue. Read about the new dedolights specifically designed for information from professionals who shoot, direct, light, design, and edit, Film museums and galleries. and Digital Times is delivered to you by subscription or invitation, online or on The rest of this issue takes you to Amsterdam and IBC, the huge paper. We don’t take ads and are supported by readers and sponsors. Foreign correspondents: Oli Laperal, Jr., Roman Hoffmann trade show for film, television, broadcast and imaging. I hope it’s Contributing photographers: Dorian Weber almost as good as being there, without the jet lag. Marketing Guru: John Johnston. © 2009 Film and Digital Times, Inc. 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With 55 remaining full transcripts of the interviews conducted Tony Richmond, ASC, BSC from 2003 and 2005 for the feature-length documentary . As with Cinematographer Style Pete Romano, ASC Volume One, the pages are packed with advice, anecdotes, lessons and history from some Paul Ryan, ASC of the world’s top cinematographers. It’s a dialogue on the art and craft of filmmaking, in John Schwartzman, ASC which the authors of the images discuss their backgrounds, dreams, struggles and style. Dante Spinotti, ASC The lesson from these interviews is that cinematography is an art, like paint- Uli Steiger, ASC ing, writing or composing, and no two artists express themselves