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Looking at Sex and the Small Town in Turn Me On, Dammit
Turn Me On, Dammit is a coming-of-age film, based on an already notorious book by Norwegian writer Olaug Nilssen, that takes a gentle but unblinking look at adolescent sexuality as experienced by a small group of teenagers in their hated small …
Director Jay Kriss on Harvesting the High Plains
When filmmaker Jay Kriss, an experienced director of photography, decided to make his debut as a documentarian, the project was even more daunting than you might expect. His film, Harvesting the High Plains, is slated to debut on public television …
Stalkr’s Fast-Paced Archival Montages Rev Up New Mazda Spot
With The Artist and Hugo winning big at the Oscars and Mad Men finally headed back to TV for a fifth season, it's hard not to be in a retro mood. Stalkr, the production company behind a hip new spot …
Game of Thrones Goes Tapeless for Season 2
Like the impending arrival of winter in the fictional land of Westeros, a new season of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones is on the horizon. The show’s first season recorded ARRI Alexa footage to tape, but HBO went completely …
Making Brake an Indie Success Story
Just like actors, cinematographers tend to be typecast. I think I’m good at coming up with creative solutions given limited resources, but I don’t know what makes producers think I can shoot a decent feature in only two weeks' time. …
VFX Supervisor Tim Burke on the Final Harry Potter
Tim Burke spent the last ten years immersed in the magical world of Harry Potter, a world that could not have been created without visual effects. He was visual effects supervisor at Mill Film for the second film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and has been the visual effects supervisor on each film since in the series of eight, receiving an Oscar nomination as co-visual effects supervisor for the third.
The Artist’s Cinematographer Speaks
On the surface The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, is an ode to a simpler time in movie-making history. Set in 1927 Hollywood at the dawn of the talkies, the black-and-white silent movie tells an old-fashioned love story with plenty of heart …
Editor Christopher Tellefsen on Moneyball
We spoke to Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E., about editing on the Avid, intercutting performances by actors and non-actors, and coal-mining in the cutting room.
VFX Supe Joe Letteri on Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes stars a chimpanzee named Caesar, a CG character performed by Andy Serkis and created at Weta Digital, who acts alongside actor James Franco, a scientist who raises Caesar like a child.
Side By Side Documents the Digital Transition
Director Chris Kenneally and producer Keanu Reeves traveled the globe, interviewing cinematic luminaries - Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Christopher Nolan, for starters - about the ongoing digital revolution.