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A film can say a million things in 90 minutes and a single still shot can arguably do the same in 1/50 of a second. The art of capturing that one, powerful, awe-inspiring shot is the secret of many still photographers who canvas the world each day in search of pictures which tell a thousand words.

Jasin Boland, one of Hollywood.s finest motion picture stills photographers . best known for his work on The Matrix, The Bourne Supremacy, Mission Impossible and The Mummy films . says there are two things a feature film stills photographer sets out to do.

.Our job is to tell a story in a single frame as an artist and to go on set looking for that one iconic image. When I go on set my style is raw and dirty and although I try not to think about too much while I.m shooting, subconsciously I am. I...

The company behind $28 million Australian-uk co-production Singularity has been placed into administration, owing millions of dollars to creditors including cast, crew and suppliers.

The film . directed by Oscar-nominated Roland Joffé and starring Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu and.Neve Campbell . was plagued by budget troubles for months before administrators were finally called in late last year.

It is one of the biggest disasters to befall the Australian film industry in years. An estimated $15.13 million is owed to creditors, according to Worrells Solvency & Forensic Accountants, which is winding up Singularity Productions Pty Ltd.

Worrells told creditors that it had now secured all of the company.s books and records, which it was reviewing, while outstanding company returns had now been lodged with the Australian Taxation Office.

A number of sources have said the problems were directly caused when Belgian-sourced funding secured by film company Corsan . controlled by one of the film.s offshore producers,...