We’re a strange lot, we editors…especially the older vets. And guess what? We get as tired of hearing our own bitching about things as you younger cutters must be — you pups raised on desktops and dig ...
October 7, 2009
VANCOUVER - District 9, written and directed by newcomer Neill Blomkamp, offers a unique and gritty portrayal of aliens integrated into human society – or, at least, cordoned off into their own ...
Many graphics artists think stock footage is just for editors. They're wrong. Carefully placed stock footage can set your edits and composites above and beyond the competition.
September 2, 2009
NEW YORK - Future Media Concepts (www.fmctraining.com) turns 15 this year and unlike a budding young teenager, their development has been far from awkward. By taking advantage of the emergent digital ...
August 25, 2009
SAN DIEGO, CA - The Invisible Ones: Homeless Combat Veterans, (www.theinvisibleones.org) is a 42-minute documentary that my partner, Mark Schulze, and I made after attending a Stand Down (www.vvsd.net ...
SAN RAFAEL - Polygon Entertainment (www.polygonentertainment.com) created a :60 high definition promo designed to build excitement for the 2010 release of the next Halo videogame. Bungie's Halo: Reach ...
As a filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino is a dedicated purist. He likes practical special effects, especially for a raw, blood-and-guts story set in WWII France like Inglourious Basterds - not a lot of digi ...
August 24, 2009
The reality of Hollywood rarely meets the suspension of disbelief that its shows and output required for audience consumption. Nowhere is that clearer than in the post production of a show like Dancin ...
August 21, 2009
SANTA MONICA, CA - Margarita Mix (www.lastudios.com) recently provided final mixing services for new films from directors Ron Shelton ( Bad Boys II, Tin Cup ), Michael Apted ( The World Is Not Enough, ...
August 6, 2009
LOS ANGELES - When Bryan Ray Turcotte and Nathan Ehrenfeld opened Beta Petrol (www.betapetrol.net) in 2001, they came with a deep-rooted passion for music, and a goal of finding new and innovative way ...