Keith Bernstein to shoot on No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

Leading unit-stills photographer Keith Bernstein has been hired for an 8 weeks shoot on No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. Anthony Minghella will direct the film based on the best-selling book by Alexander McCall Smith.

Shooting on No.1 Ladies Detective Agency begins in Botswana in July - and the producers have hired Cape Town based unit stills photographer Keith Bernstein to shoot all the stills for the 8 weeks shoot. Keith has previously shot unit stills all over the world, and worked with Robin Williams in Hawaii, Bob Hoskins in Nepal and the late Christopher reeve in California.

For No.1 Ladies, Cape Town model makers Rivets&Rockets have built a custom-made sound proof camera blimp, enabling high-end digital stills cameras to be used safely on set.

KOO donation can

A simple sticker transforming the appearance of a can of tinned fruit effectively and creatively raised awareness for KOO's commitment to ‘Unite Against Hunger', a charity that helps feed those in need.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE SAASP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

NOTICE TO ALL SAASP MEMBERS

It is time again for you to make your nominations for Executive Committee members of the South African Association of Stills Producers, for the period July 2007 to 30th June 2008.

The Board’s responsibility is to govern the affairs of the Association. Please remember, as you make these nominations that you wish your representatives to have the following representative profile:

Be able to understand the functions of SAASPUnderstand fully and subscribe to the principles and values of Ubuntu, Creativity, Honesty, Integrity as well as the objectives of SAASP

Be able to learn about the legislation affecting Employment Equity, Skills Development, Black Economic Empowerment and other initiatives, as well as, translate it into workable policy and practices for the Association’s members

Be able to take and carry out the mandate of the SAASP membership

Be committed to stay the period of the full one-year term of office or until the next AGM whichever is the longestBe available to invest time into SAASP activities during and after working hours

Be capable of communicating with you and regularly giving you feedback Both the nominee and the person making the nomination must be paid up members of SAASP.

Please ensure that the member you nominate is available and agrees to standing for election.
Nomination forms (with CV’s attached) are to be faxed to 086 659 5366 emailed to info@saasp.co.za by no later than 29th July 2007.

Skoda Fabia - Full of lovely stuff

To demonstrate the super-awesomosity of its Fabia, Skoda lets users watch them build one. Out of cake ingredients.

We've never felt more inclined to run a hand across the hood of a vehicle and hope against hope that the finish will come off. Plus, there's something so psychologically soothing about Poppins.

NOTICE OF 15th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the South African Association of Stills Producers will take place on Wednesday, 4th July 2007 at the Victoria Junction Hotel from 15h00.

The issues and resolutions set out in the agenda will be considered, and if deemed fit, passed with or without modification. The required notice period of 21 clear days of the meeting, as required in terms Corporate Governance principles has been duly observed, as this notice has been posted by SAASP on the 31st May 2007.

In particular, this session will allow Members of SAASP to vote for a new Executive Committee.

If you are able to attend, please RSVP to Wendy-Leigh Boise info@saasp.co.za or telephonically 021 465 8263.
Should you be unable to attend the AGM, please use the SAASP Proxy form available on the SAASP website to nominate your proxy at least 48 hours before the meeting, to make your vote count.

Superior Image Quality with Capture One

THE RAW TRUTH
If you are not already shooting RAW most of the time, then you may want to consider it.

Here are some of the benefits you will get from shooting RAW instead of JPEG:

RAW – the digital film ‘negative’ RAW is often referred to as the digital equivalent to a film negative. The RAW format is the best image quality that a camera is capable of producing, because RAW files contain all the image data retrieved from the camera's sensor.

Another similarity to film negative is the fact that you can create an endless variety of output files from the original RAW file without affecting the original image data.

PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE

RAW software is constantly being improved with enhanced image processing algorithms. This means that you can process old RAW files in new software versions and get a better result e.g. two years after the original image was shot.

More about RAW

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TIPS ON BREAKING INTO THE STILLS INDUSTRY

RESEARCH IT

There are several industry publications that cover the film industry on a monthly basis. A number are also e-based newsletters.

MEET PEOPLE

Try to meet people already working in the industry to find out more about the job. How to do that? Well, there are a number of initiatives which can help you become an industry insider.

JOIN A CREW AGENCY
STUDY IT
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