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June 2009 online articles
Volume 90, Number 06

A Bold, New Enterprise
Dan Mindel, ASC  brings Star Trek up to warp Speed

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

DVD Playback
Reviews of current and upcoming DVD releases:

Featured in the June Print Edition:

  • Terminator Salvation
  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
  • ASC/PGA Camera-Assessment Series
  • Previsualization
  • Drag Me to Hell
  • Downloading Nancy
  • Post Focus: John Bailey, ASC and Stefan Sonnefeld Debate DI Process
 
DVD PLAYBACK:
Featured Titles
The 400 Blows (1959)
Cin: Henri Decäe
Dir: François Truffaut
Nickelodeon/The Last Picture Show (1971/1976)
Cin: Laszlo Kovacs, ASC; Robert Surtees, ASC
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich
The Wackness (2008)
Cin: Petra Korner
Dir: Jonathan Levine
 

JUNE ’09 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Star Trek
  • Terminator Salvation
  • Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
  • ASC Camera Assessment Series
  • Special Insert: Previsualization
Departments:
  • Short Takes: Life Without Walls
  • Post Focus: Special panel on collaboration between cinematographers and colorists
  • Production Slate: Drag Me to Hell and Downloading Nancy
  • ASC Close-Up: Alan Caso, ASC

AUGUST ’09 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Julie & Julia
  • Angels & Demons
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • The Cove
Departments:
  • Short Takes: Carousel
  • Post Focus: to Technicolor’s DP Lights system
  • Production Slate: Stingray Sam and Cinegear’s ASC/BSC panel
  • ASC Close-Up: Aaron Schneider, ASC