Vary depth of field in film

Credits

Cinefade in film, TV and commercials

 
 

Coming Soon

Cinefade was used on feature film Blonde (2021) shot by DP Chayse Irvin CSC and Devotion (2022) with cinematography by Erik Messerschmidt ASC.

Netflix series Anatomy of a Scandal lensed by DP Balazs Bolygo BSC, HSC and The Witcher S2 shot by Romain Lacourbas AFC, as well as Apple TV+ series The Morning Show S2 filmed by David Lanzenberg are some of the TV series being released in 2021 that used Cinefade.

Commercials for Peloton, Google and Lidl are amongst other exciting projects coming soon.

 
 
 
 
 

Cinefade in the press

Cinefade featured in industry publications and on online blogs.

 
 

Cinefade wins cinec Award

Cinefade Founder Oliver Janesh Christiansen with cmotion Owner Christian Tschida accepting cinec Award 2018

 

Cinefade at IBC

Cinefade Founder Oliver Janesh Christiansen on the cmotion stand at IBC 2018 showing the Cinefade system

Cinefade Founder Oliver Janesh Christiansen on the cmotion stand at IBC 2018 showing the Cinefade system

 
 
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Uncouple depth of field from exposure in cinematography
Uncouple depth of field from exposure in cinematography

When I heard about the Cinefade, I said, "Oh my god, this is a tool that I can actually control exposure with while keeping the iris position where I want it for storytelling purposes", which in my opinion, is really what it's for. The iris position has an enormous effect on how you tell the story because it controls depth of field. I was really excited to use the tool for that reason.

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Televisual article - Live sport: The beautiful game
Televisual article - Live sport: The beautiful game

Live sport is increasingly turning to cinematic cameras usually seen on a film set to add emotion and drama. But blending those shots with rest of the action is no easy feat.

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On set of 'Devotion' with 1AC Alex Scott - Technocrane with variable ND filter
On set of 'Devotion' with 1AC Alex Scott - Technocrane with variable ND filter

“Primarily on 'Devotion' we're using the Cinefade VariND on the Technocrane so we can set a fixed exposure - whatever Erik wants to shoot at - and we don't have to bring the crane down or close or open the iris at all to compensate for any exposure changes. So, if Erik wants to shoot it at a T2, no matter the light we can just shoot it at a T2. Choosing what aperture you shoot at is storytelling and I think the Cinefade allows you to keep the story the way you want it.”

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The Love I Give - Sunrise time lapse music video
The Love I Give - Sunrise time lapse music video

Director Nano Clow and DP Natasha Duursma challenged themselves to a particularly tricky one-take music video shoot. The idea was to shoot a time lapse with the camera taking an exposure once a second during sunrise. Shooting 16mm film on an ARRI 416 camera, one of the challenges was to maintain a constant exposure during the extreme light change at sunrise.

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Fade the Flames by Karim Hussain CSC - Canadian Cinematographer magazine article
Fade the Flames by Karim Hussain CSC - Canadian Cinematographer magazine article

My relationship with the Cinefade system began a while before I even knew it existed. While prepping director Brandon Cronenberg’s 2020 feature Possessor, we had a crazy idea that we had never seen done before. When the character of Vos (Andrea Riseborough) would jump in and out of possessing someone, the world around her would start blurry in shallow depth of field, then sharpen up in focus, revealing her surroundings. Effectively a depth of field rack in shot while maintaining a single focal plane, without affecting the lighting.

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