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Show Daily | Tuesday 18 June 2019

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Blackmagic Captures Captain Marvel Action
Blackmagic's Micro Cinema Camera was used in the filming of key action sequences on Captain Marvel...

he Marvel Studios' film was lensed
by cinematographer Ben Davis, BSC
(Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange and
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).
Opting for a large format digital camera
paired with a mix of spherical and vintage
Panavision glass, as the principal package,
Davis also required a smaller, more versatile
camera during filming. "We tested various
options searching for that magic combination
of size and quality, and the Blackmagic Micro
Cinema Camera was the clear winner," he
says.
According to Davis the Blackmagic Micro
Cinema Camera setups were kept as small as
possible. "The camera's expansion port gave
us lots of options for creating rigs for remote
operation and monitoring. Coupled with the
fact you can record RAW onboard using SD
cards also helped to keep everything small
and compact."
"In the past I've made the mistake of rigging
small action cameras with big lenses, not
to mention a protective cage, a motor to
drive focus, a monitor to frame and then a

these to work you have to be very creative
with the cameras you use. I want to put the
audience in amongst the action so having a
small camera you can rig very quickly is great
for that. That's what I like about action cams
like those from Blackmagic Design. They can
get you into places you can't always go with
ordinary cameras."
The Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera was
used throughout the principal photography,
which largely took place on location in Los
Angeles and Louisiana, by Davis and the
film's second unit.
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transmitter to transfer the information," he
says. "But then you've defeated the very
reason you're using it in the first place."
"For Captain Marvel, we also built cages for
the cameras but in the end made little use of
them. The structure of the body is so solid
you don't need to cage it in my opinion."
Davis would use clamps or arms to mount
the cameras onboard vehicles for example,
and fixed focus. "That's where this camera

ATiS Highlights its Activities
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stablished since 1986, the Association of
Telecommunications Industry of Singapore
(ATiS) champions industry issues on behalf
of the ICT/Telecommunications industry in
Singapore. It seeks to provide a common
platform for all members of the industry to
interact, work together and position Singapore
as a leading global InfoCommunications (ICT)

hub. ATiS members come from all areas of the
ICT/Telecommunications industry including
service providers and operators, equipment
manufacturers, distributors and dealers, valueadded resellers (VARs), system integrators (SIs),
consultants, trainers and R&D organizations.
ATiS seeks to keep its members abreast with
upcoming technologies and industry updates

Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel

comes into its own. They're very quick to rig.
We'd often run two or three at the same time
on sequences like the go kart track. We'd
just line everything up, power them up and
hit record. There was a lot of vibration and
heavy hits on those karts but there was no
corruption of files at all."
He concludes: "The bar for action
sequences has been raised so high that for

Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera

by organizing regular seminars and infosharing sessions. ATiS reinforces its presence
in the industry by participating in international/
regional conferences and exhibitions,
facilitating networking sessions with foreign
trading partners, representing the industry in
national standards committees and establishing
regular dialogues between the industry and
the government.In addition, ATiS represents
Singapore in the annual conference of the Asian
Telecommunications Information Exchange

(ATIE), an annual forum that encompasses
ICT/Telecommunication industry bodies in Asia
and currently comprises members in Japan,
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan, India and
Australia.
At CommunicAsia, ATiS is highlighting
the association's missions and activities.
We welcome you to join us as corporate or
individual members.
See us at Stand BS3-05 MBS.
www.atis.org.sg

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