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This page is an example of the dynamic attitude that CMIR put into practice during its 2013 to 2017 lifespan:
We asked: 'In what ways can we renew thinking around the theory and practice of the capture and display of, and interaction with moving images as a response to the advent of digital processes?' Our partnerships and affiliations include the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science, IMAGO, the federation of Cinematographic societies, Bristol Vision Institute (at University of Bristol), BBC, plus many researchers from universities around the world. Centre Personnel Core Research Streams People & Affiliations. |
May 25-26th 2016: Prof. Chris Meigh-Andrews presented a paper on the history of UK Artist's video at "The Emergence of Video Art in Europe”, organised by the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA), the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF), University of Paris 8 and the Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL).
Image:"The Viewer's Receptive Capacity", 1978-79, Meigh-Andrews. 2016 CML/CMIR LENS TESTS
On 23/24th January 2016 we evaluated the highest level cinematographic equipment from manufacturers from around the world. CML/CMIR tests are a key source of kit information for cinematographers world-wide. Dr. Sarah Sparke (CMIR), Dave Neal (UWE Media Centre) worked closely with Geoff Boyle (CML, and CMIR Visiting Professor) to produce the tests, in which a series of 58 movie lenses were tested in two environments, using a controlled set of variables. The results of the tests are available here - Cooke, Leica, Zeiss, Angniuex, Fuji, Canon, Illumina, Schneider 2015 CML/CMIR CAMERA TESTS (5 min video above)
On 24th and 25th January 2015 we tested the highest level cinematographic equipment from manufacturers from around the world. CML camera tests are a key source of kit information for cinematographers world-wide. Dr. Sarah Sparke (CMIR), Dave Neal (UWE Media Centre) worked closely with Geoff Boyle (CML, and CMIR Visiting Professor to produce the tests, in which a series of 12 cameras were tested using a controlled set of variables. The results of the tests are available here - CML/CMIR Camera tests 2015. Also http://www.cinematography.net/CML-UWE-tech.html 
Moving Image Triptych The Intersection of Dreams Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York Until End June
This 3 screen moving image triptych opened at Bristol Cathedral and the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York at the same time (and remains open in NY). As you’ll see from the picture the centre panel is a restaging of Dali’s Crucifixion by Terry Flaxton (2 side panels show high res portraits of Bristol's youth). The work was cofunded by Professor Steve West, Vice Chancellor of UWE with Sir Eric Thomas, Vice Chancellor, University of Bristol. RESEARCH HDR CAPTURE AND DISPLAY 
CMIR are proud to announce that at our recent Higher Dynamic Range Laboratory we achieved production of HDR Capture and Display at both the intermediate position between Rec 709 and Rec 2020 (9 F stops) but we also created the preliminary pathway for 20 stop HDR images - we'll be publishing results shortly. Professor Flaxton addressed the Science and Technology Committee at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to speak on this subject. See HDR Laboratory. See Also: 'The Production of Higher Dynamic Range Video' Price et al.
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WOLF HALL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, has been on the BBC TV with some beautifully lit candlelight night interior scenes by Gavin Finney BSC. In 2007 Professor Martin White of University of Bristol was funded by the AHRC to investigate the use of candlelight in Jacobean Theatre. He asked Professor Terry Flaxton to technically direct and light the capture of a series of Jacobean play excerpts under candlelight (as Flaxton had tested the Panasonic Varicam on its arrival in Europe under candlelight) and then to construct an interactive DVD. Whilst investigating the area, White discussed with Dr Gordon Higgot, some recently found drawings of a Jacobean Playhouse that eventually became the Sam Wannamaker Theatre. This theatre is recently built next to Shakespeare's Globe where White advises on Tudor period plays. Peter Kosminski, director of Wolf Hall on seeing a production under candlelight was inspired to ask his DP, Gavin Finney to utilise the look. To view some of the original 2007 production click this link: The Chamber of Demonstrations. 
Professor Andrew Spicer Wins Book award
The study of the producer Michael Klinger, written by Spicer and A.T. McKenna, The Man Who Got Carter, was awarded First Prize in the 2015 British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Best Book category. Prof Spicer attended the presentation in Manchester Town Hall on 16 April 2015. New Directions in Film and Television Production Studies - International Conference, Watershed Bristol, 14-15 April 2015
Alongside the University of Portsmouth, the Royal Television Society, Bristol and Watershed, CMIR ' s Professor Andrew Spicer and Dr Steve Presence organised an exciting, timely and stimulating event, which reflected on where we are with production studies research but also looked ahead at possible new directions of research. There were 17 panels and 93 speakers with delegates from the UK, Europe, America, Australia and China. This conference formed part of the UK contribution to Success in the Film and Television Industries (SiFTI), a three-year research project (2013-16) analysing the cultures of small-to-medium sized critically and commercially successful film and television production companies across four European countries: Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK. Go to Website BETTER CALL CARAVAGGIO 
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Half the team, Visiting Professor Geoff Boyle on left, Professor Terry Flaxton CMIR Director on Right, Dr Sarah Sparke, CMIR Producer in the middle.
DIGITAL LIGHT
The new book 'Digital Light' edited by Sean Cubitt , Daniel Palmer & Nathaniel Tkacz is published by the Open Humanities Press - which means that it's free for you to download by clicking here. Chapter three concerns HD Aesthetics and Digital Cinematography and is by Terry Flaxton who directs CMIR |
The eldest character in Better Call Saul isn’t Mike Ehrmantraut, Tuco’s unsuspecting abuelita, or any of the nursing-home residents shakily spooning gelatin from attorney-branded dessert cups. It’s the show’s sixteenth-century lighting scheme, which has better lines than even Bob Odenkirk himself—they’re just in the form of shadows rather than wry legalese. In fact, while Saul’s setting derives from the blue crystal “artwork” of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, much of its symbolism draws from the black brushstrokes of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Read rest of article...
World's First Pin Hole Lenses on 4k Cameras
Lucy WIlliams CMIR/RWA 2014 Bursary Winner, helped by a technical team from UWE and CMIR, created colour moving images using pinhole photography with a Red One Camera - We believe this is a first use and creation of 4k lensless moving images. The CMIR RWA Bursary pieces (including this one) have been exhibited at the RWA, and were screened again there from 25-30th Nov 2014. |