The T Stop Inn

The T Stop Inn

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

  • Mark Toia - Making His Own Rules

    Mark Toia talks through step by step, how he became one of the most successful TV Commercial Directors in the world, constantly travelling the globe doing multimillion dollar ads.  Throughout his directing career, Mark has continued to be his own cinematographer initially on 35mm film and then making the transition to digital with RED.  He has now used that success to be able to make a feature film called "ROBOT 4" with total creative and technical control.

    56 min
  • Fabian Wagner ASC BSC - Game of Light

    Fabian Wagner ASC BSC discusses his work on high end TV dramas including "Sherlock" & "The Crown" and he sets the record straight on his dark photography on "Game Of Thrones: The Long Night".

    44 min
  • SPECIAL: The New Mac Pro

    Ben Allan ACS CSI and FXGUIDE's Mike Seymour are at Apple WWDC 2019 to see the new Mac Pro and discuss the significance of this new machine and the associated technology.

    29 min
  • SPECIAL: Game of Darkness

    In the wake of the global controversy about the extreme darkness of some scenes in episode 3 of the final season of HBO's "Game Of Thrones", Ben speaks to cinematographers and colorists to discuss the question that has been bothering the world...  How Dark Is Too Dark?

    1 hr 19 min
  • Shane Mario Ruggieri CSI - HDR & New Colors To See

    Shane Mario Ruggieri is the in house colorist at Dolby Laboratories in California.  He's one of the world's most knowledgable people on the subject of High Dynamic Range.  Shane speaks passionately about the technology and its creative potential.

    42 min
  • Matthew Allard ACS - Pre NAB 2019
    Matthew Allard ACS is a brilliant cinematographer but he's also a founder of NewsShooter.com and he joins us en-route to NAB 2019 to talk through what we should all be looking out for this year.
    47 min
  • Clara Chong - Directors & Cinematographers
    Clara Chong is a director with over 25 years experience across TV Commercials, Documentaries and Drama.  She discusses the relationship between director and cinematographer as well as the role of the director and how she uses technology to be better prepared and more efficient on set.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Tom Gleeson - The Technology Journey
    Tom Gleeson started in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's legendary training program, one that produced many of Australia's most successful cinematographers.  The technical knowledge Tom accumulated there gave him an edge when he went freelance and he has managed to stay ahead of the curve with technology ever since.  We talk through the journey from film and analogue tape to digital and then the technical revolution that has happened over the last decade and where things will be going next.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Frieder Hochheim - Kino Flo & Color Science
    Frieder Hochheim changed what was possible for cinematographers to achieve when he created the Kino Flo fluorescent lights which finally made it possible to work quickly and in tight spaces with beautifully soft light.  He worked closely with colour scientists at Kodak to solve the complex problems with the way that the colour spectrum output by traditional flouro lights was captured by film.  He's now using the same rigorous science to solve the challenges of how the spectral response of various digital cameras and different LED lights can produce unpredictable colour results.  In the process, he's discovered some game-changing things about LED lights and digital cameras.
    38 min
  • Simon Raby NZCS - Big Pictures
    Simon Raby NZCS talks about his amazing career and his role as President of the New Zealand Cinematographers Society.  With a background in low budget local films, Simon was catapulted into big movies shooting 2nd Unit for Andrew Lesnie ACS ASC on the "Lord Of The Rings" Trilogy.  He recently shot the complex VFX blockbuster "Mortal Engines" and talks through the techniques and approach he uses and how he works with the VFX and Post Production teams to get the look right.
    1 hr 2 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.