DEFINITION’S CAMERA LISTINGS
ARRI ALEXA LF BASED ON: From castles to tapestries, elevation of the grandiose was key in the latest adaptation of Emma DRAMA Jane Austin’s classic has been given a fresh lease of life in director Autumn de Wilde’s latest adaptation of Emma . Starring rising stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Josh O’Connor, the film promises to be a bonnet-filled delight. For true period drama lovers, who marvel at the grandiose settings and tapestries, enjoyment of Emma is sure to be enhanced by cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt’s camera choice. “I chose the Arri Alexa LF for its scope and scale,” he reveals. “When you shoot large format, you become immersed in the world you’re capturing. For Emma , we were working inside a National Trust castle, and LF gave us that perfect format to enhance and elevate everything from the fabric on the furniture, to the paintings on the walls. We were able to share every single element.” Blauvelt paired his camera with Arri Signature Primes for their sharpness, though he diffused them with some filtration. “One of the amazing things about contemporary filmmaking is there’s so many different formats, so many different lenses and so many different cameras,” he says. “It would be a disservice to yourself to not use all these and discover what you want. It’s a fun exercise to step out of your own wheelhouse and try to find something unique.”
SPECIFICATION
SENSOR – FORMAT AND SIZE
Full-frame CMOS, 36.70x25.54mm – 4448x3096, ø 44.71mm
Arriraw: 0.75-150fps ProRes: 0.75-100fps
FRAME RATES
LPL, PL
LENS MOUNT
4448x3096 Arriraw and ProRes 4.5K open gate and 2.39:1, 3840x2160 Arriraw and ProRes 16:9
RECORDING OPTIONS
14+ stops from EI 160-3200
EXPOSURE LATITUDE
26 DEF I N I T ION | MAY 2020
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