An amazing video posted by James Neihouse who is an IMAX cinematographer and was personally involved in this great project, A Beautiful Planet, shows lenses swapped in zero gravity during the Iss (International Space Station) mission. The camera is Canon Cinema Eos C500, and it’s marked with the IMAX logo. Is it the first IMAX-certified digital camera?
Behind the scenes of A Beautiful Planet. Source: NASA A Beautiful Planet: Shot for IMAX on Canon C500
A Beautiful Planet is a 2016 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Toni Myers and narrated by Jennifer Lawrence. It was originally released exclusively for IMAX theatres. Created in cooperation with NASA, the documentary uses footage recorded by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (Iss) over fifteen months. The documentary examines how astronauts live and work daily. The film was shot on the Canon Cinema Eos C500 which was defined back then...
Behind the scenes of A Beautiful Planet. Source: NASA A Beautiful Planet: Shot for IMAX on Canon C500
A Beautiful Planet is a 2016 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Toni Myers and narrated by Jennifer Lawrence. It was originally released exclusively for IMAX theatres. Created in cooperation with NASA, the documentary uses footage recorded by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (Iss) over fifteen months. The documentary examines how astronauts live and work daily. The film was shot on the Canon Cinema Eos C500 which was defined back then...
- 12/12/2023
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
As the news arrived Thursday of the discovery of the Titan wreckage, cinematographer James Neihouse especially remembered his friend Hamish Harding, the billionaire businessman and explorer who was one of the five people on the sub, which disappeared on Sunday during a dive to Titanic.
They met during the making of 2020 documentary One More Orbit, which followed former NASA astronaut Col. Terry Virts and a team, including Harding, as they broke the ’round-the-world speed record for an aircraft flying over the North and South Poles, while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Harding was a mission director as well as the doc’s exec producer. Neihouse, who served as director of photography, described Harding as “one of the driving forces” behind the project, having been instrumental in logistics, including securing the Gulfstream G650 ER jet that was used to break the record.
“We’re all just so broken-hearted over this,...
They met during the making of 2020 documentary One More Orbit, which followed former NASA astronaut Col. Terry Virts and a team, including Harding, as they broke the ’round-the-world speed record for an aircraft flying over the North and South Poles, while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Harding was a mission director as well as the doc’s exec producer. Neihouse, who served as director of photography, described Harding as “one of the driving forces” behind the project, having been instrumental in logistics, including securing the Gulfstream G650 ER jet that was used to break the record.
“We’re all just so broken-hearted over this,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy has announced the new class of invited members for 2014 and, as is typical, many of which are among last year's nominees, which includes Barkhad Abdi, Michael Fassbender, Sally Hawkins, Mads Mikkelsen, Lupita Nyong'o and June Squibb in the Actors branch not to mention curious additions such as Josh Hutcherson, Rob Riggle and Jason Statham, but, okay. The Directors branch adds Jay and Mark Duplass along with Jean-Marc Vallee, Denis Villeneuve and Thomas Vinterberg. I didn't do an immediate tally of male to female additions or other demographics, but at first glance it seems to be a wide spread batch of new additions on all fronts. The Academy is also clearly attempting to aggressively bump up the demographics as this is the second year in a row where they have added a large number of new members, well over the average of 133 new members from 2004 to 2012. As far as...
- 6/26/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 271 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures.
Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2014.
“This year’s class of invitees represents some of the most talented, creative and passionate filmmakers working in our industry today,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “Their contributions to film have entertained audiences around the world, and we are proud to welcome them to the Academy.”
The 2014 invitees are:
Actors
Barkhad Abdi – “Captain Phillips”
Clancy Brown – “The Hurricane,” “The Shawshank Redeption”
Paul Dano – “12 Years a Slave,” “Prisoners”
Michael Fassbender – “12 Years a Slave,” “Shame”
Ben Foster – “Lone Survivor,” “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”
Beth Grant – “The Artist,” “No Country for Old Men”
Clark Gregg – “Much Ado about Nothing,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”
Sally Hawkins – “Blue Jasmine,...
Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2014.
“This year’s class of invitees represents some of the most talented, creative and passionate filmmakers working in our industry today,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “Their contributions to film have entertained audiences around the world, and we are proud to welcome them to the Academy.”
The 2014 invitees are:
Actors
Barkhad Abdi – “Captain Phillips”
Clancy Brown – “The Hurricane,” “The Shawshank Redeption”
Paul Dano – “12 Years a Slave,” “Prisoners”
Michael Fassbender – “12 Years a Slave,” “Shame”
Ben Foster – “Lone Survivor,” “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”
Beth Grant – “The Artist,” “No Country for Old Men”
Clark Gregg – “Much Ado about Nothing,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”
Sally Hawkins – “Blue Jasmine,...
