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January 2012 online articles
Volume 93, Number 01

Cold Case
Jeff Cronenweth, ASC and David Fincher investigate a compelling mystery for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Presidents Desk
On Piracy

Production Slate

DVD Playback
Reviews of current and upcoming DVD releases:

ASC Close-Up
Brief interviews with ASC members about their careers and inspirations. This month: Rodrigo Prieto

Featured in the January Print Edition:

  • War Horse
  • Coriolanus
  • Digital Workflows
  • String Theory
  • The Descendants

 
 
DVD PLAYBACK:
Featured Titles
Le Beau Serge & Les Cousins (1958, 1959)
Cin: Henri Decae
Dir: Claude Chabrol
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Cin: Karl Struss, ASC
Dir: Earle C. Kenton
Little Big Man (1970)
Cin: Harry Stradling Jr., ASC
Dir: Arthur Penn
 

FEBRUARY ’12 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Big Miracle
  • Rampart
  • Luck
  • ASC Lifetime Achievement Award: Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC
Departments:
  • Short Takes: Time-lapse views of the Earth created from NASA expeditions
  • Production Slate: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Act of Valor
  • Filmmakers’ Forum: Recap of the Golden Eye Festival of Cameramen by Hiro Narita, ASC
  • ASC Close Up: Roberto Schaefer

MARCH ’12 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Chronicle
  • The Walking Dead
  • Homeland
  • Downton Abbey
  • ASC Career Achievement in Television Award: William Wages, ASC
  • ASC Presidents Award: Francis Kenny, ASC
Departments:
  • Short Takes: When You Find Me short, shot with Canon's recently introduced Cinema EOS C300 digital camera
  • Production Slate: Project X and The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
  • Filmmakers’ Forum: Vincent De Paula on how to successfully negotiate with producers for a preferred shooting format
  • ASC Close Up: Jonathan Taylor