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A New Season for the SNL Film Unit with Adobe CS6
Ask Adam Epstein to name the toughest part of his editorial and motion graphics workflow for Saturday Night Live's Film Unit and he will tell you, unequivocally, that the intense 24-hour edit sessions preceding the live show are actually a …
A New Season for the SNL Film Unit with Adobe CS6
Ask Adam Epstein to name the toughest part of his editorial and motion graphics workflow for Saturday Night Live's Film Unit and he will tell you, unequivocally, that the intense 24-hour edit sessions preceding the live show are actually a …
Imaginary Forces’ “Hand-Drawn” Style Keeps Pace with Nike
Imaginary Forces has worked on many Nike projects over the years. But the CG animation they created for the company’s new running shoe, the Nike LunarEclipse+ 2, stands out as something different. While Nike’s creative brief outlined a spot that …
Roger Deakins’ Digital Odyssey Not in 4K
Saturday afternoon in IBC's Big Screen Theater, celebrated cinematographer Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, took to the stage and spoke about his experience shooting the soon-to-be released James Bond film Skyfall on the ARRI Alexa digital camera. While Alexa is being used …
Laika Expands the Stop-Motion State of the Art for Paranorman
Hillsboro, OR animation studio is known for the handmade look of its painstaking stop-motion animation work. But on Paranorman, the company pushed the stop-motion envelope, using 3D printing technology to extend an innovative face-replacement technique and bringing a few fully …
Supervising Sound Editor Per Hallberg on Keeping It Real for Jason Bourne
In a summer populated by superheroes and special effects, the return of the Bourne franchise stands out. For a man without a memory – even a CIA assassin – Jason Bourne has gone places that his creator Robert Ludlum likely …
Rabbit Hole Creative Uses Projection Mapping for Mutemath’s Odd Soul Tour
Nashville's Rabbit Hole Creative created a dynamic, illusory stage show for Mutemath, projection-mapping carefully created animations on a cleverly warped screen behind the stage that gave the impression of 3D imagery — no glasses required. The technique isn't new (it …
VFX Snapshot: Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake”
VFX studio Ingenuity Engine recently completed a wide range of shots in stereo 3D for Katy Perry’s new music video, “Wide Awake.” The video, directed by Tony T. Datis from production company DNA, follows Perry as she falls into a …
Cinematographer Darius Khondji on Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC, the cinematographer behind the images of Seven, The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, The Interpreter, Panic Room, and Alien: Resurrection, first collaborated with director Woody Allen for the Oscar-winning Midnight in Paris. The film offered a …
What’s Cooking at Thornberg & Forester? Produce!
FIve-year-old Manhattan creative studio Thornberg & Forester is best known for its design and graphics work, but later this year the company plans to launch a full-on entertainment division. T&F's ambitions in live-action production became apparent with the appearance of …