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... »
HydroFlex President Pete Romano knows a thing or two about underwater cinematography. (He’s a former Navy diver whose film credits include Gothika and Pearl Harbor.)... »
"Frantically, between takes, we were trying to figure out what was wrong," Beebe recalls. Condensation? No. Did someone smudge the lens? Nope. It turns out that the Collateral crew fell victim to HD... »
Starring Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow, Sky Captain pays homage to such influences as Buck Rogers and Fritz Lang. But the ambitious Paramount release, which was independently produced by Jon Avnet, doesn’t... »
Spider-Man still does everything a spider can, but the blockbuster Spider-Man sequel gets maximum mileage out of a new villain, the tentacled Dr. Octopus, known as Doc Ock for short. The critical task at Sony... »
"Ch- Check it Out," the new Beastie Boys video that features an opening shout-out to "Trekkies and TV addicts," got some old-school VFX and a very fresh HD finish from New... »
Editor Dody Dorn stepped into the spotlight with her bravura work on director Christopher Nolan’s Memento, which featured a complex plot almost mathematical in its ordering of confusion to create clarity... »
"Restoration is big business these days, and also very competitive. "But that’s great, because it really pushes the companies making the tools to try and outdo each other, and that’s how... »
At the Staples Center, the concert was shot in 1080i HD with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio, transmitted live via satellite, encrypted with proprietary equipment, and then projected at the theatres via Christie... »
How do you make the most outlandish scenario seem strqangely plausible? When RSA DP/director Samuel Bayer undertook the Mountain DEw spot "Sled" for BBDO, the challenge was depicting an icy race between a dogsled team and a bunch of mushing men.... »
Describing how he works with sound effects and design, Scott Gershin reveals a lot when he "orchestrates" these sound elements for film. "Sound effects, sound design, even dialog and ADR - it's all music... »
Well, there have been better times to be in music videos. Budgets have lately headed downhill, as the ongoing industry-wide recession drains record company coffers. That makes it difficult, helmers say, to... »
The new Fox network broadcast, which debuted June 14, follows the adventures of the new owners of the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, Timothy Poster and Thomas Breitling, the duo who bought the casino with... »
Lucky for them, post-production and VFX creatives also see an opportunity to offer the poor man’s DI — although low budget is, of course, a relative term. The DI still adds dollars to the budget, and it... »
