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Canon’s XL H1 Takes The Heat For Take One Productions

Take One Productions, a Lancaster PA-based video production and post-production company, had a challenging assignment. It required shooting inside a steel mill, rife with intense heat, grit and grime, and difficult-if not potentially spectacular-high chroma imagery of 2900-degree (F) molten steel contrasted with equally challenging black-blacks. more »

Follow Online Mush With P2

This marks the first year that the entire 1,150-mile sled dog race will be recorded in HD. more »

Zodiac Shot Uncompressed With Viper

Usually productions avoiding film have used some type of HD videotape format that adds compression. more »

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Children of Men Wins Cinematographer Awards

Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC took top honors in the feature film competition for Children of Men at the 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. more »

“Check Out Girl,” Doritos Spot Shot With HVX200, Aired During Super Bowl

Director of Photography James West won the cinematography sweepstakes when his commercial spot "Check Out Girl," shot with Panasonic's AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD P2 camcorder, emerged as a top winner in Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" challenge and aired during last evening's Super Bowl broadcast. more »

Who's Timing What At …

Company 3 – Santa Monica Slipstream | Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
 
| Release Date: TBD Transformers 
| Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld | Release Date: July 4
300 | Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld | Release Date: March 9
 The Shooter | Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld | … more »

From the Editor

We’ve started off 2007 with a bang: there are movies galore in the DI pipeline and numerous interesting announcements from DI facilities and manufacturers. We’ve covered India in the past; this month, we’ve added DI news from another exotic locale … more »

2007 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury And Audience Awards

The 2007 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winners are: more »

Notes on the Dreamgirls DI

Cinematographer Tobias A. Schliessler and Company 3 DI artist Stefan Sonnenfeld gave DI Studio an inside look at the artistry behind Dreamgirls. The two have worked together for over 7 years on commercials, and Dreamgirls was their first feature film … more »