Blackmagic Design’s Pocket Cinema Camera digital film camera, as well as its DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, grading and finishing solution, were used on some of this year’s Oscar nominated films, including “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Arrival” and “Moonlight.”
Some of the 2017 Oscar nominated films that used Blackmagic Design products include:
- “4.1 Miles” graded with DaVinci Resolve by colorist Chris O’Dea;
- “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld of Deluxe’s Company 3;
- “Arrival” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist Joe Gawler of Harbor Picture Company;
- “Fire at Sea” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist Andrea Orsini of Grande Mela Film;
- “Hacksaw Ridge” featured several action scenes shot on Pocket Cinema Cameras by DP Simon Duggan;
- “Joe’s Violin” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist Erik Choquette of Outpost Digital, the post facility for RadicalMedia;
- “Moonlight” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist Alex Bickel of Color Collective;
- “Nocturnal Animals” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist Siggy Ferstl of Deluxe’s Company 3;
- “Silence” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist Tim Stipan of Deluxe’s Company 3; and
- “Tanna” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by colorist CJ Dobson.
Tilda Swinton Explores Assisted Suicide In Pedro Almodóvar’s 1st English-Language Feature
Although "The Room Next Door" is Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language feature, Tilda Swinton notes that he's never written in a language that anyone else truly speaks.
"He writes in Pedro language, and here he is making another film in another version of Pedro language, which just happens to sound a little bit like English," Swinton said.
Set in New York, Swinton stars as Martha, a terminally ill woman who chooses to end her life on her own terms. After reconnecting with her friend Ingrid, played by Julianne Moore, Martha persuades her to stay and keep her company before she goes through with her decision.
Beyond the film's narrative, Swinton said she believes individuals should have a say in their own living and dying. She acknowledges that she has personally witnessed a friend's compassionate departure.
"In my own life I had the great good fortune to be asked by someone in Martha's position to be his Ingrid (Julianne Moore)," Swinton said.
She said that experience shaped her attitude about life and death: "Not only my capacity to be witness to other people in that situation, but my own living and my own dying."
Swinton spoke about "The Room Next Door," Almodóvar and he idea of letting people die on their own terms. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
Q: Tackling that role, what was the challenge to get into the character?
SWINTON: I felt really blessed by the opportunity. So many of us have been in the situation Julianne Moore's character finds herself in, being asked to be the witness of someone who is dying. Whether that wanting to orchestrate their own dismount or not, to be in that position to be a witness is something that I've been... Read More