cinematography

Then You Run cinematographer Annika Summerson shows us the world through her lens

Four young women, the cast of Then You Run, are in a line in the middle of a motorway

The bombastic take on a road-trip-gone-wrong zips between comedy, thriller and gangster flick with frenetic impatience. Combining the hallmarks of each genre without things getting busy is no mean feat, but the eight-part adaption of Zoran Drvenkar’s novel You makes it look easy.

Can smartphones be used for cinematography?

It served as a jumping-off point for a look at examples of work by Steven Soderbergh and Ridley Scott shot on smartphones to demonstrate how far these devices can go in the hands of expert cinematographers.

Mulcahy revealed how to get the most out of these powerful ‘entertainment devices’. Tips on framing, sound and storytelling kept the audience enthralled. A full house used the Q&A to ask about squeezing out the most from their iPhones and the best editing software to use. The event was produced by David Thomas and held at the University of Westminster in mid-May.

RTS Student Craft Skills Masterclasses 2021

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Mark Davey is a camera operator at ITN. Presenting the news camera masterclass, he told the RTS audience that sound journalistic skills, the ability to form good relationships and a keen logistical sense were all essential for his job. Davey, ITN reporter Robert Moore and producer Sophie Alexander were the only news crew to film inside the US Capitol in January 2021, when pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the building claiming that the presidential election had been stolen from them.  

Student Craft Skills Masterclasses: Cinematography and News Camera

News Camera Masterclass with Mark Davey

ITN news camera operator Mark Davey told an RTS Student Crafts Skills Masterclass that sound journalistic skills, the ability to form good relationships and a keen logistical sense were all essential for his job. 

It was Davey who worked alongside ITN reporter Robert Moore and producer Sophie Alexander as the only news crew to film inside the US Capitol when in January pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed Congress after claiming that the US Presidential election had been stolen from then.  

RTS Student Craft Masterclasses 2020 | Cinematography

Watch the Cinematography Masterclass on below.

Georgina Kiedrowski, Self-Shooting Producer (The Island, Race Across the World), and Nicola Daley, Director of Photography, ACS (The Letdown, Harlots) will share their knowledge and experiences of working in the camera department on documentaries, dramas and factual entertainment for shows such as The Island with Bear Grylls, Race Across the World, Harlots and The Letdown.