DEFINITION December 2018

CONTENTS

SET- UP TITLE SEQUENCE The new Fantastic Beasts movie uses cinema’s biggest digital canvas. CINEALTA CELEBRATION

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16 ON THE COVER THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB Claire Foy dons the leather for this new take on ‘The Girl’ movies.

A year on from the launch of Sony’s premium cinema camera, the Venice. GO NORTH Provision’s Danny Howarth on the potential of Channel 4’s move to the North. PRODUCT ION STORY FANTASTIC BEASTS 2 How Technicolor managed the workflow of this spectacular VFX movie, from dailies to deliverables. THE DESIGN OF THE ONE-TAKE Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House waited until Episode 6 for some special movement. FEATURES RENTAL SPECIAL Our annual focus on the gear rental world takes in the view from the USA. GEAR GROUP: LARGE FORMAT We look at the new and already established cameras that are pioneering the full frame and large format aesthetic. SPACE RACE 4 Virtual reality is in its infancy but it’s still frustrating that your movements are restricted within the space – until now.

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GEAR TESTS BLACKMAGIC POCKET CINEMA CAMERA 4K The new 4K Pocket camera from Blackmagic Design eases in to the pro video space with some great CODEC and output options. RED HYDROGEN ONE It’s taken a while to get here but RED’s mobile cinematography revolution starts here. BLACKMAGIC BRAW PT2 In the last issue we analysed how this new Raw CODEC performed for capture. For this issue we follow the progress in post. 4K CAMERA LISTINGS Our famous camera listing now concentrates on 4K and above camera systems.

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