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01 1 -v D2 SATURDAY. APRIL 9. 2016 WINDSOR STAR 1 1 y. Two categories an option CINEMATOGRAPHY FROM VI 1 Cliff Curtis, left, and Ruben Blades in Fear the Walking Dead, richard FOREMAN JR. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and his cinematographer embraced technology when making The Revenant, which won an Oscar for cinematography.

OMAR VEGAINVISIONTBE ASSOCIATED PRESS Who's up for zombie hors dbeuvres? But then hecites this year's Oscar-winning Spotlight, as well as Steve Jobs and Carol, as films that don't need to rely on visual effects. "They were shot relatively normally. They are not the product of computer-generated images." The Hateful Eight, on which he worked with Quentin Tarantino, does occupy a special territory in that it marked a return to the cinematographic glories of the past, being shot in 65mm stock with Panavision Ultra 70 lenses. Richardson gloried in working the old way. In his view, The Hateful Eight looks "stunning" on the big screen.

And ifs almost a badge of honour that those outdoor blizzards were not "manufactured." Neither was the blood. "Quentin wanted a winter storm, but he didn't wanta digital storm. Quentin is old-fashioned in the sense that he wants to create out of the lens. He al so creates his blood on set. He doesn'tcrcateitin post-production, which a lot of films do.

A lot of films you watch when someone is shot, thcbloodcanbecreatcdbycomput- ZOMBIES FROM Dl "We shot at Baja Studios because they have a horizon tank there the studio that James Cameron built for Titanic. We buil a section of (Victor's yacht), and that went into the tank. It was a learning experience for all involved, just the construction of the actual vessel and then working around water an learning to generate its movement," he says. "It's tricky because as you get those individual pieces coming in, you can only imagine what it's going to look like. It's hard until you have things physically andyou can look at them on the screen.

But it really exceeded all expectations." Also new this season are fresh 1967, the Academydidhandouttwo awards for cinematography one for colour, the other for black and white. So some precedent exists, Richardson points out But there was nochallengeback then in determining category. Such a challenge looms larger today. Richardson believes it can be met, butsomecolleagucsarelesscertain. Cinematographer Ed Lachman, who received an Oscar nomin ation for the traditionally photographed Carol, tol the Hollywood Reporter in February that there was no easy answer to thedilemma.

"It's becoming harder and harder to make that distinction between what is original otography and wh at i post- digi They can do everythingin post if you ave the time and the money." er. Quentin does it live on camera That's why we love his films. They embrace an esthetic that has not altered since he began shooting." Tarantino's cinematic sensibility differs notably from that of The Revenant's makers. "They basically shot a film in natural light, and then that natural light was essentially enhanced by a number of people sittingin rooms," Richardson says. Computers took over to "raise the level of light on a face on one side or the other" or "to darken background." Richardson isn't putting down this achievement.

"I still think Revenant was the best-looking film last year," he says firmly. He just doesn't think it should have won for its cinematography. Until faces. So far, reports say that actors Arturo del Puerto, Veronica Diaz.DougrayScottandDaniel Zo-vattowillmakeappearanceson the show. Says Erickson: "There'll be a number of new people some come, some go.

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