Reed Morano is taking us on location for her latest project Kill Your Darlings. Directed by John Krokidas, the film explores poet Allen Ginsberg’s (Daniel Radcliffe) life through his relationships with fellow writers Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) and William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and how their bond is tested when a friend is murdered. Check out what Reed and her crew have been up to behind-the-scenes:

"This is the day we shot the character Ginsberg arriving at Columbia for the first time. We had huge crowds out to see Dan Radcliffe. I'm in the foreground and Dan is to my left and director John Krokidas is to my right. We are lining up at dolly shot of Dan walking up the steps of the Lowe Building."

Kimberly Snyder
President and General Manager
Entertainment and Commercial Films Group
Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company

The proliferation of independent films over the past several years has been an encouraging trend in the entertainment industry. Filmmakers who operate outside of the major Hollywood studios supply a large number of the feature film titles screened in U.S. cinemas. For movie-goers, this means a plethora of unique, compelling stories to enjoy. And as these stories reach viewers through an expanding array of platforms, there will be some amazing opportunities for exploring new content.

If you look beyond the hype, you would find many of the recently celebrated indies originated on film. Independent movies shot on film are having highly successful runs at the box-office. In 2011, the top five grossing indie films in limited release were all shot on film. Indies originating on film didn’t just make an impact at ticket counters; they earned critical praise and the industry’s top awards. You might recognize some of these titles—The Artist, Midnight in Paris, The Descendents, The Tree of Life, My Week with Marilyn, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Pariah, and the list goes on.

 

The 65th Festival de Cannes is set to begin May16. This small, seaside town has hosted the worldwide premieres of many of the most-celebrated feature films in history, including this year’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture, The Artist .

Kodak is proud to have a long history and presence at the Cannes International Film Festival, which is evident once again when you look at the titles in this year’s main competition. Over half the movies selected for competition this year were shot on Kodak film.

Dehanza Rogers

Impressions from a UCLA Student

Dehanza Rogers is a 2nd year, Dual Track student at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) in Los Angeles, California. A Dual Tracker is what the school affectionately calls a student who is enrolled as both a Production/Directing MFA and a Cinematography MFA student. Dehanza recently attended the special screening of The Last of the Mohicans: with a Oscar®-nominee Dante Spinotti, AIC, ASC as part of the 2012 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence Program for the spring quarter at UCLA/TFT.   

Dehanza Tweeted from the event and you can follow her recap of the Q&A session on Twitter at #KodakUCLA. Here she shares her expanded impressions from the event and the program:

Scene from I'm Yours in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

The 35mm 2-perf format is gaining popularity with low budget features due to the inherent cost savings of using 50% less stock. The format gives you the many benefits of film and is a natural fit for widescreen projection.

I'm Yours is a romantic comedy about two lost souls on an illuminating road trip from Manhattan to the wilds of Northern Canada starring Rossif Sutherland and Karine Vanasse and was shot on Kodak VISION3 5212, 5217 and 5219 in 2-Perf. In their own words, Director Leonard Farlinger and Cinematopgraher Jonathon Cliff share why it was the right format for their story.