09|25|2008

Of Morphs and Milkshakes: Audio for Terminators

By Dan Daley

A THX-certified theater is a great place to hear stuff get blown up. That's not the case with the bandwidth-challenged environment of broadcast television, even in the HD era....  »
09|23|2008

Going "From 8 to 1" for WNBA Playoffs

By Bryant Frazer

A mind-boggling array of possibilities faced Stardust Studios (Santa Monica, CA and New York, NY) as it began production on “From 8 to 1,” the first spot in a new broadcast campaign promoting the WNBA playoffs for agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners....  »
09|11|2008

Putting the New Red/Adobe Workflow to the Test

By Bryant Frazer

Armed with Red camera number 610, The Olson Brothers — that's Obin and Amariah, of Wilmington, NC's DV3 Productions — have just wrapped post on what's almost certainly the first Red production to use the camera's brand-new Adobe Premiere workflow....  »
09|11|2008

Type Goes Wild in the AICP Show Opener

By Bryant Frazer

Teaser...  »
08|28|2008

2K Red and HDV Footage in an Avid DS Workflow

By Bryant Frazer

Co-producers Richard Shaw and Lee Cantalon have been working all their hip-hop connections to collect material for The Wordz from the Street, a collection of original music based on the core teachings of Christianity....  »
08|01|2008

Titles on an Epic Scale for The Mummy 3

Bryant Frazer

The titles, which play at the end of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, serve as a stylish recap that draws on and pays tribute to the Chinese culture that inspired the film. F&V talked to Fong and Fuller about inspiration and execution....  »
07|21|2008

Hellboy II: Putting More Creatures in the Feature

By Bryant Frazer

Hellboy II: The Golden Army is populated by even more numerous otherworldly monsters than its predecessor, and some of the critters only appear in a shot or two. According to Eamonn Butler, animation supervisor for the project at London’s Double Negative, that amounted to a huge challenge — but it was made easier by Guillermo del Toro’s ability to communicate clearly with the VFX crew, using common reference points to get everyone on the same mental page....  »
07|10|2008

When the Movie is 3D, But the NLEs Are 2D

By Bryant Frazer

Journey to the Center of the Earth, directed by Eric Brevig — a filmmaker with lots of experience in the VFX realm — might not have the same historic impact as The Jazz Singer or Becky Sharp, but as the first live-action VFX-driven feature film to be shot for 3D, it can’t help but break new ground....  »
06|19|2008

Intense Collaboration on Kung Fu Panda's End Credits

By Debra Kaufman

Kung Fu Panda has captured critics and audiences with its irreverent mix of kung fu and heart, a tale of a slacker panda who dreams of being a kung fu master. Design and branding studio Shine was tasked with creating a main title sequence that conveyed all this while serving as a bookend to the 2D dream sequence that opens the film, and crediting 900 people who worked on it. The result, which clocks in at nine minutes, is a mini-movie in its own right....  »
05|29|2008

Horror Master Stuart Gordon Gets Stuck

By Bryant Frazer

Gordon's version of the story, which stars Mena Suvari as the driver and Stephen Rea as her victim, is rewritten to give the poor guy a fighting chance. It's a violent B-movie that's as disturbing as it is funny, a black comedy that's genuinely interested in the psychology of a driver who could ignore the dying man stuck in her windshield....  »

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