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March 15, 2020

IMAGO International Awards Cancelled

CSC President George A. Willis csc-sasc recently returned from Belgium, where the IMAGO conference (IAGA) and Awards Gala was to be held in Brussels this March. Reports of COVID-19’s rapid global spread and border closures forced delegates representing their societies to make immediate travel arrangements home. Thankfully, everyone made it back to Canada safely.   […]

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March 03, 2020

The Diversity Committee

Some of the female members of the CSC met on February 3, 2020 to create a committee to increase and educate women within our society. Now dubbed the “Diversity Committee,” we will continue to find ways to encourage all minorities to pursue cinematography through oriented training, inclusive educational opportunities and new membership.

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February 17, 2020

CSC Workshop | Lighting Faces

The CSC and ICG 669 are hosting a Lighting Faces on February 22-23 2020 in Vancouver taught by CSC President George A. Willis csc and Vice-President Carlos Esteves csc. This two-day workshop that offers participants practical knowledge on the fundamentals of achieving the most efficient and captivating lighting setups. Instructors will demonstrate the importance of background […]

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February 07, 2020

CSC Workshop | Tabletop

Our Tabletop Workshop will be held February 15-16 2020 at Pie in the Sky studios. Lead by CSC President George A. Willis csc-sasc and Vice-President Carlos Esteves csc. https://vimeo.com/417228212/8f5afb1a79

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December 9, 2019

CSC Annual General Meeting

Our AGM was held on December 9 2019 at Technicolor in Toronto. The Annual Report containing all the accomplishments from 2019 was beautifully designed by Vice-President Carlos Esteves csc. Thank you to all those in attendance and special thanks to our amazing volunteer board, Executive Director Susan Saranchuk and Patty Guyader for putting together the […]

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Tribe7 Blackwing Lens Demo

On September 29, 2019, the CSC organized a demo at Whites Camera of the new Tribe7 Blackwing lenses. Photos by Gregory Bennett, Associate Member. Article by Ian Harvey for Canadian Cinematographer Magazine (March 2020 issue) See more here at the Tribe7 website: https://7isatribe.com/ When William F. White hosted a demonstration of a new “tune- able” […]

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CSC Screening | “Jurassic Park” in 35mm Q+A with Dean Cundey CSC ASC

Saturday April 13th, 2019, the CSC held a special screening of the original Jurassic Park in 35mm at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Cinematographer Dean Cundey CSC ASC was in attendance for a Q&A afterwards. Moderated by Arthur Cooper cscHosted by Manny Danelon and Jim TeevanThanks to Sim Post for editing the video.

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April 4, 2019

CSC Gala 2019

Gala Tickets now available
Details about 2019 Awards via included link

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March 16, 2019

IMAGO International Awards

CSC President George A. Willis csc attended the Annual IMAGO Conference and Awards Gala in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Clavius Lens Testing Demo with Dylan Macleod, csc

This event was sponsored by the CSC and hosted by Whites Camera at their facility in Toronto. Photos by Justin Lovell, Associate Member See more here at the Richard Gale Optics website: http://www.richardgaleoptics.uk/clavius-lenses Back in 2013 I saw some posts about some interesting looking vintage glass that was being rehoused to work with PL mount […]

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