Cinefade

The 'Devotion' cinematographer shares his thoughts on how the Cinefade changed the way he approached changing exposure. 

Watch a short introduction on how the Cinefade system works and how cinematographers are using this novel form of cinematic expression in film, TV and commercial.

Learn how to setup and operate the cmotion Cinefade VariND in this short 5min overview presented by Oliver Janesh Christiansen, the inventor of Cinefade.

In this pivotal scene Liam Neeson's character Michael is being fired from his job as an insurance salesman. The depth of field gradually becomes shallow and the background becomes blurry as the gravity of the situation hits Michael full force.

Cath is impersonating a doctor called 'Ally' and her fraud is discovered in this pivotal scene. The depth of field gradually transitions from a deep to a shallow depth of field to accentuate the moment and to show Cath's shift in state of mind.

German Netflix series shot by DP Armin Franzen uses Cinefade in one of the opening scenes, establishing the main character Moritz, as he walks through the school and draws the viewer's attention to different uses of social media.

DP Richard Donnelly uses the Cinefade variable depth of field effect to gradually transition from a shallow depth of field to a deep depth of field to reveal an antagonist lurking in the background.

DP Matti Eerikäinen used Cinefade in combination with a Dolly-Zoom effect to gradually blur out the background while keeping the client's product, a milk bottle sharp in the foreground to shift the viewer's attention to it.

DP James Aspinall BSC used Cinefade for a dream-like flashback scene. The background gradually becomes blurry as the character closes his eyes and daydreams.