We at CML are shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of
cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. While the authorities work to
establish what happened, we would like to encourage everyone who works
in the film business to always voice their concerns on safety at any
time, so another loss can be avoided. As professionals, we always
strive to complete the daily schedule at our best, regardless of
limited resources and insufficient rest. As artists, we always give
our heart and soul to the story we are putting on screen. As human
beings, we always care for our fellow crew members, talent, and anyone
else on set, and we should always protect people who trust us: because
we are professionals, artists and humans.

Alternatives to real firearms should be used on set whenever possible,
always adopting all necessary safety measures to avoid another tragedy
like this ever happening again. Working hours should be balanced with
necessary rest. The sufficient number of competent and experienced
people should be provided for the task, along with appropriate tools
to do our job properly and safely. Nobody should be rushed in a way
that safety checks are skipped. Ever.

Our thoughts and prayers go to Halyna Hutchins family and friends, and
to everyone affected by this huge loss. A professional artist and
wonderful human being is no longer with us. This should never happen
again.

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George Hupka, Jessica Gallant, Mark Weingartner, Merritt Mullen, Franz
Pagot, Mick van Rossum, Tim Sassoon, Roberto Schaefer, Emmanuel Suys,
Adam Wilt
CML Administrators
Europe and North America

One correction: Geoff won an award from the BSC (British Society of Cinematographers), not the BCS!

The online notice has been corrected.

Adam Wilt
CML technical services
Vancouver WA USA

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS

July 20th 1950 – October 5th 2021

 

Geoff Boyle was born in a council estate in the Northeast of England in 1950. At eight he was given his first Brownie 127 camera, which started him on lifelong image-making. He dropped out of his final year in art school to work as a stills assistant at the studio used as the location for “Blow Up”, working mostly in fashion and advertising. He also worked as a stills photographer covering music for notorious underground magazine Oz.

 

One day in 1973 he was asked if he knew anyone who could film a concert, and of course he did! He switched to film work entirely, shooting news, documentaries, and music promos for everyone from Bowie to Zeppelin. In 1985 he moved to commercials, and by the '90s Kodak said he was one of 10 cinematographers shooting 80% of national spots in the UK. After 20 years in commercials he focused on long-form drama, from the digital production “Mutant Chronicles” in 2006, to multiple 3D projects, the series “Wallander” shot on REDs, and action film “Streetfighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” shooting 3-perf 35mm, among others. In the process he garnered awards from SMPTE, BKSTS, BSC, ACS, and NSC.

 

In 1996, while bored late one night in a hotel room during the middle of a shoot, he started the Cinematography Mailing List, which has grown to over 12,500 members worldwide. He has also taught workshops in the USA, UK, Europe, Australia, and Asia, and was appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England in 2013. He was always eager to exploit new technologies, but always in service to the image: “F*** the numbers!” was his rallying cry whenever people would obsess over resolution or bit rates instead of looking at the picture, along with “‘good enough’ is not good enough and ‘close enough’ is miles away from good.”

 

Geoff died Tuesday October 5th in Zoetermeer, NL after a long and feisty battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Deborah.

And by the Cinematography Mailing List.

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George Hupka, Franz Pagot, Roberto Schaefer, Mark Weingartner, Adam Wilt
CML management and technical services
Canada, Italy, and USA

Geoff Boyle says farewell after nearly 25 years of running CML.

Wednesday, 7 July: 9am LA, Noon New York, 5pm London, 6pm Amsterdam, 9:30pm in Mumbai

https://zoom.us/j/94426303343

We had a Zoom management meeting and decided to allow sponsors to send newsletters but limit the amount sent.

They will need to be in the form of a message to an appropriate list and that the amount allowed to be sent will be limited according to sponsorship level.  
Gold Sponsors will be allowed to send one newsletter per month, Silver sponsors every 2 months and Bronze sponsors every 4 months.

As always we do not share membership data with anyone, we do not allow access to our membership data, we don't track users other than in very general terms, ie OS used, screen size, country, pages accessed etc. All this data we use is anonymised so we just get percentages.


