Letter From the President Blog
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Letter From the President
Letter From the President: The [Virtual] Production Future
“While the technology of VP is recent, the idea of in-camera compositing is as old as moviemaking itself.”
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Letter From the President: One Big Planet
“It is worth noting that the ASC is an international organization with members in dozens of countries, as well as the first such organization devoted to cinematography.”
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Letter From the President: Creation of the Image
“Much will change as a result of 2020. Some things will disappear, others will return modified by lessons learned during these past months: different, but better.”
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President’s Desk: Documentaries Are Stranger Than Fiction
With the “creative non-fiction” of documentaries to light the way, telling us stories about ourselves, some that may be hard to watch, we learn so much about our world, and how to live in it together.
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President’s Desk: Icebox Problems
“Even as productions are finally ramping up again, we are going back on set in full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), with each of us bringing our own 6-foot radius of isolation.”
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President’s Desk: Picture Partners
“Cinematographers have been called many things, on set and off, but one defining characteristic is the ability to collaborate.”
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President’s Desk: Stronger, Fairer and More Inventive
“I am committed to addressing the twin challenges to our members posed by the industry shutdown and our membership’s lack of diversity.”
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President’s Desk: Why Our Solidarity Is Now Essential
We must hold this trust in our work. Although we cannot practice it today because our world has shut down, it will open up again soon, and our conviction that we do what we love will make us rise again.