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PREROLL BY DAVID E. WILLIAMS VOLUME 17 NUMBER 3 MARCH 2009 A DIGITAL WINNER DV.COM EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David E. Williams dwilliams@nbmedia.com MANAGING EDITOR Katie Makal kmakal@nbmedia.com TECHNICAL EDITOR Jay Holben jayholben@gmail.com CONTRIBUTING EDITORS J.R. Bookwalter, Ty Ford, Chuck Gloman, John Jackman, Matt Jeppsen, Nels Johnson, Kendal Miller, Carl Mrozek, Oliver Peters, Stefan Sargent, Jon Silberg, Ned Soltz ADVERTISING EAST COAST SALES MANAGER Susan Simon ssimon@nbmedia.com 914. 607. 2192 WEST COAST SALES MANAGER Paul DaCruz pdacruz@nbmedia.com 707. 537. 7769 MIDWEST SALES MANAGER Jeff Victor jvictor@nbmedia.com 847. 367. 4073 EUROPE SALES MANAGER Bob Kennedy bkennedy@nbmedia.com 011. 44. 1279. 861264 DV EXPO SALES Contact your DV representative CLASSIFIED AD SALES Jessica Striano jstriano@nbmedia.com 212. 378. 0467 ART & PRODUCTION SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Nicole Cobban ART DIRECTOR Annmarie LaScala PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Fred Vega PRODUCTION MANAGER Aaron Stone CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE CIRCULATION DIRECTOR, AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Anne Drobish CIRCULATION MANAGER Kwentin Keenan CIRCULATION CUSTOMER SERVICE Michele Fonville SUBSCRIPTIONS: DV, P.O. Box 221, Lowell, MA 01853 Telephone: 888-266-5828 (USA only, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST) 978-667-0352 (Outside the US) Fax: 978-671-0460 E-mail: newbay@computerfulfillment.com NEWBAY MEDIA VIDEO/ BROADCAST GROUP EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Carmel King VP SALES/GROUP PUBLISHER Eric Trabb EDITORIAL/CREATIVE DIRECTOR Anthony Savona EDITORIAL DIRECTOR - VIDEO Cristina Clapp EDITORIAL DIRECTOR - BROADCAST Carter Ross ONLINE PRODUCTION MANAGER Robert Granger WEB ANALYST David Leach WED AD PRODUCTION SPECIALIST Lesley Keller NEWBAY MEDIA CORPORATE PRESIDENT & CEO Steve Palm CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Paul Mastronardi VICE PRESIDENT OF WEB DEVELOPMENT Joe Ferrick CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Denise Robbins IT DIRECTOR Greg Topf CONTROLLER Jack Leidke HR DIRECTOR Ray Vollmer REPRINTS AND PERMISSIONS: Please contact our Reprint Coordinator at Wright’s Reprints: 877.652.5295 PUBLISHED BY NEWBAY MEDIA L.L.C. 810 Seventh Avenue, 27th Fl. New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212.378.0400 Fax: 212.378.0470 Web: www.nbmedia.com David E. Williams, Editor dwilliams@nbmedia.com 6 dv march 2009 www.dv.com DANNY MOLOSHOK, COURTESY OF THE ASC A seismic shift took place in Los Angeles on February 15, and I’m not referring to the geologic upheavals that typically jostle Southern California. The epicenter was the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel, where the 23rd Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards ceremony was taking place — probably the world’s most important competi- Anthony Dod Mantle, BSC, DFF with tion in terms of cinematography, as his ASC Award. the winners are selected by the American Society of Cinematographers. It was the end of the night’s program, and one final award was to be given: Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Release. The nominees were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (shot in 4K with the Thomson Grass Valley Viper FilmStream camera by Claudio Miranda), The Reader (on 35mm film by Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC and Chris Menges, BSC), The Dark Knight (on 35mm and IMAX film by Wally Pfister, ASC), Slumdog Millionaire (shot on 35mm film and with Silicon Imaging SI-2K and Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital cameras by Anthony Dod Mantle, BSC, DFF) and Revolutionary Road (on 35mm film by Deakins, who was a double nominee for a second consecutive year). Dod Mantle happened to be seated at the table right behind me at the awards ceremony, and when his name was announced from the stage, his reaction of complete surprise created a shockwave throughout the crowd of 1,100 people in attendance. Not only had this small — although very successful — film won, but it became the first largely digital feature to earn the ASC’s esteemed award for camera work, following honors at CamerImage and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. While the Oscars are still a week off as of this writing, and Dod Mantle has plenty of stiff competition in his field, it seems clear that digital imagemaking is already a big winner. http://www.dv.com http://www.nbmedia.com http://www.nbmedia.com http://www.dv.com

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