DA LAMÚRIA DO CINEMA

Pertenço à turma do Hitchcock no que se refere à verdadeira necessidade para fazer um bom filme. Segundo ele, são necessárias 3 coisas: "Argumento, argumento, argumento".
Contudo, para os que não concebem um filme sem o primado da imagem perfeita e ao mesmo tempo não conseguem seduzir os júris do ICAM, remeto para o texto que se segue. Uma das 4 mulheres admitidas na American Society of Cinematographers (só isto já daria assunto de conversa, mas adiante...) ganhou em Sundance, este ano, o prémio de melhor fotografia. Com um caríssimo aparato de 35mm? Não. Com uma câmara miniDV. Armadilhada, é certo. Mas ainda assim...
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"Veteran director of photography Nancy Schreiber A.S.C. was recently honored with the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for her ?exceptional photography? on the drama November starring Courteney Cox, James Le Gros and Anne Archer, and directed by Greg Harrison. ?November,? produced by IFC Productions? digital initiative InDigEnt and Map Point Pictures, was shot with Panasonic AG-DVX100 Mini-DV 3-CCD camcorders.
For Schreiber (only the fourth woman voted into membership into the American Society of Cinematographers), this is her second Cinematography Award from Sundance, having shared the 1997 prize for My America?or Honk If You Love Buddha. Among her many other accolades are a Kodak Vision Award, an Emmy nomination (HBO?s ?Celluloid Closet?), and an IFP Spirit Award nomination for her striking work on Chain of Desire, starring Linda Fiorentino and Malcolm McDowell. Other projects include ?Your Friends and Neighbors, directed by Neil LaBute, starring Ben Stiller, Amy Brenneman and Jason Patric; and Loverboy, directed by Kevin Bacon, starring Kyra Sedgwick, Sandra Bullock, and Matt Dillon. She has shot more than 100 music videos for such recording artists as Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Sting, Van Morrison and Reba McIntire. In 2000, Schreiber was named one of Varietys ten top DPs to watch.
From a script by first-time screenwriter Benjamin Brand, November, which had its premiere at Sundance, stars Cox as Sophie Jacobs, a photographer who is stricken with feelings of guilt and sadness when her boyfriend is murdered during a robbery. Haunted by a belief that she could have somehow prevented the death, Sophie soon begins to see things that should not be there, and is forced to question the reality around her. The New York Times took note of Schreiber's inventive digital camerawork on this noirish puzzle drama.
Familiar with her work, filmmaker Harrison approached Schreiber and invited her to DP November. Impressed by the script and Harrison's commitment to make the movie a visually rigorous and artistic statement, Schreiber was engaged, but concerned about the technical limitations of DV shooting, which clearly would be dictated by the production budget. I am primarily a film DP, and was concerned about resolution, or sharpness, when shooting November on small, mini DV cameras, then taking the product out to film, she recalled, but I was very interested in the AG-DVX100's 24p capabilities and its Leica lens. At that point, I'd only heard about the camcorder, but we tested it, and were impressed with its color handling, and my ability to control contrast and work in a totally manual mode. I particularly liked the ability to shoot at 1/24th sec shutter speed, which meant I could shoot inside or outside at night, with much less light. The camera also handled the highlights well, with a beautiful burn-out, and fewer artifacts than other similarly priced cameras.
The breakthrough AG-DVX100 is a unique Mini-DV 3-CCD camcorder with exclusive CineSwitch? technology that supports 480i/60 (NTSC), cinema-style 480p/24fps and 480p/30fps image capture. Panasonic is now delivering an upgraded version of the AG-DVX100, the AG-DVX100A, with more than 20 new features.
"November" was shot in and around Los Angeles over the course of 15 days last May. The production used two AG-DVX100s, with an occasional third camcorder utilized for pick-up shots.