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From left: Associate member Dhanendra Patel; associate member Frederic Rose; Wally Pfister, ASC.

Manfrotto Distribution, where he currently serves as the product manager for Manfrotto video products and Formatt filters and the national sales manager for all video products. Pfister, Prieto Address Breakfast Club The Society’s Breakfast Club conversation series recently continued with appearances by Wally Pfister, ASC and Rodrigo Prieto, ASC. Both sold-out events began with a relaxed breakfast, after which the guest cinematographer sat down for an interview conducted by AC associate editor Jon D. Witmer. Pfister shared his views on shifting trends in technology and screened clips from the features Memento, Inception and The Dark Knight . Prieto traced his career path and enthusiastically detailed his approach to key scenes from the features Biutiful; Lust, Caution, and Water for Elephants. ASC Breakfast Club seminars are open to the public. Tickets are $20 for Friends of the ASC, $35 general admission in advance and $40 at the door. For information, visit www.theasc.com. Pines, Demos Receive SMPTE Honors The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers capped its 2011 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition by celebrating 19 industry innovators and

pioneers. Among the honorees, ASC associate Joshua Pines received the Technicolor/Herbert T. Kalmus Medal for his work developing improvements to film scanning and recording technology at Industrial Light & Magic and Technicolor, and for his dedication to achieving the highest possible image quality while overseeing the color science and image processing on numerous feature films and film-restoration projects. ASC associate Gary Demos, CEO and founder of Image Essence LLC, was among five industry professionals who received the SMPTE Fellow Membership Award, which recognizes individuals who, by proficiency and contributions, have attained an outstanding rank among engineers or executives in the motion-picture, television or related industries. Bailey, Kodak Announce Film-School Winners The annual Kodak Film School Cinematography Competition recently announced four first-place winners, one from each major region of the world, and one in a new 35mm category. For the third consecutive year, John Bailey, ASC judged the entries. Joshua Spires from the University of Texas won in the Americas region for the short film The Whale; Johannes Praus from the University of Film & Television “Konrad Wolf” Potsdam won in the Europe-AfricaMiddle East region for Submerged;
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Masanori Yokota from Osaka University of Arts won in the Asia-Pacific region for Bullet of Angry; and Brendan Barnes from AFDA in South Africa won in the 35mm competition for Those of Water. Second-place winners were also named: Marcella Nunes from Universidade Estácio de Sáin Brazil in the Americas region for the short film Itapoanama; Dimitar Skobelev from National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Bulgaria in the Europe-Africa-Middle East region for The Service; Hachul Chung from Seoul Institute of the Arts in South Korea in the Asia-Pacific region for Knock; and Lotta Kilian from University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” in Germany in the 35mm competition for We Die. Johanna Gravelle, worldwide image capture marketing director for Kodak’s Entertainment Imaging Division, says, “We are so encouraged by the high-quality, creative filmmaking we see coming from film schools around the world. This competition is a wonderful way to recognize the talented students, and it’s just part of Kodak’s many efforts to support the emerging filmmaking community.” ●

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American Cinematographer - February 2012
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: NASA time-lapse footage of Earth
Production Slate: Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseAct of Valor
Saving the Whales
High Stakes
A Very Bad Cop
Cinema, Italian Style
Filmmakers’ Forum: Hiro Narita, ASC
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Roberto Schaefer
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American Cinematographer - February 2012 - Contents
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American Cinematographer - February 2012 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - February 2012 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - February 2012 - Short Takes: NASA time-lapse footage of Earth
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American Cinematographer - February 2012 - Clubhouse News
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American Cinematographer - February 2012 - ASC Close-Up: Roberto Schaefer
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