Given the chance to shoot the 18th century action-drama Bedlam, Cinematographer James Butler crafted a daring project that merged medium-format photography with cutting-edge digital cinema on a customised Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65.
James Butler’s professional journey has a cinematic energy all of its own. His early career saw him serve as a Cameraman for CBS News in conflict zones, including Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, after which he moved into the slightly slower-paced world of documentary productions. Projects such as Chain of Command for National Geographic followed, the scale and scope of which whetted his appetite for longer-form features.
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