Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer, considered to be a master of time-lapse photography and large format cinematography. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Time-lapse photography is a Cinematography technique whereby each Film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back See also Filmmaking Cinematography (from Greek: kinesis κινησις (movement and grapho γραφω (to record is the discipline He was the director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi (1982) and directed the purely cinematic non-verbal non-narrative feature Baraka (1992). Koyaanisqatsi ( also known as Koyaanisqatsi Life out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Baraka ( 1992) is a Todd-AO ( 70 mm) non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke, cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi He designed and used his own 70mm camera equipment for Baraka and his later projects. 70 mm film (or 65 mm film) is a wide high-resolution film gauge of superior quality to standard 35 mm motion picture film format. He also directed the IMAX films Chronos (1985) and Sacred Site (1986). IMAX (short for Image MAXimum is a Film format created by Canada 's IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and Chronos is a 1985 Abstract film directed by Ron Fricke, created with custom-built Time-lapse cameras His most recent work was as cinematographer for parts of the film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 Space opera Film written and directed by George Lucas. The sequel to Baraka, Samsara, is currently in production. Samsara is a large format film currently in production The film is directed by experimental filmmaker Ron Fricke, and it will pose as a sequel to the highly acclaimed
Fricke writes about his work: "I feel that my work has evolved through Koyaanisqatsi, Chronos and Baraka. Both technically and philosophically I am ready to delve even deeper into my favorite theme: humanity's relationship to the eternal". [1]
See also
- Godfrey Reggio, director of Koyaanisqatsi
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