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Geoff Boyle originated the best referred-to Cinematographers online resource called ‘The Cinematographers Mailing list, which he himself polices and creates policies for. Because of this level of management, Oscar winning cinematographers can be found to be posting regularly on the site. Geoff also operates a policy of ‘testing, testing, testing’ as he calls it – which is to ignore all manufacturers claims about what their equipment can achieve and then tests it and publishes his results on CML – even if that’s to the approbation to the manufacturers. In short the integrity Geoff Boyle exhibits within his community of involvement, in a darkly commercial world, gains him the respect of a very hard to please community.
Geoff though being a proponent of film, has championed Digital Cinematography as a viable acquisition form. What Geoff championed was in fact a rigorous definition of what was excellent in film and his public critique of what was wrong in digital cinematography – until it actually managed to begin to change and then rival the quality levels of photo-chemical film. Geoff has run a series of workshops around the world, for many years, which are recognized as the bar for training within the subject area. Geoff also lectures and gives professional level consultancy at various international forums such as the International Broadcasting Convention* (this year in Amsterdam) and the National Association of Broadcasters annual event in Las Vegas, both of which are attended by the world’s broadcasting sector. When Geoff speaks, people listen.
For these two reasons Geoff Boyle is internationally recognized as a primary voice within the developing medium. For these reasons alone any HEI should be glad of his affiliation.
But Geoff Boyle has also been an award winning cinematographer for more than 30 years, so his own public practice has garnered him work within most forms of cinematography (and made him a pioneer on the Wallander series in Sweden) but his forte has been in commercials where the highest levels of understanding of the different forms are requisite (for instance high speed cinematography with its attendant pitfalls). To quote Boyle: “As an early experimenter with digital technology I shot my first 3D movie in 2007. Since then I've shot and advised on 3D movies for companies in the US, UK Sweden, Italy & Singapore as well as 3D commercials and TV promos including Cricket at 1,000fps in 3D and a Mercedes 3D commercial at 160mph most recently Quad-HD 3D for BSkyB”. Boyle has been an insistent experimenter in the whole of his time concentrating on the production of moving images.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102240/
Video Interview with Geoff Boyle
Geoff though being a proponent of film, has championed Digital Cinematography as a viable acquisition form. What Geoff championed was in fact a rigorous definition of what was excellent in film and his public critique of what was wrong in digital cinematography – until it actually managed to begin to change and then rival the quality levels of photo-chemical film. Geoff has run a series of workshops around the world, for many years, which are recognized as the bar for training within the subject area. Geoff also lectures and gives professional level consultancy at various international forums such as the International Broadcasting Convention* (this year in Amsterdam) and the National Association of Broadcasters annual event in Las Vegas, both of which are attended by the world’s broadcasting sector. When Geoff speaks, people listen.
For these two reasons Geoff Boyle is internationally recognized as a primary voice within the developing medium. For these reasons alone any HEI should be glad of his affiliation.
But Geoff Boyle has also been an award winning cinematographer for more than 30 years, so his own public practice has garnered him work within most forms of cinematography (and made him a pioneer on the Wallander series in Sweden) but his forte has been in commercials where the highest levels of understanding of the different forms are requisite (for instance high speed cinematography with its attendant pitfalls). To quote Boyle: “As an early experimenter with digital technology I shot my first 3D movie in 2007. Since then I've shot and advised on 3D movies for companies in the US, UK Sweden, Italy & Singapore as well as 3D commercials and TV promos including Cricket at 1,000fps in 3D and a Mercedes 3D commercial at 160mph most recently Quad-HD 3D for BSkyB”. Boyle has been an insistent experimenter in the whole of his time concentrating on the production of moving images.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102240/
Video Interview with Geoff Boyle