Category Archives: Creativity

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Game Time for Pixar’s Incredibles

What's the difference between a CG-animated movie and a videogame? About 27 hours. "The movie's only a couple of hours long, but the game is going to be 30 hours long," says Pixar's Mark more »

In the Studio With Film Audio’s Restoration Wizards

Bambi Returns Keith Rogers, re-recording mixer at Disney Buena Vistajavascript:void(0); studios in Burbank, notes that there's another aspect to film sound restoration, and one that can't be easily accommodated by a plug-in more »

How New Ideas, New Projectors, and New CPUs Are Driving Up the Quality of HD Dailies

"Current DI work starts the creative process at the end," observes Laser Pacific Executive VP Leon Silverman, who has long promoted the idea of the "electronic laboratory." "We think more »

P2 Gets Political at the RNC in NYC

For the journalists at New York City's 24-hour news channel, NY1, anything that makes their lives a little simpler - a little more efficient - is a good thing. That's why writers and producers have more »

XDCAM Tames the Motocross Track

For Michael Bryant, who shot and produced the motocross reality program The 5th Dragon, Sony's new XDCAM format was more than an interesting technology - it was a logistical necessity. The 5th Dragon more »

Getting a Film Look in Camera with the SDX900

Capturing the moment is job one for television sports, but capturing an audience has become a matter of life and death for sports programming. With more viewing options on cable, pay per view, and the more »

HDCAM’s Colorful Huff for Showtime

Cinematographer Rohn Schmidt had never shot HD before he was tapped to helm Huff, a new Showtime original series (and Sony TV production) starring Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt, and Blythe Danner and more »

A VFX Spin on Mother Nature

Two new spots directed by Bruno Aveillan for Rubin Postaer and Associates promote the Acura MDX SUV by putting a fantastic spin on depictions of the great outdoors. For " Wilderness," Xavier LaConte more »

Q&A: DP Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett, ASC Director of Photography Recent Projects: Campaigns for the Mazda RX-8 and the Audi TT F&V: Why and when did you choose to concentrate on spots? Bennett: I came to Los more »

Todd Masters on Frankenstein

Todd Masters Owner, MastersFX Latest Project: USA Network's Frankenstein F&V: Your make-up effects are so good they're scary. Where do you get inspiration for this stuff? Masters: Starbucks more »