Cooke Professional Cinemagraphic Lenses Chosen to capture the simplicity and stunning lighting.
Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) May 12, 2005 -- Eduardo Serra, Director of Photography in the critically acclaimed film The Girl With a Pearl Earring," starring Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Wilkinson, was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for his work in this stunningly beautiful motion picture. Serra strove for simplicity, and he relied on naturalistic lighting and a careful blend of film stocks to crate the pictures rich palette, according to Ron Magid, in a recent article entitled Lighting Vermeer" that appeared in American Cinematographer magazine.
Serra worked with Super 35mm 2.35:1 format, and photographed the actual picture with an Arri 535 and Cooke S4 Prime Lenses. I didnt go very far with filtration or diffusion, I used a 1/8 Tiffen White Pro-Mist on very few occasions," commented Serra.
The film is about a young housemaid who becomes an unlikely protégé of 17th century Dutch Masters painter Johannes Vermeer. As she becomes the subject of one of his greatest works, The Girl With a Pearl Earring," their growing intimacy fuels jealousy and disorder in the Vermeer house. Watching this film, the audience feels almost as if it has been transported into a Vermeer work. The film is adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier.
Serra is but one of many renowned Directors of Photography working on high-end, top box-office draw films who rely on the clarity and precision of Cooke S4 Prime Lenses to capture their vision.
Cooke is a storied name in both the cinemagraphic and the ultra-high-end professional photography markets. Known worldwide for their precision, exacting tolerances and superior quality, Cooke lenses are specified by many of the most renowned directors of photography and cinematographers in Hollywood. Cooke S4 Prime lenses, acclaimed for their unique mechanical design and extraordinary photographic qualities, have been used to shoot several of the most renowned and cinemagraphically beautiful motion pictures of all time, both in Hollywood and internationally. Other recent box office releases shot with Cooke lenses include Bridget Jones's Diary, Chicago, Under the Tuscan Sun, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the recent Nicole Kidman box-office smash The Interpreter.
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