HOLLYWOOD — Producer Lesley Chilcott and writer/director Davis Guggenheim, the powers behind the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth (climate change) as well as It Might Get Loud (awesome ...
October 12, 2010
HOLLYWOOD — Movie fans have always loved a good horse racing film. Now, following in the hooves of such favorites as Seabiscuit, Dreamer and National Velvet, comes the new Disney film Secretariat. Bas ...
October 5, 2010
IBC & 3D Stereo
VFX in NYC
I like things done quick. In spots, that’s the mantra. You need results fast with minimal time spent chasing your own tail. With style frames or look development, this couldn’t be more true. When I wa ...
The film’s workflow took advantage of Adobe and Apple tools.
October 8, 2010
HOLLYWOOD — On one of the larger soundstages at Red Studios in Hollywood, Lightiron (www.lightirondigital.com) colorist Ian Vertovec is perched on a raised platform about 16 feet in the air at the cen ...
As the trend toward 3D stereoscopic projects continues to grow, so does the need for information about working in this new world. Even if job titles aren’t changing, the intricacies of the jobs are. Y ...
November 1, 2010
TV series embrace datacentric workflows By Christine Bunish
October 6, 2010
Colorworks kicks off 4K mastering with 'The Karate Kid' CULVER CITY, CA — When Sony Pictures Studios (www.spe.sony.com) launched its Colorworks facility last year, one of its goals was to bu ...
October 18, 2010
A satisfying upgrade that packs in many worthy additions. By Oliver Zeller
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 ...
There are big differences in music libraries – and there are significant differences among the people and productions that use them.