June 1, 2014

  • 5-Jun-2014
    June 1, 2014
    In this issue:
    - VFX: Disney's Maleficent
    - Primetime: NBC's The Voice
    - Director's Chair: Doug Liman — Edge of Tomorrow
    - Broadcast Design
    - Sound Design
    - Review: G-Technology's G-Dock ev with Thunderbolt
    ...and much more!!

Departments

  • Director's Chair: Doug Liman — 'Edge of Tomorrow'
    Director's Chair: Doug Liman — 'Edge of Tomorrow'

    HOLLYWOOD — Doug Liman first made his name directing the low-budget 1996 comedy Swingers, before proceeding to redefine the action spy thriller with the hugely successful The Bourne Identity, followed ...

    June 5, 2014

  • Primetime: Managing workflow for NBC's 'The Voice'
    Primetime: Managing workflow for NBC's 'The Voice'

    HOLLYWOOD — The Emmy-Award winning competitive reality show The Voice, which airs weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC, pits vocalists from across the country against one another in a competition tha ...

    June 5, 2014

  • Review: G-Technology's G-Dock ev with Thunderbolt
    Review: G-Technology's G-Dock ev with Thunderbolt

    Right off the bat, I’m going to say that this external hard drive setup is exactly what every production needs. Almost every show I have worked on snail mails the footage, checks and backs up the foot ...

    June 5, 2014

  • VFX: Disney's 'Maleficent'
    VFX: Disney's 'Maleficent'

    LOS ANGELES — In Disney’s animated classic Sleeping Beauty (1959), Princess Aurora is cursed to fall into a death-like sleep on her 16th birthday. Maleficent, the fairy and mistress of all evil, appli ...

    June 5, 2014

Features

  • Broadcast Design Trends
    Broadcast Design Trends

    If “broadcast design” still conjures up images of shiny, monumental logos and busy clip montages, take a look at the show opens, promos and network IDs on the air today. Clean graphics, customized liv ...

    June 5, 2014

Web Exclusives

  • Director's Chair: Robert May - 'Kids for Cash'
    Director's Chair: Robert May - 'Kids for Cash'

    Kids for Cash (http://kidsforcashthemovie.com) is an independent documentary that looks at a scandal that came to light in 2009, in which a small-town Pennsylvania judge imposed harsh sentences on chi ...

    June 4, 2014

  • Mission Digital goes on location for 'Under the Skin'
    Mission Digital goes on location for 'Under the Skin'

    LONDON — Mission Digital (www.missiondigital.co.uk) provides comprehensive digital cinema services, including on-set labs and post production services. Their list of credits includes support for featu ...

    June 17, 2014