A “how-to” newsletter about film and digital techniques and technologies by
Jon Fauer, ASC.

Jon Fauer, ASC, noted cinematographer, director and author, recently started a newsletter called Film and Digital Times. The newsletter will be published six (6) times per year and is available by subscription only. Each issue will be at least 16 pages and will focus on equipment, technique and technology. There will be no advertisements.

American Cinematographer subscribers are eligible for a special introductory subscription rate of $39 per year ($49 in Canada, $59 in all other countries), which represents a savings of more than 20 percent.

To order, go to the ASC website (www.theasc.com) or call the ASC Bookstore at (800) 448-0145 or (323) 969-4333. For more information, or to download the complimentary premiere issue, visit: http://www.fdtimes.com/.

Fauer got the idea for a newsletter after he finished the 2nd edition of his ARRICAM BOOK and began to receive e-mails inquiring about an Arriflex 235 book. Because it takes over a year to publish a book, Fauer wondered whether there was a faster way to share practical, technical advice with other cinematographers. The answer was Film and Digital Times, a continuing series of technical bulletins on the nuts and bolts and ins and outs of the tools of the cinematography trade. Of course, it will not focus solely on ARRI equipment — it will discuss everything Fauer and his colleagues encounter as they shoot features, commercials and television projects.

The premiere issue of Film and Digital Times will be distributed free of charge at NAB in Las Vegas and at CineGear in Los Angeles. The issue examines new, lightweight film and digital cameras, including the Arriflex 235, the Sony HDR-FX1, the Panasonic DVX-100a and the Canon XL-2. (Fauer recently shot a feature title sequence in Miami using all of them.) The issue also discusses underwater housings, spray covers, camera boats, gyros, lenses and filters.

Each issue will feature a column called “Lighting with Paint” (apologies to Painting with Light author John Alton, ASC) that will discuss art, painting, lighting, color and composition. If Rembrandt were a cinematographer, how would he have lit the scene in question?

About Jon Fauer

Jon Fauer has award-winning credits in commercials, features, television and documentaries. He has written 10 popular books on cinematography and digital imaging, many of which began as a few pages of notes for his camera assistants. His work has been published by American Cinematographer, The ASC Press, Arri and Focal Press. He has lectured on cinematography at Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Southampton College, the School of Visual Arts, New York University, Rochester Institute of Technology, the American Film Institute and Basel School of Graphic Arts.

Fauer has been shooting film since he was 8 years old. He attended Collegiate School in New York and graduated from Dartmouth College with honors in art and film. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Directors Guild of America, the International Cinematographers Guild and the Explorers Club.

Film and Digital Times Newsletter
by Jon Fauer, ASC
Price: $ 39.95

Proceeds from sales of ARRICAM and ARRIFLEX Books are donated to the ASC building and education fund.

Arricam Book and DVD, 2nd Edition
by Jon Fauer, ASC
Price: $ 59.95

Arri 16 SR3 Video and Book Set
by Jon Fauer, ASC
Price: $ 70.00

ARRIFLEX 16 SR3 Book
by Jon Fauer, ASC
Price: $ 38.00