Here you will find download links, tutorials, blog posts, FAQs and other goodies.
Short 5min setup video covering all the basics to setup and operate the cmotion Cinefade VariND and cPRO.
Iain interviews the Founder of Cinefade, Oliver Janesh Christiansen at Cinec 2018 to talk about the cmotion Cinefade VariND.
David Finchers neuester Netflix-Film »Mank« ist eine Hommage an »Citizen Kane« und an Gregg Tolands Arbeit mit Tiefenschärfe in diesem Jahrhundertwerk von Orson Welles. Dazu setzt Regisseur Fincher mit seinem Kameramann Erik Messerschmidt das von Oliver Christiansen neue entwickelte System Cinefade ein – und ergänzt damit das visuelle Storytelling um ein revolutionäres, bis anhin ungesehenes kreatives Element.
Read MoreListen to a short extract of the More Like This podcast from Netflix Queue in which cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt ASC discusses his and David Fincher's thought process behind using the Cinefade as a storytelling tool.
Read More“We used this tool called the cmotion Cinefade. It’s a motorized variable ND filter that you sync to the iris so we could effectively pull depth of field. It’s quite extreme. You could pull five stops of depth of field. So we could go from a T8 to a 2. That thing kind of lived on the camera. There were times where we’d say, “It’s too much. Let’s look at it at a 5.6.” So you set the iris to a 5.6, the VariND compensates and now you’re looking at the same scene but with less depth of field. So, it was nice to be able to use focus and iris as a storytelling tool instead of just an exposure tool.” - Erik Messerschmidt ASC
Read MoreFocus and depth of field play an incredibly important role in the cinematography of ‘Mank’ and we are excited for you to see how DP Erik Messerschmidt utilised the Cinefade VariND to help craft the look.
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