[image title=”ross” size=”thumbnail” id=”470″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ross.jpg” ] As part of this term’s ever popular Background Fundamentals course, we recently got to interview Ross Emery ACS DOP. Ross is a specialist second unit DOP who has worked with 35mm film on such great films as Dark City, and all of the Matrix films. On Superman Returns he shot flying sequences and green screen with the Genesis Camera and on his most recent feature he shot with the RED ONE Camera on one of the first major Hollywood RED productions the Knowing starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Alex Proyas. We speak to Ross about how he works with visual effects supervisors on set, and the relationship between the DOP and the key heads of department.