LONDON — What if Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald, each armed with directing Oscars, entrusted shooting their new film to literally thousands of unknowns? And what if they also distributed hundreds of ...
January 3, 2011
Blockbuster movies, animation, concert films, horror flicks, even indies and producers of short films are getting on the stereo 3D bandwagon.
June 29, 2010
BERKELEY, CA — For New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight vampire series, director Chris Weitz tapped Phil Tippett’s studio to help introduce five menacing new characters — ...
May 28, 2010
Where are the writers writing better, the directors directing better, and the planes flying higher? On your TV! (Thanks to post.)
April 21, 2010
Games lovers, always looking for a more immersive experience, appreciate great audio. Even when they don’t know it — they’ve come to expect 5.1 surround and the satisfaction derived ...
March 24, 2010
Technology and the economy play major roles in what agencies and post houses can do while client expectations remain as high as ever.
January 7, 2010
Visual effects people's job is to trick you. And today some of the best effects are the subtlest. Add to that sleek new workflows and capturing lots of stills for plates and you're looking at the curr ...
August 24, 2009
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 ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The climactic sequence in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is one of the most (if not the most) complex compositions of live actors, greenscreen, CG characters, environment, simu ...
July 13, 2009
Commercial producers have discovered a way to capture crisp imagery quickly and for less money. Now, about that workflow…
June 1, 2009