News
14
FEB
2019
2019
Productions
Greig Fraser, ACS, ASC, finds the right combination of film and glass to handle the intense prosthetics, makeup and hair for the story of Dick Cheney
Leicester, UK – February 14, 2019 – Over the 50 years chronicled in Adam McKay’s Vice, cinematographer Greig Fraser had the challenges of photographing actors playing characters twice their age — with intense prosthetics, makeup and hair — while also making a potentially dull series of office-based scenes into a visually interesting story for audiences. To accomplish this feat, Fraser relied on Kodak 200T & 500T film and Cooke Optics’ Anamorphic/i prime lenses.
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Leicester, UK – February 14, 2019 – Over the 50 years chronicled in Adam McKay’s Vice, cinematographer Greig Fraser had the challenges of photographing actors playing characters twice their age — with intense prosthetics, makeup and hair — while also making a potentially dull series of office-based scenes into a visually interesting story for audiences. To accomplish this feat, Fraser relied on Kodak 200T & 500T film and Cooke Optics’ Anamorphic/i prime lenses.
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30
JAN
2019
2019
Events
- SF ‘Special Flair’ lens available to view alongside standard coated lens -
Leicester, UK – 30 January 2019 – Cooke Optics is excited to announce that at BSC Expo 2019 it will present not only a standard Anamorphic/i Full Frame Plus lens, but also - for the first time anywhere – an Anamorphic/i Full Frame Plus lens SF lens. The two 50mm lenses will be demonstrated on Stand 338 at BSC Expo, taking place at Battersea Evolution, London on 1-2 February 2019.
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Leicester, UK – 30 January 2019 – Cooke Optics is excited to announce that at BSC Expo 2019 it will present not only a standard Anamorphic/i Full Frame Plus lens, but also - for the first time anywhere – an Anamorphic/i Full Frame Plus lens SF lens. The two 50mm lenses will be demonstrated on Stand 338 at BSC Expo, taking place at Battersea Evolution, London on 1-2 February 2019.
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9
JAN
2019
2019
Productions
-Matthew Libatique, ASC, calls lens “a game changer” for film’s most dramatic shots-
Leicester, UK – 9 January 2019 – Matthew Libatique, ASC, who has already won the 2018 Hollywood Film Award for Cinematographer of the Year for his work on Warner Bros. Pictures’ A Star Is Born, reveals that he used Cooke Anamorphic/i SF ‘Special Flair’ lenses to help him move the story from the main superstar character Jack (Bradley Cooper — who also directed) to the newcomer Ally (Lady Gaga) in a way that would be believable to today’s audience.
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Leicester, UK – 9 January 2019 – Matthew Libatique, ASC, who has already won the 2018 Hollywood Film Award for Cinematographer of the Year for his work on Warner Bros. Pictures’ A Star Is Born, reveals that he used Cooke Anamorphic/i SF ‘Special Flair’ lenses to help him move the story from the main superstar character Jack (Bradley Cooper — who also directed) to the newcomer Ally (Lady Gaga) in a way that would be believable to today’s audience.
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