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| 10|01|2004 |
By Sharon Kennedy
Walt Fraser, DP for ABC’s new series Desperate Housewives, knew that achieving a soft, sparkling-clean image meant everything to a show that presented a veneer of perfection. "The beautiful images play... »
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| 10|01|2004 |
By Erik Holsinger
HD breaks more ground in reality programming on ABC’s new series The Benefactor, in which billionaire businessman Mark Cuban gives away a million dollars to one of 16 contestants. Matchframe Video, one of... »
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| 09|01|2004 |
By Iain Blair
"This is a huge subject, so the big challenge was deciding what to leave out, as we had such a wealth of material to draw on," reports director/producer Michael Kantor, who has worked on PBS... »
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| 09|01|2004 |
By Iain Blair
Take a high concept — literally, in this case, as the show’s set at a ski resort—and add the visually innovative McG (The O.C., Charlie’s Angels), his seasoned executive-producing team of Stephanie... »
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| 09|01|2004 |
By Alison Johns
Some things are just easier at night, like getting HD to look more like film. In the light of day, things get a whole lot trickier. If you really want to push an electronic camera to the limit, try shooting... »
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| 09|01|2004 |
By Sharon Kennedy
While director of photography Crescenzo G.P. Notarile is shooting NBC’s new hour-long drama Hawaii on location in Oahu, Hawaii, Encore Hollywood colorist Pankaj Bajpai is an ocean away color-correcting... »
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| 09|01|2004 |
By Sharon Kennedy
Shooting The Usual Suspects in 35 days helped feature film director Bryan Singer ( X-Men, X2) understand and appreciate the time crunch and budget constraints of TV production. "I employed the old Roger... »
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| 09|01|2004 |
By Bryant Frazer
How do you handle the workload for a TV pilot whose outsized VFX demands feel more like a feature film? If you’re the VFX supervisor for Alias creator J.J. Abrams, you pretend you’re working on a feature... »
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| 06|01|2004 |
By Iain Blair
The Apprentice has turned out to be one of the biggest shows ever for Mark Burnett Productions, creating an unlikely new reality TV star in the shape of Donald Trump and making " You’re fired! "... »
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| 05|01|2004 |
By Alison Johns
The reason that nobody’s attempted a sitcom in 3D animation is simple. It’s because writers and producers rework dialog until the last minute, a reality that would reduce any whiz kid character rigger to... »
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