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Francesco Bonomo said:
Not to mention, it'd be his 9th nomination (with no win so far)
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Wow, that's crazy. He really deserved it with Fargo. That's one of my favorite shootings (cinematographies? bunches of moving pictures?) of all time. Up there with 2001. I wonder what did win then. Ah, The English Patient. I liked Fargo better. Of course, John Seale is another god among men. (You guys are probably gonna tear me apart for this, but I was especially blown away with his work on Harry Potter. Damn, that movie looked GOOD.) Man, there's so many guys out there that are so amazing. It's really humbling.

Anyhoo, yeah, Deakins definitely deserves a win, if just to make up for not winning yet! But personally, I found myself saying "Wow, that's a nice shot" more often in The Social Network than True Grit. Of course, awards don't mean too much in the grand scheme of things, anyways.
 
Graeme, I could not agree more with what Most said but as Niels Bohr once told us...

«But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth»

...so you all RED team should be proud of it. With no fishing rod there's no fish in the fisherman's hands ;-)

Congrats to all of you involved in this achievement, especially a special boy, to you Jarred
(nothing would have been possible without reduser.net born @ dvxuser.com)

E. :-)
 
I'm proud of the image the REDs are capable of, be that never in doubt, but the talent that creates the image from the raw materials (no pun intended) that our cameras create is the talent on the set of the movie. What makes me happy are the vast variety of looks that the camera doesn't get in the way of creating for the end user, and that vast array of projects that have successfully used our camera systems.

Graeme
 
M Most said:
Best Cinematography Academy Awards are not given to cameras, they are given to those who use them.
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I can't stay cool :cool: just because I must laugh :laugh:

Also must quote:

"The Globes show is always a top-notch TV party, but as for the actual awards, nobody really gives a toss.
As Peter Travers put it so eloquently, these “globe-shaped dildos” are the stupidest movie prize ever,
conferred by the not-terribly-credible Hollywood Foreign Press Association."

Rolling Stone Magazine >>> Golden Globes 2011: Bitchiest Awards Show Ever? by By ROB SHEFFIELD >>>

A smart guys like... David Fincher,... just escaped to avoid all that funny press thing at the Globes Show...it's more about actor/actress/producer thing...
 
M Most said:
Best Cinematography Academy Awards are not given to cameras, they are given to those who use them. And if you think there's some built in prejudice against digitally captured pictures in that category, you're conveniently forgetting that the award was already given to "Slumdog Millionaire," which was captured on a combination of the SI2K camera and film.

I really don't understand the "chip on the shoulder" mentality that still persists here. Red is a very accepted choice today, for features and television. It is not some poor stepchild that is still trying to prove itself in a world of skeptics. That pretty much ended with the introduction of the MX sensor and the wider use of the camera for television work last year, and has almost completely ended with the adoption of the Epic for some tent pole 3D productions recently. It's really abut time that those here began to understand that Red is no longer some kind of rebel outsider, it is becoming part of the establishment, whether Jim ever intended for that to be the case or not. :cool::cool:
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LOL

RED is def household and used all over the place these days.

It is a good thing for the selfesteem to stay underdog, though... :-))
 
Graeme Nattress said:
It's been a household name in our house for quite a while now.... :-)

Graeme
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Yup, and congrats to you... LOL

As mentioned a copule of times, the direct link between the Whiskey-enjoying on-Twitter-humble-or-whatnot-Yourself-mister-sir is what was pulled the trigger on RED for me years ago (by now... gee this fall it is actually 5...)

Jim and Oakly... I never wore sunglasses anyway...
'cept from in Africa. Brands?? Dunno...
"Very good only for you!!" ... - me likeee...

It's been a ride!
 
Congrats Red, Finch, Sorkin and the rest of the TSN team!!!!!!!!
 
Steve,

if you are an expert you don't need even to watch a whole movie to judge about cinematography

because you can see it from some of short excerpts and parts that mostly were shown in a trailer or teaser...
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
Steve,

if you are an expert you don't need even to watch a whole movie to judge about cinematography

because you can see it from some of short excerpts and parts that mostly were shown in a trailer or teaser...
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"expert"..... Really ?

I've seen "True Grit" on a screener DVD, along with over 50 other films in the past 2 months, as I am a voting member for the BAFTA film awards. There is no way you can judge a film from a trailer in terms of potential awards. An "expert" should know that.

"TSN" is a great film, as is "True Grit". Both deserve awards.

Final BAFTA short list just released....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12213776
 
Steve,

definitely an expert.

Also interesting is that TSN is not at the list of Bafta Film Awards 2011 nominees in category for cinematography award.

Why?

I can just guess it. :laugh:
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
Steve,

definitely an expert.

Also interesting is that TSN is not at the list of Bafta Film Awards 2011 nominees in category for cinematography award.

Why?

I can just guess it. :laugh:
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I am in the cinematography chapter and "TSN" was one of the films that I put in my top five for cinematography in the 2nd round, so don't go looking for plots where there aren't any.:mad2:

As for judging over 1 years work by the Coen Brothers on a trailer and excerpts on the internet. Hardly the actions of an expert, IMHO.
 
Steve G said:
I am in the cinematography chapter and "TSN" was one of the films that I put in my top five for cinematography in the 2nd round, so don't go looking for plots where there aren't any.:mad2:
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A nature of any award is sort of a plot. The plotting and double-crossing to give awards continue for many centuries, through the conspiracy...

That's a reason I'm always interested in that topic (awards) because it tell us more about a society, organization, groups, lobbyists, clans, members, etc,...

Steve G said:
As for judging over 1 years work by the Coen Brothers on a trailer and excerpts on the internet. Hardly the actions of an expert, IMHO.
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I do have almost all Coens movies in my collection and must say that is difficult for any cinematographer to perform something more just because their films are extremely based on mostly excellent written script.

In other words is to say no so much space for a cinematographer to add or even to change something in that strictly writer/director strong controlled circumstances.

That means in that case I always found Roger Deakins as a sort of "poor man" just because of luck for more experimental work in that kind of writer/director "control freak" driven situation.
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
A nature of any award is sort of a plot. That's I'm always interested in that topic (awards) because it tell us more about a society, organization, groups, lobbyists, clans, members, etc,...
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:out:Having been on the bafta voting panel for over 10 years, I disagree.

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I do have almost all Coens movies in my collection and must say that is difficult for any cinematographer to perform something more just because their films are extremely based on mostly excellent written script.

In other words is to say no so much space for a cinematographer to add or even to change something in that strictly writer/director strong controlled circumstances.

That means I always found Roger Deakins as a sort of "poor man" just because of luck for more experimental work in that kind of "control freak" driven situation.
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Disagree, but if that is your opinion, then you could equally apply that to "TSN", given the level of overall control that David Fincher has on all his films.

Anyway, the bottom line is, to say that Roger Deakins doesn't stand a chance of winning the Oscar, based on viewing a trailer and internet clips, is quite frankly, nuts. :frown2:

Lets see what happens on the 26th March. Both films and cinematographers deserve to do well. :thumbsup:
 
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