For visual effects design heavyweight Grant Freckelton, who served as visual effects designer on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and as visual effects art director on The Matrix Reloaded, the chance to work on a test shoot led to his dream job as the VFX art director on 300, based on the Frank Miller graphic novel and directed by Zack Snyder. ... »
Lowell Kay, who got his start in independent 35mm film, oversees a bustling HD video production consultancy firm and post-production company that specializes in setting up Final Cut Pro HD infrastructures... »
Steve Mank, a man who wears many hats at Primal Screen, including sound designer, composer, recordist and copywriter, steps up to answer Five Questions. ... »
Independent Filmmaker/DP Robin D. Berg with more than 400 episodes of broadcast television talks about shooting with the Sony PDW-F350 XDCAM HD camcorder on above-water scenes for the Outdoor Channel’s Speargun Hunter. ... »
Animator/vfx artist Darren Price of Nexus Productions talks about his first step into the realm of directing, as well as techniques used to get a cel-animation look from CG, with his short film Potapych: The Bear Who Loved Vodka and the animation workflow for the Motorola short in which a bunny travels through the history of cinema. ... »
