It’s an impossible mission — two young soldiers during World War I are charged with delivering an important message to troops deep in enemy territory that will prevent an attack. Their success will st ...
December 3, 2019
Writer-director Greta Gerwig may have a slim resume as an auteur, but it’s an impressive one. With her first film, Lady Bird, the acclaimed indie actress stepped behind the camera and made an assured ...
December 16, 2019
For decades, Fred Rogers entertained young audiences with his soft voice and kind demeanor. His simple show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, always began with him singing the iconic “Won’t You Be My Neig ...
It was 1966 when car designer Carroll Shelby, working closely with his test driver Ken Miles, developed a revolutionary car, and put together a team of unconventional thinkers to take on Italian racin ...
December 2, 2019
Paramount Pictures released Terminator: Dark Fate on November 1st, marking the sixth installment in the franchise, which debuted in 1984. Directed by Tim Miller, the film reunites Linda Hamilton as Sa ...
December 11, 2019
Based on the literary classic by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women is the latest offering from Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ( Lady Bird ). The film, which is set for release in theaters ...
December 19, 2019
The cleverly titled new film Bombshell couldn’t be more timely. Based on the real-life Fox News scandal that erupted in 2016, it tells the story of the women — including star anchor Megyn Kelly (playe ...
December 20, 2019
The story of Harriet Tubman is part of America’s fabric. After escaping from her master’s plantation in Maryland, she headed north to Pennsylvania, where she found temporary freedom. But rather than m ...
January 6, 2020
LOS ANGELES – When the nominees for the 92nd Oscars (www.oscars.org) were announced on January 13th, Joker came out on top, receiving honors in 11 categories. In addition to Best Picture, the film is ...
January 17, 2020
The 92nd Academy Awards, which take place earlier this year on Feb 9th, are almost here, and the nominations will soon be in. And as usual, the spring and summer releases and biggest box office films ...
January 3, 2020
It’s about that time, when budgets for next year are being planned. For the average content creator, there are several items that could make 2020 a good year. Starting with that amazing new Mac Pro, t ...
December 17, 2019
The advertising forecast for 2020 has never looked better thru our lens at Spears & Arrows. With the emergence of proprietary streaming platforms, I expect there will be many more streaming option ...
In the late 1980s, TV studio executives had a clever, but short-sighted idea: What if they did not have to pay to cut the negative on their film-originated programs? They could save the expense of fut ...
Mark Lanza is an award-winning sound designer and supervising sound editor based at Sony Pictures Studios (www.sonypicturesstudios.com). Here, he looks at some of the opportunities the pro audio busin ...
January 20, 2020
Goldcrest Post (www.goldcrestpostny.com) is a leading, independent post production facility, providing one-stop creative solutions for features films, episodic television, documentaries and other proj ...
January 10, 2020
Stephen Arnold, president of Texas-based Stephen Arnold Music (https://stephenarnoldmusic.com), looks some of the trends and concerns the production music industry is facing in the year ahead. While t ...
Mike Nehs is owner of Periscope Post & Audio (www.periscopepa.com), which operates full-service sound and picture post production facilities in Hollywood and Chicago. Both facilities provide a ran ...
January 2, 2020
If you asked someone five years ago about using the cloud for business, the biggest concern you’d probably hear had less to do with bandwidth limitations and more to do with security. But since 2015, ...
At its core, our business has always been about relationships. Organizations that are able to build close client relationships grounded in collaboration and mutual trust are the organizations that suc ...
January 8, 2020
I started Stept Studios a decade ago with my brother. We were making ski and snowboard films while in college at CU Boulder. We didn’t come up through the traditional method, focusing on just one role ...
December 13, 2019
Whenever I’m asked to comment on the outlook for my industry (an inevitable year-end ponder), I dive deep into the vault, grab a classic episode of The Twilight Zone, and get a little retro fix…a 60-y ...
There’s no denying both the volume and production standards of film, TV and streaming have reached an all-time high. In 2018, 10 out of the 10 highest grossing films in the US were either visual effec ...
January 14, 2020
HDR quickly evolved from production trend to industry standard in 2019. From live broadcast and event production to film, TV and episodic post production, it’s become woven into the entire production ...
January 13, 2020
It seems that digital and cloud-based services enable new solutions on a daily basis. While maybe not that frequent, there is a lot of technology being introduced impacting preproduction, production, ...
Since entering the media and entertainment scene, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime have transformed and redefined the content creation landscape, most recently with original content production. Fueled b ...
When I mention a shotgun microphone, many of you will spontaneously think of a Sennheiser MKH 416 or perhaps a Schoeps CMIT 5. Judging from what I find when googling, not many would think of DPA Micro ...
December 12, 2019