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Film’s Not Dead Yet, Part 2: FotoKem’s Workflow for The Master in 70mm, 35mm, and 4K
Curious about the deliverables for The Master, which hit theaters earlier this month in 70mm, 35mm, and 4K DCP formats? So was I. I asked FotoKem, which provided large-format and finishing services for the film, to fill in some of …
Working the New VFX Landscape: Rules to Live By
In my last blog I gave a baker's dozen rules for VFX studios to survive in this difficult time. Now I take a look at individual VFX artists and technicians. The rules have changed big time and keep changing. If …
Learn Multicamera and Live Streaming at ‘MulticamP’
Do you want to get some hands-on education in livestream event production? Is multi-camera video production something you might be interested in? If so, you might be interested in an upcoming two-day workshop that's making its way across the country. …
Saving Our American VFX Industry: A Baker’s Dozen Rules for Long-Term Viability
Can the industry be saved here in the US? Of course it can. Lots of things can be done. The question is, what can a VFX house do to insure its existence for the long term? I've been interviewing lots …
StudioDaily Style File: Filmmaking Shirts on Your Back
There are probably a lot of people out there who read this blog who are sports fans, be it football, basketball or auto racing. Over the years I've met quite a few people in the biz who aren't sports fans at all …
How Healthy Is Our VFX Industry?
This might be the toughest, most complicated blog I've ever written. I've been concerned for some time now that something serious is ailing the VFX industry. Too many vintage and new VFX houses are going under, and not just here …
Film’s Not Dead Yet: See The Master in 70mm
It's another discouraging week for fans of celluloid, as word from Japan is that Fujifilm will stop making movie film early next year due to a general lack of demand. (The Japan Times reported that the company plans to take …
Three Developments in Post I’m Watching (From Afar) at IBC
IBC has been going full swing for the last couple of days and there's been some cool products announced. It would be great to be in Amsterdam in person to walk the show floor, like StudioDaily Editor Beth Marchant, who …
David Byrne Shows Off His Home Studio, Writes the Book on Music and Creativity
I'm about halfway through the new book by David Byrne, How Music Works. It covers David Byrne's work as a solo artist and with his old band, Talking Heads, in the most detail, but it's one of the best books …
Five for Friday: August 31, 2012
Every weekday, we select headlines from around the web that speak in some way to the art and science of content creation. You'll see them if you're a subscriber to our Daily Fix e-letter or you can find them near …