- 6/26/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong’o of 12 Years a Slave were two of the 271 artists and industry leaders invited to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which determines nominations and winners at the annual Oscars. The entire list of Academy membership—which numbers about 6,000—isn’t public information so the annual invitation list is often the best indication of the artists involved in the prestigious awards process. It’s worth noting that invitations need to be accepted in order for artists to become members; some artists, like two-time Best Actor winner Sean Penn, have declined membership over the years.
- 6/26/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Pop quiz: What do Chris Rock, Claire Denis, Eddie Vedder and Josh Hutcherson all have in common? Answer: They could all be Oscar voters very soon. The annual Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences invitation list always makes for interesting reading, shedding light on just how large and far-reaching the group's membership is -- or could be, depending on who accepts their invitations. This year, 271 individuals have been asked to join AMPAS, meaning every one of them could contribute to next year's Academy Awards balloting -- and it's as diverse a list as they've ever assembled. Think the Academy consists entirely of fusty retired white dudes? Not if recent Best Original Song nominee Pharrell Williams takes them up on their offer. Think it's all just a Hollywood insiders' game? Not if French arthouse titans Chantal Akerman and Olivier Assayas join the party. It's a list that subverts expectation at every turn.
- 6/26/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
The IMAX feature “Hubble 3D” will screen as the final installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, December 7, at 7 p.m. at the California Science Center IMAX Theater in Exposition Park. Admission to the screening is free; parking at the Science Center is $10 (cash only).
Directed and produced by Toni Myers, “Hubble 3D” explores the far reaches of the universe and brings audiences alongside space-walking astronauts as they repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Cinematographer James Neihouse will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening.
This screening concludes Part One of the 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series, showcasing feature-length and short documentaries drawn from the 2010 Academy Award® nominations, including the winners, as well as other important and innovative films considered by the Academy that year. Part Two of the series will begin in March 2012.
The California Science...
Directed and produced by Toni Myers, “Hubble 3D” explores the far reaches of the universe and brings audiences alongside space-walking astronauts as they repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Cinematographer James Neihouse will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening.
This screening concludes Part One of the 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series, showcasing feature-length and short documentaries drawn from the 2010 Academy Award® nominations, including the winners, as well as other important and innovative films considered by the Academy that year. Part Two of the series will begin in March 2012.
The California Science...
- 12/5/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Boasting some truly breathtaking marine photography, "Ocean Oasis", set against the richly varied backdrop of Baja California and the Sea of Cortes, is large-format filmmaking at its awe-inspiring best.
While it may not have the crowd-drawing cachet of an "Everest" or "Michael Jordan -- To the Max", the 39-minute film, which premiered in September at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, takes the viewer on a fascinating, up-close-and-personal trek that glides effortlessly from the bottom of the ocean floor up to the tips of the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra San Pedro Martir mountains.
Along with the obligatory visits with whales, sharks and dolphins, there are many more less familiar sights, including a virtual sea of noisy, mating elephant seals; a hummingbird captured at 1,200 frames per second; and, most notably, the remarkable manta ray, silently navigating its lush undersea terrain like a stealth bomber, accompanied by a group of angelfish on hand to discourage any lowlife looking for a free ride.
Director Soames Summerhays, a veteran of several Imax productions, including "The Great Barrier Reef" and "Darwin on the Galapagos", is an expert in capturing nature at its most natural, and it's no small feat conditioning his intriguing subjects to be seemingly oblivious to those imposing Imax cameras.
Although there are times when Michael Parfit's scripted narration gets a little clunky, especially when delivered by the film's resident on-screen naturalists for whom English is a second language (a Spanish-language version has also been produced), it's the amazingly intimate, poetic visuals that speak volumes here, thanks to the work of director of photography James Neihouse and, particularly, director of underwater photography Bob Cranston.
You'd swear you were wearing a snorkel.
OCEAN OASIS
Summerhays Films
Director-producer: Soames Summerhays
Screenwriter: Michael Parfit
Executive producer: Michael W. Hager
Director of photography: James Neihouse
Director of underwater photography: Bob Cranston
Editor: Mark Fletcher
Music: Alan Reeves
Color/stereo
On-screen naturalists: Iliana Ortega Bacmeister, Eugenia Guerrero-Ruiz, Exequiel Ezcurra
Running time -- 39 minutes
No MPAA rating...
While it may not have the crowd-drawing cachet of an "Everest" or "Michael Jordan -- To the Max", the 39-minute film, which premiered in September at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, takes the viewer on a fascinating, up-close-and-personal trek that glides effortlessly from the bottom of the ocean floor up to the tips of the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra San Pedro Martir mountains.
Along with the obligatory visits with whales, sharks and dolphins, there are many more less familiar sights, including a virtual sea of noisy, mating elephant seals; a hummingbird captured at 1,200 frames per second; and, most notably, the remarkable manta ray, silently navigating its lush undersea terrain like a stealth bomber, accompanied by a group of angelfish on hand to discourage any lowlife looking for a free ride.
