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Tune Ups

The big question in most DPs' minds when they consider shooting with the Viper high-res electronic camera is how to record. Now they can look to the camera's maker. After depending on third-party suppliers more »

Staying Organized on Brokeback

"There's so much to organize in a film cutting room," says editor Dylan Tichenor (Jazz'34, Magnolia) from his studio in Rye, NY. Managing and tracking movie dailies, visual effects, and more »

When 2D Evolves into a 3D Look

When asked to create the effects for CIBA Vision's "Inside the O" campaign, visual effects house Method Studios took an unusual approach and used Flame, traditionally a 2D platform, to come up with more »

Trial by Jury Puts New Law & Order in Post

The verdict is in. With the debut of Law & Order: Trial by Jury, the producers and post team on the show have been found guilty of more »

Laurie Anderson Uses Tiny Cameras To Get The Big Picture

Producer Cheryl Kaplan describes Hidden Inside Mountains, the HD project created by Laurie Anderson for the 2005 World EXPO, which starts later this month in Aichi, Japan, as "a nonlinear narrative more »

Three Strategies for the Film DP Shooting HD

Peter Klein is a Detroit native specializing in automotive cinematography. His credits include spots for GM, Ford, Chrysler, Audi, Volvo Mazda and Rolls Royce. His recent HD assignments include an more »

The New Facts of Life in Post

To gauge how post-production companies and their clients are adapting to change, we conducted two separate online surveys early this year (see "Our Methodology," page 44). About 500 pros responded more »

Discreet Combustion 4

The major new revision of Discreet's Combustion is replete with UI tweaks that make the program easier to use, but what's really impressive is the technology it lets users harness from high-end Discreet more »

Century Optics LCD Hood and Widescreen Magnifier for DVX100

Century's new $60 hood for the Panasonic DVX100 fits a 3.5-inch LCD screen for glare-free viewing. Even niftier, the more »

Tim Miller Gets Animated

Lured to Los Angeles by his buddy Jerome Chen, Tim Miller started off as a compositor and 3D artist at Action Video until he got a job as a character animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He saw his chance when more »