Knight Discusses What It’s Like Teaming up with the Moonlight Team Again, and the Challenges of Adapting James Baldwin’s Novel to the Big Screen As we dive deeper into December, award season looms upon us! It’s time to head over to the theater, grab a large popcorn, and let the Oscar buzz begin brewing! One film […]
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Into the Dark: Behind the Scenes with Chief Lighting Technician Dustin Gardner
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Oct
Oct
Gardner Discusses What it’s Like Working on a Horror Series, The Challenges of Into the Dark, and What’s Next for Him ‘Tis the season of haunted houses, witches, and creepy clowns.Hulu is kicking off October with a scare, premiering the Blumhouse produced original series Into the Darkthis Friday, October 5th. Into the Darkis a year-long […]
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Jul
Jul
Tick-Tock. Tick-Tock. The building is on fire, and Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) is almost out of time. In Johnson’s new action thriller, he portrays a U.S. war veteran who now assesses security for skyscrapers. He’s on assignment in Hong Kong when he finds the tallest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he’s been framed […]
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Jun
Jun
The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are back in action– Season 2 will continue the journey of Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie). Ruth began Season 1 as an out-of-work actress living in Los Angeles in the ’80s who ends up finding work performing for a wrestling organization. The second season focuses on how each wrestler adjusts to […]
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Jun
Jun
Where’s Waldron? If you are wondering where Gaffer Jarred Waldron has been over the past two years, the correct answer would be everywhere. From Chicago to Berlin, Waldron has had his hands full with a series of projects taking him all over the globe. In February 2017, he began working on Rupert Wyatt’s new feature […]
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Mar
Mar
In A Wrinkle in Time, three mysterious astral travelers visit earth to send a young girl, Meg (Storm Reid), her brother, and her friend to a different planet in order to find her missing father. This Sci-Fi Fantasy is based on Madeleine L’Engle’s widely acclaimed 1962 novel of the same name. Ava DuVernay’s latest rendition […]
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Mar
Mar
Have you seen the latest KFC commercial with Reba McEntire? If the answer is yes, then you may have noticed her singing into a vibrantly glowing microphone lit with Chroma RGB-Daylite LiteRibbon. We recently collaborated with Gaffer Jeff Ferrero and Prop Master Caleb Heller to develop the custom illuminated fixture. LiteGear was able to conceptualize […]
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The Shape of Water Comes Up Big; Roger Deakins Scores His First Oscar at the 90th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony
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Mar
Mar
What a night! The Shape of Watercame through in the closest Best Picture race in years. LiteGear would like to give a special shoutout to all of this year’s nominees. We’d also like to congratulate Roger Deakins on his long overdue first ever Best Cinematography Award for his sensational work in Blade Runner 2049. This […]
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Mar
Mar
Bithell Gives an Inside Look at the Lighting Approach for Francis Lawrence’s Latest Mystery Thriller If you’ve seen the trailer for Red Sparrow, you’d immediately notice the riveting and mesmeric cinematography conducted by Jo Willems, ASC, SBC. This isn’t surprising seeing that Walter Bithell, Jo Willems, and director Florence Lawrence previously worked together on the […]
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Feb
Well, that’s another fantastic ASC Awards night in the books. LiteGear would like to give a special shoutout to all of this year’s nominees, and congratulate Roger Deakins on his well-deserved Best Feature Cinematography Award for his visually stunning work in Blade Runner 2049. This is Deakins’ 4th ASC Award win. He also took home […]