Director Soames Summerhays, a veteran of several Imax productions, including "The Great Barrier Reef" and "Darwin on the Galapagos", is an expert in capturing nature at its most natural, and it's no small feat conditioning his intriguing subjects to be seemingly oblivious to those imposing Imax cameras.
Although there are times when Michael Parfit's scripted narration gets a little clunky, especially when delivered by the film's resident on-screen naturalists for whom English is a second language (a Spanish-language version has also been produced), it's the amazingly intimate, poetic visuals that speak volumes here, thanks to the work of director of photography James Neihouse and, particularly, director of underwater photography Bob Cranston.
You'd swear you were wearing a snorkel.
OCEAN OASIS
Summerhays Films
Director-producer: Soames Summerhays
Screenwriter: Michael Parfit
Executive producer: Michael W. Hager
Director of photography: James Neihouse
Director of underwater photography: Bob Cranston
Editor: Mark Fletcher
Music: Alan Reeves
Color/stereo
On-screen naturalists: Iliana Ortega Bacmeister, Eugenia Guerrero-Ruiz, Exequiel Ezcurra
Running time -- 39 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Boasting some truly breathtaking marine photography, "Ocean Oasis", set against the richly varied backdrop of Baja California and the Sea of Cortes, is large-format filmmaking at its awe-inspiring best.
While it may not have the crowd-drawing cachet of an "Everest" or "Michael Jordan -- To the Max", the 39-minute film, which premiered in September at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, takes the viewer on a fascinating, up-close-and-personal trek that glides effortlessly from the bottom of the ocean floor up to the tips of the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra San Pedro Martir mountains.
Along with the obligatory visits with whales, sharks and dolphins, there are many more less familiar sights, including a virtual sea of noisy, mating elephant seals; a hummingbird captured at 1,200 frames per second; and, most notably, the remarkable manta ray, silently navigating its lush undersea terrain like a stealth bomber, accompanied by a group of angelfish on hand to discourage any lowlife looking for a free ride.
Director Soames Summerhays, a veteran of several Imax productions, including "The Great Barrier Reef" and "Darwin on the Galapagos", is an expert in capturing nature at its most natural, and it's no small feat conditioning his intriguing subjects to be seemingly oblivious to those imposing Imax cameras.
Although there are times when Michael Parfit's scripted narration gets a little clunky, especially when delivered by the film's resident on-screen naturalists for whom English is a second language (a Spanish-language version has also been produced), it's the amazingly intimate, poetic visuals that speak volumes here, thanks to the work of director of photography James Neihouse and, particularly, director of underwater photography Bob Cranston.
You'd swear you were wearing a snorkel.
OCEAN OASIS
Summerhays Films
Director-producer: Soames Summerhays
Screenwriter: Michael Parfit
Executive producer: Michael W. Hager
Director of photography: James Neihouse
Director of underwater photography: Bob Cranston
Editor: Mark Fletcher
Music: Alan Reeves
Color/stereo
On-screen naturalists: Iliana Ortega Bacmeister, Eugenia Guerrero-Ruiz, Exequiel Ezcurra
Running time -- 39 minutes
No MPAA rating...
While it may not have the crowd-drawing cachet of an "Everest" or "Michael Jordan -- To the Max", the 39-minute film, which premiered in September at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, takes the viewer on a fascinating, up-close-and-personal trek that glides effortlessly from the bottom of the ocean floor up to the tips of the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra San Pedro Martir mountains.
Along with the obligatory visits with whales, sharks and dolphins, there are many more less familiar sights, including a virtual sea of noisy, mating elephant seals; a hummingbird captured at 1,200 frames per second; and, most notably, the remarkable manta ray, silently navigating its lush undersea terrain like a stealth bomber, accompanied by a group of angelfish on hand to discourage any lowlife looking for a free ride.
Director Soames Summerhays, a veteran of several Imax productions, including "The Great Barrier Reef" and "Darwin on the Galapagos", is an expert in capturing nature at its most natural, and it's no small feat conditioning his intriguing subjects to be seemingly oblivious to those imposing Imax cameras.
Although there are times when Michael Parfit's scripted narration gets a little clunky, especially when delivered by the film's resident on-screen naturalists for whom English is a second language (a Spanish-language version has also been produced), it's the amazingly intimate, poetic visuals that speak volumes here, thanks to the work of director of photography James Neihouse and, particularly, director of underwater photography Bob Cranston.
You'd swear you were wearing a snorkel.
OCEAN OASIS
Summerhays Films
Director-producer: Soames Summerhays
Screenwriter: Michael Parfit
Executive producer: Michael W. Hager
Director of photography: James Neihouse
Director of underwater photography: Bob Cranston
Editor: Mark Fletcher
Music: Alan Reeves
Color/stereo
On-screen naturalists: Iliana Ortega Bacmeister, Eugenia Guerrero-Ruiz, Exequiel Ezcurra
Running time -- 39 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/25/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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