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 ...
Stock footage has become ubiquitous. It is as likely to pop up in a feature film as it is in broadcast news, commercials, corporate videos or the Internet. As a result, trends in stock footage are sha ...
July 23, 2009
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union is shooting with the Red One in 4K and uses Avid solutions for a complete HD workflow.
July 13, 2009
Don't fear change. This industry has undergone many transitions. Some of the most significant ones have occurred within the last two decades.
May 5, 2009
Digital tools play a big part in making magic happen, and one of our workhorses is Autodesk Toxik 2009, the latest version of Autodesk's compositing and visual effects software package for 2D effects ...
A feature of converting material from one standard to another is that is that the colour gamut changes. This is particularly noticeable where material developed for digital cinema is converted to SD o ...
March 26, 2009
TORONTO - Motion design studio BTRY recently crafted a CG title sequence for the FITC's two-day conference in New York City. "Pause - An Exploration of Concept and Design within Broadcast and Film" is ...