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A life devoted to film
Never before had a pope set foot on the Indian subcontinent. When Paul IV visited Mumbai in 1964, R.M. Rao had just graduated from the state film academy (Film and Television Institute of India) and...
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Lots of movement in front of the lens
What is “Weaponized“ about? Weaponized, starring Mickey Rourke, Tom Sizemore and Johnny Messner is about a damaged homicide detective who must prevent a grieving father from unleashing a “robotic...
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“Church’s loves Compton” with Jason Hernandez
by Jason Hernandez To be good at my job I have to adapt to any situation and overcome any hurdle on a daily basis, whether it’s light, people, stealing locations and even avoiding police, I need to be...
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Almost in Hollywood?!
Ideally a final film study project should showcase everything you have learned during your studies in one 90-minute film. But sometimes short instead of long is sufficient to demonstrate that graduates...
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The Watchmaker
Watchmaking is an art. It takes many tiny steps and often months to finish these precious time pieces. In this short film, cinematographer Matthew Allard portraits a Japanese independent watchmaker,...
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Boudoir Shooting with ZEISS Milvus and Otus – the next generation of awesome
The Onyx Cinema team first dabbled into the use of the ZEISS Classic ZE Primes back in 2010, when we rented them for a DSLR short film. We chose them because of their reputation for being sharp,...
View ArticleSony A7 camera series and ZEISS Loxia lenses – Manual focus to explore...
The ZEISS Loxia lenses are small, robust and made of metal. They offer exceptional image quality. The focus ring has a rotation angle of 180°, which enables fine focusing on the subject. A harmonious...
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Keep it small and light – Shooting in the Nepalese Jungle
In April/May 2016 I shot a wildlife documentary about the red panda for German television. When ZEISS offered me the Loxia lenses and one ZEISS Batis I was really excited. I also liked the aspect that...
View Article“Vitality Taipei” – a time-lapse video about Taiwan’s vital capital
Time-lapse is a wonderful technique: It is hypnotic and enables the viewers to escape from their normal vision. It captures places with movements and jump over time, seasons, weather, and light in a...
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Action in serenity
The requirements from the client were simple: show the beauty of Norway. And so the team, consisting of three extreme athletes and two cameramen, traveled to the Lofoten, north of the Arctic Circle,...
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ZEISS LWZ.3: Light and versatile on set
About two kilos (4.4 lbs), outstanding optical quality, long focus rotation angle, high quality materials – these properties characterize the newest cine lens for the Super 35 format from ZEISS: the...
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The Tetons
“The mountains are calling and I must go …” John Muir I received a package from ZEISS that contained several lenses from the wonderful Milvus family and was asked to put them to the test. Included in...
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“Cinematic Raw – Aerial Dancers” Shoot
– by James Cawley Motion, emotion, lighting and movement are a vital part of telling a story in a visual way. When ZEISS sent me some new lenses from the Milvus series, the Milvus 2.8/15 and Milvus...
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The Shooting of “Recipe” with Bill Bennett
by Bill Bennett, ASC Upon first seeing the new ZEISS Lightweight Zoom LWZ.3 21-100mm/T2.9-3.9 T*, I was surprised and pleased with the small size and light weight. In pre-production, I spent an...
View ArticleZero-Budget Production – Five Tips to make it work
Filmmaking is an endlessly powerful medium for communication in that if executed right the artist can summon emotions and even impact the way someone views the world. At the core of filmmaking is the...
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Ready for the right moment
Often it’s coincidence that leads to a film project. DoP Nino Leitner knew Phantom Flex operator Nic Divischek, who had lived for a while in the Shamwari Game Reserve South Africa. The Phantom Flex is...
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Hidden Champion
Pete Romano has been in the film business for more than 30 years. The fact that his name is not as well-known as those of Hollywood actors is little wonder: he works underwater, literally. Yet his work...
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Let Your Equipment Control Your Uncontrollable Settings
The new ZEISS LWZ.3 21-100mm is a cine-style zoom with a nearly 5x zoom range, T stop 2.9-3.9, covering a Super 35mm sensor, comes with the famous flexible IMS interchangeable mounts, weighs only 2kg,...
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Lost Vegas Nevada – Photographic Wanderings with ZEISS Batis
By Jonathan Edwards, Naive Studio Hi, I am Jonathan Edwards of Naive Studio, I am 33 years old and shoot film and stills across a wide range of commercial and branded content. I recently had a trip...
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Defying Gravity
Adi Geisegger had wanted to make a short film about Stephan Martin, his former gliding instructor, for a long time: “While developing the screenplay, I thought that the new and relatively lightweight...
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