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Cheers 

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
Sysadmin
Netherlands

My apologies for another email on this subject.

If you support CML via PayPal please switch to Patreon, just cancel PayPal and support us via Patreon.

If you aren't one of the 151 people who support CML please think about it, every little helps.
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Cheers 

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
Sysadmin
Netherlands

An important omission from my last post was that it would make the changeover much easier if those of you who support us via PayPal with subscriptions were to change to Patreon.

We really value your support and the independence it gives us.

 

cheers
Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
EU based cinematographer
+31 637155076

www.gboyle.nl

www.cinematography.net

Become a CML Patron https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=43292735

 

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I send out a thank you every year but this has been a difficult year for everyone.
I really appreciate the support of all the people listed below, there are more than in any other year.
It's been a year where we have lost corporate sponsors as the effects of Covid bite but individuals have come to our aid more than ever.
This year we have 13,001 subscribers today and 151 people from that total have helped to support CML.

The corporate sponsors make testing and web discussions and visits to conferences and show's possible.

You are the people who pay for the discussion lists and the website, the heart of CML. 

Thank you...

Aaron Morton

Aaron Wise

Abby Levine

Adam Dada

Adrenaline Film Productions Inc.

Adrian Roup

alexander metcalfe

Andres Sanchez

Andrew Cutraro

Andrew Hoehn

Andrew Lowe

Andy Romanoff

Barry Schwartz

Ben Hoskyn

Ben Richardson

bovanmelskens

Brian Heller

Brian Rose

Brian Wengrofsky

Brian Wingert

Bryan Donnell

Carlos Esteves

Carlos Federico Rossini

Cedric Lejeune

Chase Becsey

Christophe Persoz

Colemar Nichols

Colin Elves

Comprehensive Communications

Craig Kief

Cynthia Pusheck

Dan M Keaton

Dana Christiaansen

Daniel Cowles

Daniel Drasin

Daniel Ring

Danys BRUYERE

Daryl Studebaker

Dave Blackham

David Amphlett

David Baud

David Brillhart

David Cawley

David Leitner

Dennis Riebenstahl

Donna Baird

Douglas Glover

Dwaine Maggart

Eric Rey

Eric Wenocur

Erik Messerschmidt

Filmwork, Inc.

foerster productions

Franz Pagot

Frazer Bradshaw

Frisly Soberanis

Georges Leurquin Sterk

Giuseppe

Glenn Dicus

Gordon Smith

Greg Harriott

Guy Mastrion

Herbert Forsberg

Hicks Media Corp

HTE Group Inc

Inventome Ltd

J R Film (pty) ltd

Jacques Albrecht

James Carter

James Elias

Jan Klier

Jeff Platt

Jens Harms

Jesse Harris

Jessica Bennett

Joep Bannenberg

John Adderley

John Mann

John McMillin

John Roche

John Smith

john winzar

Jonathon Sendall

Juli Silver-Taracido

Justus J Schlichting

Jyri Hakala

Keith Clark

Ken Smith

Kim batterham

Liberty Lighting Limited

LiteGear Inc

Louis Carraz

Maik Kleinschmidt

Man With A Movie Camera LLc

Maria Rosario Belmar Costa

Mark Chiolis

Mark Kenfield

Mark Lamble

Mark Schwartzbard

Mark Smith

Mark Weingartner

MASARU YOSHIDA

Matthew Petrosky

Matthew Williams

Merritt Mullen

Michael Fanning

Michael Moser

Mind2Machine

Neil Wieteska

Objectis Ltd

Ohsoweird AB

Paul Curtis

Paul McIlvaine

Peter Schings

Phil Curry

Pruitt Allen

Railsback Productions

Randy Lee

Reuben Tompkins

Rich Lerner

Richard Dallett

Richard Kooris

Richard Mills

Richard Roepnack Motion Pictures LLc

RichardSiegel

Rob van Gelder

Roberto Schaefer

Roland Osborne

Sam Olly

Sarumbear Limited

Scott B

Scott Billingsley

Sean Malone

Sean Phillips

Slippery Media INC

SLR

Stephen Williams

Steven Bradford

Steven Oakley

Susan Lumsdon

Thaddeus Cooper

The Digital Cinema Society

Thomas Gleeson

Tim Sidell Ltd

Timon Mahony

Timothy Sassoon

Todd Folts

Ulf Soderqvist

Vaisty Films Corp.

