Netherlands Society of Cinematographers

A Reluctant Specialist: Kommer Kleijn SBC

Written by Annemarie Vestering

Director of photography Kommer Kleijn S.B.C. (photo: Bart van Broekhoven)

When Kommer Kleijn (1959) was preparing to shoot his first movie, the Gulf War had just started. The film industry in Belgium was in ruins, and Klein’s moment seemed gone. Rather than letting it frustrate him, he decided to take advantage of the time to study visual effects, animation and 3D. Now, his telephone doesn’t stop ringing, and he is overwhelmed with constant requests for guidance on stereographic films.

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ARRI Alexa workflows op REDtalk

Written by Bart van Broekhoven

Op REDtalk -- de ontmoetingsplek voor digitale camera gebruikers -- zijn verschillende Arri Alexa testverslagen te vinden. Afgelopen week verscheen er een inventarisatie van de Alexa workflows. Uit de inleiding: "Draaien met de ARRI Alexa bied nogal wat mogelijkheden kwa workflow. Omdat de ProRes optie officieel nog niet beschikbaar is, moet er naar alternatieven gezocht worden. Hier een poging wat te inventariseren en te vergelijken."

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"Go to take a reading, Luciano Tovoli!"

Written by Bart van Broekhoven

Luciano Tovoli: "I arrived to the love of cinema trough photography. Mostly did I photograph lights. At home. Lights that come from the window, shadows. I do always the same thing. I have a great collection of this stuff. Sometimes it helps me, when I am inside a studio, shooting a movie, if I need the atmosphere of a dawn or dusk I go to my archives and I see. One great passion at that moment was real photography. And one photographer, most of all, of the group of photographers I like, was Cartier Bresson."

Shooting with the Wescam system for 'The Passanger'. Director of photography Luciano Tovoli: "He was a funny guy, Antonioni, you don't imagine: so serious. No, no. He was all the time saying things for laughing. Playing cards. Dancing all the time. The nearest nightclub: he was there! But he didn't want to speak about the movie!" (image courtesy of Sony Picture Classics)

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Written by Richard van Oosterhout

As an addition to the article Edwin wrote, a bit extra from my experience.

Currently I am shooting a comedy called: : "Het Spaanse Scheap" on the Canon 1Dmk4.

THe Series is produced bj Kemna & Sons with IDTV for KRO T

Director Norbert ter Hall, focus-puller Mark du Plessis, DoP Richard van Oosterhout N.S.C. and actress Loes Luca shooting "Het Spaanse Schaep" (photography: Maria and Roxane van Oosterhout)

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Written by Annemarie Vestering

Recently the movie Avatar was released. An American SF-film in 3D from the Canadian Direcotr James Cameron. HE spent four years on, probably the most expensive and best visited 3D movie ever. It raises the question about the state of 3D movie making in the Netherlands. An interview with Mick van Rossum NSC, who just finsihed the movie Amphibious; the first Dutch feature in 3 dimensions