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| 04|13|2009 |
By Debra Kaufman
Last night on 24 the good guys won again, at least for the moment, when the missiles are destroyed in a huge fireball explosion just seconds after they’re activated. Hollywood-based visual effects facility LOOK Effects created both that very realistic explosion as well as the scenes of the missiles in Episodes 717 and 718, for a total of 19 multi-layered shots.... »
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| 03|26|2009 |
By Debra Kaufman
The popular medical TV episodic ER is winding down after a 15-year run. But it’s going out with a bang: after the entire run was filmed on 4-perf 35mm, the last seven episodes were shot with the Red camera.... »
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| 02|11|2009 |
By Bryant Frazer
Studio Macbeth's Ray Downing, who already had an interest in the life of Abraham Lincoln, thought it might be possible to use CG technology to bring that kind of historical figure to cinematic life.... »
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| 01|29|2009 |
By Bryant Frazer
Gabriel, an 11-episode Spanish-language miniseries about vampires starring the popular Puerto Rican pop star Chayanne, is ambitious in ways that go beyond the idea of shooting such a sprawling program on a limited budget.... »
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| 12|18|2008 |
By Bryant Frazer
For sound mixer Michael Fisher at Manhattan's Creative Group, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All represented a opportunity, mainly, to make sure nothing got screwed up.... »
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| 12|16|2008 |
By Bryant Frazer
Next month's championship game between the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma will be delivered live in 3D via Cinedigm's CineLive satellite distribution network.... »
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| 12|16|2008 |
By Bryant Frazer
Thinking about hitting the road for a project with exotic locations and tight deadlines? Media Distributors has devised The Remote Station, a turnkey video-editing and storage-management system that can be packed up in two Anvil-style road cases.... »
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| 12|16|2008 |
By Bryant Frazer
The editorial team on ABC’s Lost made a big move this year, bumping up the quality in the Avid suite from SD to HD. The show is currently editing for the first time using Avid’s DNxHD 36 codec for the season that premieres in January 2009.... »
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| 10|21|2008 |
By Bryant Frazer
DP Bill Berner is currently shooting the first 35-episode season of The Electric Company, a 2009 PBS series from nonprofit educational organization Sesame Workshop that will re-envision the 1970s show for a new young audience.... »
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| 10|01|2008 |
Les Stroud
Think you have on-location war stories? Try heading deep into the wilderness for seven days without a crew. Survivorman Les Stroud takes you from the first pitch to the last edit on his journey as a producer, cameraman, writer, editor and star of a hit TV series.... »
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