American Cinematographer Magazine ( March 2025 )

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American Cinematographer Magazine ( March 2025 )

TheMarch 2025issue presents a special focus onlighting, including a discussion of onstage sun- and moonlight forStar Wars: Skeleton Crew, scaled lighting forWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowland supplementing LED-wall illumination forFlight Risk as well as a spotlight onoptics, including details on an innovative flaring technique forSkeleton Crew. Also featured in the issue areCaptain America: Brave New Worldand profiles of ASC Award honoreesJohn Simmons, ASC;Joan Churchill, ASC; andKathleen Kennedy.

Presidents Desk: Shelly Johnson, ASCdiscusses the devastating impact of the recent fires in Los Angeles and the launch of the ASC Relief Fund.

Picture Partners:DirectorJulius Onahand cinematographerKramer Morgenthau, ASCilluminate their approach toCaptain America: Brave New World.

ASC members and co-directors of photographySean PorterandDavid Kleindiscuss their collaboration on the seriesStar Wars: Skeleton Crew, and how they designed strategies to complement limitations they encountered, rather than fight them, as Porter says.

CinematographerDave Alex Riddett, BSCdetails how he and his team at Aardman Animations created classic noir and suspense motifs for the stop-motion caperWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

ASC Presidents AwardhonoreeJohn Simmons, ASCtraces his path from Chicago to Hollywood and his quest to create an inclusive filmmaking community.

InauguralASC Lifetime Documentary AwardrecipientJoan Churchill, ASCdiscusses her singular contributions to the nonfiction genre.

Producer andASC Governors AwardhonoreeKathleen Kennedyrecalls her Hollywood journey from production assistant to president of Lucasfilm.

The Virtual World:CinematographerJohnny Derangoand visual-effects supervisorMichael Ralladetail their approach to virtual production onFlight Risk, a thriller set in a Cessna 208 aircraft.

In Memoriam:Rexford L. Metz, ASC.

Clubhouse News:The latest bulletins from the Society feature new membersSevdije Kastrati Dill,Natalie Kingston,Alejandro MartnezandRavi Varman,and a tribute to photographerJacek Laskus, ASC, PSCand the team that facilitated portraits of this years ASC Award honorees.