The T Stop Inn

The T Stop Inn

By Ben Allan ACS CSITV & Film
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The T Stop Inn episodes

  • Lions, Rogues and Darkness: Greig Fraser ACS ASC
    Greig Fraser ACS ASC discusses his Emmy Award winning work on "The Mandalorian" and the realities of working with the LED Volume virtual production system the made the series practical.  He also talks about "Lion", "Zero Dark Thirty", "Star Wars: Rogue One" and "Dune" and looks back at some of his early work including the Palm d'Or winning short film "Cracker Bag".
    1 hr 11 min
  • Mihai Malaimare Jr - Shooting Jojo Rabbit

    Mihai Malaimare Jr is an extraordinarily talented Romanian cinematographer who has worked with some of the best directors in the world, including Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Thomas Anderson.  In this episode he talks about his work on JOJO RABBIT, how he collaborated with Taika Waititi and how he used an incredible quirk of mathematics to frame the film in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio while using anamorphic lenses.

    50 min
  • Mark Lapwood ACS - The Perfect Balance
    Mark Lapwood ACS has had built an international reputation as a visually inventive and collaborative cinematographer working on big budget TV commercials and feature films all around Asia and India as well as in Australia and New Zealand.  Mark has also managed to find a very rare balance of this work with his passion projects in documentary and time-lapse.  In this conversation Mark explains how he did it and what he expects from the future.
    1 hr
  • SPECIAL: Working From Home in 2020

    Clara Chong and T STOP INN host Ben Allan ACS CSI respond to requests from film industry professionals around the world who are suddenly working from home because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Talking through their experience over the last decade of simultaneously running a production company and raising a family by bringing more and more of the film making process, literally... "in-house".  Clara and Ben talk through the challenges and opportunities of working from home as film makers and how we can all make the most of the current situation.

    52 min
  • Matt Town - Making Work… Flow
    Matt Town is one of the top Post Production Supervisors in the world with credits including MAD MAX FURY ROAD, LEGO BATMAN and THE GENTLEMEN and now Post Production Manager, EMEA International Original Features at NETFLIX.  Matt shares rare insights into how everything from monitor calibration to debayering is being done at the highest levels of the industry and where things are going next.  Matt's passion is joining the dots between the shoot and post-production throughout the process and his observations are essential information for any cinematographer who wants to keep control of their pictures.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Steve Windon ACS ASC - Big Countries
    Steve Windon ACS ASC talks about shooting 2nd Unit of CROCODILE DUNDEE going Hollywood with RAPA NUI, THE POSTMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, THE FAST & THE FURIOUS and many more films as well as what it was like growing up in cinematography, how to get an agent and learning how to play the Hollywood game the right way.
    49 min
  • Murray Lui - The Elegance Of Discipline

    Murray Lui brings his unique perspective to everything he shoots, coming from a tiny island in the Torres Straight and having developed a passion for classic cinematography techniques.  This mix combines with his technical skills and calm creativity to create the indelible imagery of TOP END WEDDING and ROSEHAVEN among many others.

    54 min
  • Siggy Ferstl - The Color Of Texture
    Siggy Ferstl is one of the world’s most experienced and respected colorists and he explains how his recent work on the Disney, Willem Dafoe film TOGO has used the newly expanded toolset of Da Vinci Resolve to break new ground in what is possible for color grading films and the new possibilities in the collaboration between a colorist and cinematographer.
    52 min
  • Marcus Hides ACS - Endless Summer Bay
    Marcus Hides ACS is one of Australia's most experienced drama cinematographers.  Currently one of the team of cinematographers shooting "Home & Away" for the Seven Network as it rolls into its 33rd consecutive year of production this week, he discusses the show's shooting schedule of 46 weeks per year and the recent switch from ENG style cameras to Super-35 Digital Cinema cameras while continuing to shoot at an incredible pace.
    54 min
  • Bonnie Elliott ACS - A Tender Eye
    After graduating from film school, Bonnie Elliott ACS quickly established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the cinematography world.  She talks about her recent work and how she became one of the busiest and most popular cinematographers in Australia.
    1 hr 12 min

About The T Stop Inn

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A series of relaxed conversations between Ben Allan ACS CSI and some of the most interesting people in the industry today talking about the film industry and the craft of cinematography.