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BLACK WOMEN DOP SCHOLARSHIP AWARD To mark International Women’s Day, the National Film and Television School recipient joining the two-year NFTS Cinematography MA in January
Upon completion, the NFTS and Netflix will work with the recipient to plan and support their next steps into the industry, putting them forward for work placements and employment opportunities on Netflix UK productions. Fiona Lamptey, director of UK features at Netflix, says: “In a year where a woman has been nominated as best cinematographer for the first time in Bafta’s history, and only the second time in the Academy’s, we’re at the very start of progress. There are still too few role models to make black women believe they can become a DOP. This scholarship is just one step on a larger journey towards inclusion, but we hope it opens the door for more black women to fulfil their dream of working behind the camera.”
2023. It is the only two-year specialist cinematography MA in the UK, with an intake of ten students per year learning the art and craft of video production – combining creative expression with technical expertise. Netflix will entirely fund the two-year NFTS Cinematography MA, in addition to supporting annual living expenses.
(NFTS) announced the Black British Woman Cinematographer Scholarship Award. Supported by Netflix, this will fund emerging black women filmmakers, with the aim of increasing equality and representation behind the camera. Applications for the Black British Woman Cinematographer Scholarship Award are now open, with the first
TAKE A LEAP You must be a UK citizen to apply for the scholarship. Get your applications in by May 2022
A ‘Cooke look’ driven by DOPs Cooke Optics has launched the S8/i Full Frame series of seven lenses,
control over depth-of-field and flare characteristics, while providing low- light performance without graining. The lenses feature Cooke’s intelligent /i technology, the latest iteration of which includes /i data focus and iris positions, /i motion inertial data and /i maps factory-calibrated shading and distortion data.
by smooth, spherical bokeh and minimal colour fringing, enabling cinematographers to create sensitive and emotional images with a high degree of dimensionality. With a maximum aperture of T1.4, the lenses are among the fastest produced for larger than full-frame capture. They also offer greater
with an all-spherical design and T1.4 throughout. This collection is currently available to order in 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm and 135mm focal lengths. A further nine lenses will join the range later in the year. Motivated by feedback from DOPs wanting to create more realistic and film-like images with spherical lenses for digital motion capture, the S8/i is an evolution of the ‘Cooke look’, having an almost organic feel and clean bokeh. To achieve this, Cooke concentrated on optimising contrast performance for the S8/i, to suit the resolution of digital cameras today and in the future. Under the body, its all-spherical design produces a near-telecentric output of light rays, which is efficient for digital sensors. It is characterised
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