Title: Us Director: Sam Hancock Starring: Alanna Ubach, Michael Navarra, Patrick Russell, Rolf Saxon, Barbara Niven A recent world premiere at the 16th annual Dances With Films, the Los Angeles-set “Us” offers up an unusual yet sympathetically pitched examination of mental illness through the rubric of a weird love triangle. Anchored by a superlative lead turn from Alanna Ubach, this micro-budgeted, worthwhile indie feature could, given a wide enough audience, serve as an important pivot-point for the actress, leading her into more dramatic terrain. At first glance, Margaret (Ubach) seems like just a garden variety alcoholic — another thirtysomething wounded bird who drowns her unhappiness in booze and unfulfilling sexual [ Read More ]
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- 6/13/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Recording devices are always evolving – from 16mm cameras to iPad apps – offering film-makers the chance to innovate
The summer of 1960 heralded a critical period in the history of film and it had to do with the 16mm camera. "Just one thing held documentaries back from being free-form, fluid slices of life until this point," says Mandy Chang, director and producer of The Camera That Changed the World, which airs on BBC4 next month. "The fact that for decades, films were mainly shot on unwieldy, 35mm cameras requiring lots of paraphernalia."
Smaller cameras were available, but film-makers were restricted by their noisy winding mechanisms – forcing them to shoot silent. "This dictated both a certain style and approach in documentary-making, and many were set in studio," explains Chang.
The 16mm, hand-held cameras enabled what came to be known as location-based "direct cinema", pioneered in the Us by film-makers such as Richard Leacock...
The summer of 1960 heralded a critical period in the history of film and it had to do with the 16mm camera. "Just one thing held documentaries back from being free-form, fluid slices of life until this point," says Mandy Chang, director and producer of The Camera That Changed the World, which airs on BBC4 next month. "The fact that for decades, films were mainly shot on unwieldy, 35mm cameras requiring lots of paraphernalia."
Smaller cameras were available, but film-makers were restricted by their noisy winding mechanisms – forcing them to shoot silent. "This dictated both a certain style and approach in documentary-making, and many were set in studio," explains Chang.
The 16mm, hand-held cameras enabled what came to be known as location-based "direct cinema", pioneered in the Us by film-makers such as Richard Leacock...
- 6/6/2011
- by Meg Carter
- The Guardian - Film News
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