Marc Loftus is the Senior Editor and Director of Web Content for Post Magazine. He has been with the monthly publication since 1992, reporting on new technologies and creative techniques relating to film, television and commercial post production. In that time, he has witnessed the transition from linear to nonlinear, analog to digital, stereo to surround, SD to HD, tape-based to file-based, and 2D to 3D. Marc is a graduate of The New York Institute of Technology.
Whether you are a DP, DIT, editor, colorist or effects pro working on a commercial project, the way footage is shot, stored and moved affects you — and the next person down the line. Newer digital fil ...
February 3, 2011
This month, Post looks at workflows for commercial productions, following footage as it is acquired, transcoded (or not), edited and conformed. At each stage of production and post, pros need to be ab ...
February 1, 2011
SANTA MONICA - Comen VFX (www.comenvfx.com) served as the sole visual effects house for the feature film The Fighter, directed by David O. Russell. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as boxer “Irish” Micky ...
January 4, 2011
SeamBi has developed technology that enables brands to seamlessly integrate their product or message into finished television content. The technology is DVR-proof, and, unlike traditional spots, canno ...
January 3, 2011
While many studios have behaved cautiously during the shaky economy, NYC’s Sound Lounge is expanding its facility and services, hoping to become more of a full-service audio post house and further gro ...
December 6, 2010
Gnomon is a brick & mortar institution that teaches approximately 350 students every term. The school specializes in visual effects and videogame design, and was founded in 1997. They also offer o ...
For the team at Sway Studio in Culver City, stereo 3D is more than a business, it’s also a hobby that a number of their creatives are passionate about. Take for example VFX supervisor Aaron Powell: he ...
October 29, 2010
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO — Keyframe Digital Productions (www.keyframe.ca) is working on the visual effects for 13 one-hour episodes of the new, original fantasy-noir series, Lost Girl. The series ...
October 13, 2010
HOLLYWOOD — SMPTE’s Annual Technical Conference & Expo (www.smpte.org) will take place on October 26-28, but the day before the event, the organization is hosting a pre-conference symposium dubbed ...
October 12, 2010
VFX in NYC
October 5, 2010