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Keen to here your thoughts, ideas, inspiration, and questions with regards to cinematography in South African Film and television

Inspiration comes both from within and everywhere. It will just happen. Just be ready and open to everything and inspiration will bite at any particular moment. It's magical really. There are moments like these all around us and we experience it daily in our lives. Whether I choose to capture a part

INT. Parking lot DAY 35mm I loved this scene because of the simplicity in execution yet effective in result for the story. This scene was shot using only natural light. I loved the quality that was spilling in from the outside and how it revealed the texture of the roof. This also gave me a soft b

Ambitions - New TV series for ETV (coming June 2018) INT. SHACK NIGHT So I love a challenge but sometimes you get faced with tight spaces. This is fine if your locked off and actors don’t move but sometimes you need the freedom to move and the director also feels that his or actors must move during

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We originally planned to shoot the wide at the top with the city as a background, but after we moved to the bottom to setup base I found this wide shot with the tree. I loved how it dwarfed her presence and made her feel small and almost helpless. This of course further added to the scene and the s

The Jakes are missing" - Feature film This was shot using only the light available in the kitchen. The over head practical was a square bank of LED strips that lit the white counter top. I loved the quality of the bounce back onto the faces that I decide to use it as source. I only filled in slightl

I did a small short film and brought in two 60 Arri Sky panels. Beauties they are. Easy to operate, practical, power saving and true color temperature. They also feature the entire gel range built into the brain which allow you to dial in any color and effect. With just two panels outside the window

Setopo INT House Day This was a small room with a low roof and tricky to move around. There is one window frame left that allowed sunlight to pour in perfectly just before sunset, at just the right angle. We hung an unbleached muslin up in front to soften and allow the light to wrap around even mor

" Attack of the Hadedahs" music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0oS8GPQBDg INT car day. Chase sequence This shot is part of a chase sequence in a music video about a bunch of guys that get lost in the woods on their way to a gig and get attacked by a giant hadedah bird.The music video is desi

Frame from Mindhunter Tv series.Currently on Netflix. Nothing can distract a good performance more that too much light. I find that sometimes we tend to over light a close up. It needs to feel natural, real and almost effortless. We believe the world we see the characters in. To a certain degree we