When I was a camera assistant, I remember watching the dailies at the end of a day of shooting. I would take my scooter or my car, go to Epinay, go up the stairs that led to the screening room, where I would wait with a knot in my stomach for the room to go dark and see the raw images, with no sound, where I would see the scenes we had shot the previous day, and my relief when we had gotten it right, and the desire to melt into the darkness when we hadn’t. Those are my first memories of Éclair.
During their last meeting in early March 2015, the members of the Board of Directors of the AFC decided to induct five new members into the association. Two Directors of Photography will be joining the AFC as active members, two corporations will be joining as associate members, and one new consulting member has also been admitted. Active Members:
The AFC Nominates its new Executive Committee for the Year 2015 Following the AFC’s Ordinary General Assembly held on Saturday, 21 March 2015, a board meeting was held in order to elect the members of the Executive Committee for 2015. Nathalie Durand, Laurent Chalet, and Vincent Mathias were elected (or reelected) co-presidents of the AFC.
This is the continuation of the daily photo journal that Gilles Porte, AFC, has been keeping while shooting Safy Nebbou’s film The Consolations of the Forest in Siberia. Gilles has been asking other members of the team to give him one of the two photos sent to us every day, and writes the legends himself. Take a look at these images from their sixth week on location.
This is the continuation of the daily photo journal that Gilles Porte, AFC, has been keeping while shooting Safy Nebbou’s film The Consolations of the Forest in Siberia. Gilles has been asking other members of the team to give him one of the two photos sent to us every day, and writes the legends himself. Take a look at these images from their fifth week on location.
This is the continuation of the daily photo journal that Gilles Porte, AFC, has been keeping while shooting Safy Nebbou’s film The Consolations of the Forest in Siberia. Gilles has been asking other members of the team to give him one of the two photos sent to us every day, and writes the legends himself. Take a look at these images from their fourth week on location.
This is the continuation of the daily photo journal that Gilles Porte, AFC, has been keeping while shooting Safy Nebbou’s film The Consolations of the Forest in Siberia. Gilles has been asking other members of the team to give him one of the two photos sent to us every day, and writes the legends himself. Take a look at these images from their third week on location.
This is the continuation of the daily photo journal that Gilles Porte, AFC, has been keeping while shooting Safy Nebbou’s film The Consolations of the Forest in Siberia. Gilles has been asking other members of the team to give him one of the two photos sent to us every day, and writes the legends himself. Take a look at these images from their second week on location.
Gilles Porte, AFC, is currently filming on location in Siberia. Like he did during Summer 2014 while shooting Mai Masri’s film 3000 Nights, he has offered to send us two snapshots from the daily photo journal he is keeping while working on The Consolations of the Forest, directed by Safy Nebbou. Although this time around, he is asking other members of the team to provide one of the two daily photos, whose legend he will write himself. Take a look at these images from their first week on location.
The French cinematographic community has always displayed a keen interest in both the technological and artistic aspects of cinema, especially with many renowned French equipment manufacturers and cinematographers having a successful history in exporting their technologies and talents across the worldwide stage.
Philippe Van Leeuw and Pascal Ridao, AFC Members, selected seven films at the San Sebastian Film Festival’s International Film Students Meeting, presided by Laurent Cantet. Each of them, directed in a different country, many of which are distant, is the expression of a different culture and experience. They were projected during the 3rd Caméflex AFC (7-11 February 2015). A member of the AFC presented each film.
RVZ showed some interesting new products at AFC Micro Salon last week. Jon Fauer, Director of Photography and editor of the famous website Film and Digital Times, gives us his feedback.
Eclectic and determined, enthusiastic and rebellious, from the start of his career Luciano Tovoli upset the habits and traditions of the profession with his mix of verve, self-confidence, and occasional ingenuity. He has what is sometimes called “character”.
The 2015 AFC Micro Salon, which will take place on 6-7 February, features stands on three floors of La fémis: the ground level (courtyard and entrance), the first basement floor (level -1), and the 2nd floor. Access to all levels is via the central staircase inside the building. Below, you will find maps of the various exposition rooms and the location of each of the participating AFC associate members’ stands.
Further information is available on the Micro Salon’s website (in French): microsalon.fr
Once again, there will be many new products to see on the Emit booth this year. The Micro Salon is a privileged moment for our manufactures to share their knowledge and experiences with the end users. Some will find a source of inspiration and others will find solutions to help complete their projects.
The AFC is pleased to announce the arrival of Canon France as its newest Associate Member. A major player in the creation of still and moving images, Canon has listened to cinematographers over the last few years and now offers them new tools that are perfectly adapted to the latest techniques in cinematography.
Accepting the kind invitation of Jacques Delacoux, CEO of Transvideo and Aaton Digital, a delegation of AFC and AFSI (French Association of Film and Television Sound) members travelled to 2, rue de la Paix in Grenoble (Isère Department) on 9 July 2014. This historical place, where Jean-Pierre Beauviala and his co-workers have been designing and manufacturing, inter alia, Aaton cameras and the Cantar-X, the company’s first digital recorder, and where the company with the promising future is currently creating its latest innovation, the Cantar-X3.
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