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Top Gun: Maverick and Better Call Saul
Take Top Honors
59th CAS Awards Reveal Best in Sound Mixing for 2022

The sound mixing teams for Top Gun: Maverick, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Moonage Daydream and Obi-Wan Kenobi were the big film winners, while Better Call Saul, Only Murders In The Building and Formula 1: Drive to Survive won the top television honors at the 59th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards in Los Angeles on March …

Top Gun: Maverick and Better Call Saul
Take Top Honors
59th CAS Awards Reveal Best in Sound Mixing for 2022
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ZEISS Cinematography Returns to SXSW Creative Industries Expo
Exclusive Conversation Rob McLachlan, ASC, CSC 

Rob McLachlan, ASC, CSC shoots with ZEISS Austin, Texas, March 12-15: ZEISS is back this March to showcase the latest in cine lens and visual effects technology at the South by Southwest Creative Industries Expo. The distinguished lens maker will exhibit modern cinema optics, as well as presenting a conversation with esteemed cinematographer Rob McLachlan, …

ZEISS Cinematography Returns to SXSW Creative Industries Expo
Exclusive Conversation Rob McLachlan, ASC, CSC 
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Time in Pixels’ Nobe OmniScope and AJA I/O Technology Advance Video Analysis 

Access to accurate information about the color and exposure of source footage is crucial to the color workflow on any production, making video scopes essential to modern grading suites and digital imaging technician (DIT) carts. Recognizing a need to address persistent information gaps, Time in Pixels Founder Tomasz (Tom) Huczek developed Nobe OmniScope, a software-based suite of …

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6P Color’s Full Color Range™ System Premiering at HPA
Revealing Colors Between the Colors

This year’s HPA Tech Retreat saw 6P Color Inc’s debut in the iZone, where visitors were invited to experience the latest advancements in color processing and display technology. For the first time, demonstrations were held of 6P Color’s Full Color Range (FCR™) system, designed to offer an unprecedented viewing experience by providing nearly full spectrum …

6P Color’s Full Color Range™ System Premiering at HPA
Revealing Colors Between the Colors
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Cinematographer Zach Kuperstein Shoots with ZEISS for Barbarian

Cinematographer Zach Kuperstein was tapped by Boulderlight Pictures to lens the 2022 hit horror-thriller Barbarian, directed by Zach Cregger. The film follows the sinister happenings at and under 476 Barbary Street in a downtrodden neighborhood in the outskirts of Detroit. The genre-twisting narrative opens as Tess Marshall (Georgina Campbell) arrives to find a suspicious stranger …

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February 2023 Photos

With the new year underway, we thought it was a great time to get serious about stress! We were thrilled to welcome Lydia Hurlbut, CEO of Filmmakers Academy, who shared with us strategies to combat stress. Having been married to renowned Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, for 35 years, Lydia has had a front row seat to …

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April 12, 2023

MAKING THE LEAP FROM AE TO EDITOR ON SHOWTIME’S “YELLOWJACKET” Long hours, working late, synching dailies, punctuality, flexibility, and problem solving are just some of the duties of an Assistant Editor. Join us online for our April 2023 meeting as Emmy Award nominated editor Kevin D. Ross, ACE returns to the LAPPG to discuss cutting …

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March 8, 2023

We’re Back…. In Person That Is! (for March) Join us for our first in-person meeting in 3 years! We are thrilled to have the chance to bring everyone together again at the amazing ZEISS Cine Lens Demo Center! Details below… Integrating Lens Metadata into a Visual Effects Workflow & ZEISS Cinema Lens Demo Center Tour …

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January 2023 Photos

What a great way to start the year with an online workshop from Jem Schofield. We got to watch Jem create various set ups using different equipment from Aputure, Manfrotto, Wescott, and Rosco. And one the best parts is we were able to ask questions directly to Jem as it was happening. The feedback from …

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Steve Yedlin, ASC, lenses Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story with ZEISS Supreme Primes

Yedlin, ASC on location for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (2022) Long-time collaborators, cinematographer Steve Yedlin, ASC, and director Rian Johnson, have been pushing each other creatively since their late teens. Yedlin would go on to lens all of Johnson’s feature films, notably Looper and Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. Their latest …

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