Videofax

Videoworld

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Cheers 

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
Sysadmin
Netherlands

There is a basic rule here...
NO POLITICS, NO RELIGION
If you break this rule you will go on permanent approval.
ALL of your messages will be delayed and may be rejected.
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Cheers 

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
Sysadmin
Netherlands

This is for those of you who are used to using the many other systems around that are primarily web-based.

CML is not like that, we are predominantly email-based.

Once you post a message 80% of the people on that forum/list have the message, there is no ability to recall or delete it.

You CAN delete the message from the web interface but that only means that 20% of the members don't see it even if you delete it immediately.

So, be careful about what you post...

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Cheers 

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
Sysadmin
Netherlands

Joining the CML signifies that you accept the concept of an unrestricted exchange of ideas, opinions, suggestions, etc. by peers; and that you will not take any legal action of any kind against the CML or any CML member for expressing their opinions on the CML.

(Also, keep in mind that the CML does not necessarily endorse the ideas, opinions, suggestions, etc. made by members of the CML.)

Joining the CML also signifies that you agree to treat your peers with the same courtesy and respect that they will give you. While I recognise not everyone will agree with the ideas, opinions, suggestions, etc. expressed on the CML, unprofessional behaviour such as personal attacks, threats, unfounded criticism, etc. will not be tolerated.

All messages must be signed with name, job description and location

This enables other people to know whether they can physically help you for one thing
You will not post the same message to more than one list.
You also agree to respect the copyright of these messages and not to reproduce them in any way without the express permission of the Listmums.

Violations of these conditions will result in you being permanently removed from the CML.

HELPFUL HINTS :

You may post as soon as you have been accepted as a member, but it is advisable to watch and wait at first to see how the group operates, your first few messages will be slightly delayed to give the listmums a chance to check them anyway.

Please keep your postings short and to the point (not everyone has unlimited Internet access), respond privately to postings that would not be of interest to all subscribers, and post no advertising without permission.

Remember that all members receive each message posted on CML. I suggest that you check that the message is going where you want it to, ie to the lists and not privately. It can be very embarrassing otherwise!

Again, please keep your messages as brief and to the point as possible - resist the temptation to orate to a captive audience, or speak beyond your experience

Keep your quoting to the absolute minimum; we need to bear in mind that cinematographers on location may face bandwidth issues, there is a filter working that will bounce your entire message if you quote too much.

Feel free to use a smiley or similar symbols in your messages to convey playfulness, humour, etc. - especially when your intuition warns you there is a chance of your posting being misinterpreted.

If you're a film student, refrain from posting questions if you can get your information from an instructor, a lecturer or a textbook - many questions can be answered in the ASC manual, Professional Cameraman's' Handbook or the Hands-on Manual for Cinematographers. If students abuse the system then access for ALL students will be withdrawn.

When posting, please make sure that you address it to the relevant list ie for CML-general mail to cml-general@... for CML-AC mail to cml-ac@... etc.

Also when posting if you're replying to a digest please change the subject line to the one from the original message. Otherwise how the hell do we know what you're talking about!

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Cheers 

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
Sysadmin
Netherlands

If you're looking for anything on CML then the best place to start is the search box on every page of the website www.cinematography.net this searches all the edited pages, all the test pages and all the messages on cml.news.

There is an incredible wealth of knowledge there. Shared experience from thousands of crew and manufacturers for over 20 years.

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Cheers 

Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS
Sysadmin
Netherlands

These are the people who supported CML in 2018.
I hope I haven't missed anyone but Paypal can be, err, difficult :-)
If you think that you're in the wrong category it's probably because you subscribed later in the year and this list is based on actual receipts in the year
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the running costs of CML 
If you'd like to join them please go to:-
https://www.cinematography.net/subs.html

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Geoff Boyle NSC 
Sysadmin
Netherlands