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GONE FISHING WITH FUJI & TECHNICOLOR
OPTEX WINS EMMY
Following the award of an Academy Plaque in Hollywood earlier this year, British optical and lighting manufacturer OpTex has now scooped an Engineering Emmy for its uniquely designed softlight Aurasoft.
The citations on the Emmy go to chief executive Ron Collins, on behalf of OpTex, and Derek C Lightbody for Invention and Design. Aurasoft was used on recent films like Shakespeare In Love and Elizabeth as well as countless TV dramas, soap operas and commercials. ■
T here was a total of 48 fish caught at Fuji/Technicolor’s
Fishing Trip held at Sheepcoat Farm trout fishery near Maidenhead on May 7.
Winners - Best Fish: Bill Leech of Bill Leech Productions (3lb 3oz); Best Bag: Tim White of James Garnett & Partners (11lb 10oz), Best Newcomer: Russell McGrath of Metrocolor (2lb 8oz). ■
JANE’S LAST GYPSY KING
Far left above L to R: Tim White and Dave Pittwell (Technicolor); far left below: Paul Johnson DP; left: Bill Leach and Dave Pittwell; above: the whole happy fishing fleet lining up for a photo call.
Right: Ron Collins, Chief Executive of OpTex with the Primetime Emmy awarded for the OpTex Aurasoft Softlight.
Funeral Of The Last Gypsy King, written and directed by Fuji Scholarship award winner Jane Rogoyska, is already lined up for showcasing in four major short film festivals this year - Toronto, Huesca, Montecatini and Karlovy Vary.
Completed in March, the eight-minute drama tells the lyrical and magical story of a gypsy musician whose funeral proves the power of his music has survived even though he himself is dead.
Shot on 35mm by DP Alex Howe using Fuji 125 and 250 daylight stock, the film was funded by the London Production Fund and used locations in Borth and Aberystwyth, Mid Wales.
The production was a collaboration between Rogoyska and producer Meg Thomson’s Arcane
TMR BEAN BOOSTS FUJI
he familiar rubber face of Mr Bean, aka comic actor Rowan Atkinson, has been recently gracing Fujifilm’s £2 million promotion of its new
MULTi - Film for all Occasions.
The integrated media campaign
has been supporting the new Superia MULTi and Nexia MULTi films via a combination of advertising, money-off vouchers and PR in both the print media and television.
The bulk of the TV commercial was directed by Blackadder producer John Lloyd who began his long collab- oration 20 years ago with Atkinson on the trailblazing BBC comedy sketch series Not The Nine O’Clock News. ■
Pictures (formerly Gummfluh Films). The team is now planning a feature, Spaghetti Junction. ■
Above right: Writer and director of Funeral Of The Last Gypsy King Jane Rogoyska and DP Alex Howe on location in Mid Wales.
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DUNTON’S BIG BUY
oe Dunton has bought Panavision Europe’s 50 per cent share in 2.35 Research for $680,000. This gives Dunton complete control of the
2.35 is a Millennium series of lenses using the new Cooke optics (Series 4). Other continuing projects include
the manufacture of Macro lenses, High Definition video lenses and optical effect units.
The acquisition of 2.35 also includes the Wilmington-based Mitchell Camera Company which has a large inventory of spare parts for Mitchell camera and accessories as well as the blueprint archive. The purchase further broadens the company folio which also includes Joe Dunton and Co, Joe Dunton Cameras and EF Moy Ltd. ■
anamorphic lens company which he conceived with Samuelson Film Service in 1992.
The core business of 2.35 Research is the production and rental of anamorphic lenses which it
has supplied to many film productions including, most recently,
A Midsummer’s Night Dream and The Hi-Lo Country. Also in development at
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