American Cinematographer - August 2016 - 30
Hostile Planet Stephen F. Windon ASC, ACS joins director Justin Lin to bring digital acquisition, ambitious in-camera effects and frenetic action to Star Trek Beyond. By Michael Goldman *|* 30 August 2016 D irector Justin Lin and cinematographer Stephen F. Windon, ASC, ACS faced a significant question upon stepping aboard Star Trek Beyond, the latest cinematic adventure of the starship Enterprise and its intrepid crew. With a mere 31⁄2 months before the start of production when they inherited the project, the new recruits had to decide quickly whether to retain the visual template established by director J.J. Abrams and cinematographer Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC on Star Trek (AC June '09) and Star Trek Into Darkness (AC June '13), or to move into undiscovered country. The feature sees our heroes stranded on an alien planet where they find themselves at the mercy of the villainous Krall (Idris Elba), who hisses at Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) that "this is where the frontier pushes back." Expressing no interest in making nice with the United Federation of Planets, the reptilian humanoid proceeds to hunt down the Enterprise crew. Since Beyond was the first in this series of rebooted Star American Cinematographer
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