IMAGO - European Federation of Cinematographers

IMAGO Master Class Committee meeting

September 22, 2007

IMAGO has recently promoted a Committee meeting on the establishing and holding IMAGO's Master Classes for DOPs. Those present were Tina Sørensen (National Film School of Denmark), Astrid Heubrandtner AAC, Jan Pallesen DFF , Jan Weincke DFF and Paul René Roestad FNF /Imago.

(Absent: Inês Carvalho AIP and Herman Verschuur NSC)

The Committees goal will be to arrange an Imago Master Class once a year, biannually in Copenhagen , and biannually in different IMAGO Member Societies Countries around Europe .

Master Class 1 will be conceived under the theme “Inspiration”. A maximum number of participants will be approx 150 and travel support for participants will be provided. Be attentive and soon complete details will be addressed on IMAGO's website.

Master Class “Inspiration” form/content:

Building a Master Class around 5 or 6 invited DOPs from around the World,

screening sequences from their film productions, discussing their style of cinematography, use of equipment, lighting, framing, philosophy, working techniques and personal inspiration.

Each DOP will be interview by a moderator who has been doing thorough research into this person's artistic production and past, with focus on who his/her work as a DOP and what inspires him/her.

In addition, bringing in important elements/topics that have helped inspire the cinematographers interviewed, or elements that can inspire cinematographers participating in the Master Class.

Possible examples: paintings and painters, still photographs, writers, newly developed technical equipment, demonstrating new techniques, individuals, etc.

Alternatively, decide on a specific number of topics of inspiration, and find DOPs that can talk about these topics specially.

The Master Class is intended to be arranged in a cinema:

1) Stage with DOPs, screenings and moderators;

2) Participants are the ones to be inspired;

3) Other topics to be brought into the discussion: Possibly painters, architects, production designers, films, technical eq. pre-production, post-production periods, etc etc.

Cinematographers under consideration to be invited to IMAGO's Master Class:

Darius Khondji : Iran/France (“Delicatessen”)

Andrew Lesnie , Australia (“Lord of the Rings”)

Michael Chapman , USA (“Raging Bull” / “Taxidriver”)

Takao Saito , Japan (“Ran” – working with Kurosawa)

Ellen Kuras, USA

Gordon Willis , USA “The godfather”, “All the presidents men” etc,( 80 years + -will be interesting to show interview him on video)

Chris Doyle , Australia

Robert Richardson “Kill bill” etc (Theme: “personal style lighting”)

Agnes Godard

Nancy Schreiber

Ed Lachman “Eirin Brockovich” etc