Cinematography Opens More to Women, AI Reshaping Visual Language, Camerimage Regulars Report

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Will Tizard Contributor As the start of the Camerimage Film Festival approaches, Variety asked four festival regulars, all sought-after cinematographers, to weigh in on the issues, trends and opportunities the profession is encountering this year – all subjects expected to come up during the fest, which runs Nov.

11-18. Here’s what they had to say: Mandy Walker (“Elvis,” “Hidden Figures”), currently filming Disney’s live action “Snow White” remake, and chairing Camerimage main competition jury. “I see more and more women are shooting [film] projects and TV – in the States, a lot more women are shooting TV shows.

A lot more in the camera department in general, camera operators, first ACs, and it’s definitely getting better. But there’s still a bit of a hump to get over before it’s anywhere near equal.” “The technology – for me, when I first started shooting movies, there was no VFX, there was no blue screen because I was shooting very small indie projects.

Now, more and more, I’m involved with VFX right from the beginning of a project. For ‘Elvis’ and for ‘Snow White,’ I’m involved a lot with the look of the visual language.