What a night! The Shape of Watercame through in the closest Best Picture race in years. LiteGear would like to give a special shoutout to all of this year’s nominees. We’d also like to congratulate Roger Deakins on his long overdue first ever Best Cinematography Award for his sensational work in Blade Runner 2049. This […]
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Bithell Gives an Inside Look at the Lighting Approach for Francis Lawrence’s Latest Mystery Thriller If you’ve seen the trailer for Red Sparrow, you’d immediately notice the riveting and mesmeric cinematography conducted by Jo Willems, ASC, SBC. This isn’t surprising seeing that Walter Bithell, Jo Willems, and director Florence Lawrence previously worked together on the […]
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An In-Depth Look with Gaffer Jonathan Franklin For Daniel Day Lewis’ final feature film, he portrays Reynolds Woodcock, a well-known 1950’s dressmaker living in London. Reynolds’ life is quite tailored and routine, until he meets Alma (Vicky Krieps), whom he unexpectedly falls in love with. Gaffer Jonathan Franklin, Lighting Cameraman Mike Bauman, and Director Paul […]
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Feb
Well, that’s another fantastic ASC Awards night in the books. LiteGear would like to give a special shoutout to all of this year’s nominees, and congratulate Roger Deakins on his well-deserved Best Feature Cinematography Award for his visually stunning work in Blade Runner 2049. This is Deakins’ 4th ASC Award win. He also took home […]
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The latest Marvel universe installment follows Black Panther(Chadwick Boseman) as he returns home to Wakanda, a small technologically advanced African nation, to defend it from an old enemy. This is the super hero’s solo feature debut and slated to be first of many stand alone films yet to come. With a commendable 98% Rotten Tomatoes […]
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Lynch Gives an Inside Look at the Lighting Scheme for Season 5 The HBO original series follows a group of computer programmers and their quest to build a successful start up company (Pied Piper) using a game-changing algorithm. Heading into its fifth season, Silicon Valleyhas had quite the run so far, garnering wide critical praise, […]
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Gonzalez Discusses His Lighting Approach The Netflix original series follows two FBI agents in the late 1970’s who begin to explore the psychology of homicide, and start to uncover its advantages in furthering the expansion of criminal science. With the show taking place a over few decades ago, it was important for Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt, […]
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Greta Gerwig and Rachel Morrison Highlight the List of Contenders this Year LiteGear would like to congratulate all of the 2018 Oscar nominated films. We are honored to have been involved with several of these productions, including Lady Bird, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Phantom Thread, and many others. The Academy Awards will take place Sunday, March 4 (ABC, […]
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Jan
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriSnags the Award for Best Ensemble, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor LiteGear congratulates all 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awardhonorees. We would also like to give a special shout out toThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Crown, and Veep. Each of these films/shows utilized a variety of LiteGear products. Below is […]
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An in Depth Look at a Few of the Films that Utilized LiteGear Products Cinematographer Jomo Fray Discusses his Lighting Approach in Emergency Emergencycenters around a group of young Black and Latino friends thrown into a compromising situation, and carefully weigh the pros and cons of calling the police. “We wanted to go dark and […]