January/February 2022

  • 14-Feb-2022
    January/February 2022
    In this issue:

    - Nightmare Alley editor Cam McLauchlin

    - VFX: Dune

    - Animation: Encanto

    - Virtual Production

    - Director's Chair: Roland Emmerich — Moonfall

    ...and much more!

Features

  • <I>Nightmare Alley</I> editor Cam McLauchlin
    Nightmare Alley editor Cam McLauchlin

    Searchlight Pictures’ Nightmare Alley follows the charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), who finds work at a traveling carnival. It is there that he endears himself to cla ...

    February 14, 2022

  • Oscar Picks
    Oscar Picks

    The 94th Academy Awards are almost here, and the nominations are in. Of course, there are the usual shocks, WTF moments and surprises. No Best Director nom for Denis Villeneuve’s impressive work on Du ...

    March 2, 2022

  • Virtual production becomes a reality
    Virtual production becomes a reality

    The term ‘virtual production’ means different things to different people. In fact, the Visual Effects Society (VES) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) recently partnered to create a ne ...

    February 24, 2022

Web Exclusives

  • <I>Encanto</I>: Score mixer Alvin Wee
    Encanto: Score mixer Alvin Wee

    Disney’s animated feature Encanto is nominated for two Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards. The central focus of Encanto is family, as the film explores the compelling but complicated relationships w ...

    February 23, 2022

  • <I>Insecure</I> editor Mark Sadlek on cutting the series finale
    Insecure editor Mark Sadlek on cutting the series finale

    Mark Sadlek is a producer and editor on HBO Max’s Insecure. The show was created by Issa Rae and follows Issa as she navigates her experience as a modern-day Black woman, along with her best friend Mo ...

    February 18, 2022

  • <I>No Time to Die</I> mixes practical & digital effects
    No Time to Die mixes practical & digital effects

    Epic action set pieces are a hallmark of Bond films, none more so than No Time to Die, the 25th outing for James Bond and the final appearance for Daniel Craig as agent 007. The VFX and SFX teams work ...

    March 14, 2022

  • <I>Spider-Man: No Way Home</I>: Inside Luma's VFX contributions
    Spider-Man: No Way Home: Inside Luma's VFX contributions

    Luma Pictures (www.luma.inc), with offices in Santa Monica, CA, and Melbourne, Australia, made a number of visual effects contributions to the Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios blockbuster Spider-Man: No W ...

    March 14, 2022

  • <I>The Requin</I>: Cinematographer Matt S. Bell
    The Requin: Cinematographer Matt S. Bell

    Directed by Le-Van Kiet, The Requin is a new thriller set in a remote seaside villa in Vietnam, where Jaelyn (Alicia Silverstone) and Kyle (James Tupper) have planned a romantic getaway. A torrential ...

    February 17, 2022

  • <I>The Tragedy of Macbeth</I>: Editing side by side with director Joel Coen
    The Tragedy of Macbeth: Editing side by side with director Joel Coen

    The Tragedy of Macbeth was nominated for three Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards. Directed by Joel Coen, the adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tale of murder, madness and political ambition stars ...

    April 11, 2022

  • Building a post business: This is Sound Design's Nathan Ruyle
    Building a post business: This is Sound Design's Nathan Ruyle

    Making my own way is in my DNA. I grew up in the rural midwest on a working farm, where my father had a second business inventing and fabricating agricultural equipment. We often talked about the powe ...

    February 24, 2022

  • Digital Domain creates 500+ shots for <I>Spider-Man: No Way Home</I>
    Digital Domain creates 500+ shots for Spider-Man: No Way Home

    In Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home, nearly 20 years and three separate Spider-Man franchises converge. Building on the “Multiverse” concept introduced in the Marvel Cinematic ...

    March 14, 2022

  • Digital Transitions helps companies put their heritage to work
    Digital Transitions helps companies put their heritage to work

    Anyone who works on a production for a movie, TV or animation studio knows the story. While most things are born digital today, historically, many physical items have come out of studio productions — ...

    February 18, 2022

  • Director's Chair: Lauren Hadaway — <I>The Novice</I>
    Director's Chair: Lauren Hadaway — The Novice

    Up-and-coming filmmaker Lauren Hadaway got her start in post, where she built a successful career in sound editing and mixing. Her first big break was working as the dialogue supervisor for Quentin Ta ...

    February 25, 2022

  • How camera tracking & in-camera VFX fit into VP workflows
    How camera tracking & in-camera VFX fit into VP workflows

    Ever since COVID-19 burst onto the scene, virtual production (VP) has quickly become the buzzword of the industry. While its value had been quietly debated for years — early VP demos involved little m ...

    March 4, 2022

  • Music Video: Coldplay (feat. Selena Gomez) — <I>Let Somebody Go</I>
    Music Video: Coldplay (feat. Selena Gomez) — Let Somebody Go

    On February 7th Coldplay debuted a new music video for Let Somebody Go, a track off the British rock band’s 2021 album “Music of the Spheres.” The song features Selena Gomez, and in the video, lead si ...

    February 16, 2022

  • Sony pairs camera & display technology to create virtual production solution
    Sony pairs camera & display technology to create virtual production solution

    As cinematographers and studios demand a flexible, realistic and timely way to transport viewers to imagined or remote destinations, especially with the restrictions presented by the pandemic, virtual ...

    March 8, 2022

  • Sony's Crystal LED: Purpose built for virtual production
    Sony's Crystal LED: Purpose built for virtual production

    As cinematographers and studios demand a flexible, realistic and timely way to transport viewers to imagined or remote destinations, especially with the restrictions presented by the pandemic, virtual ...

    February 24, 2022

Reviews

  • Review: JVC GY-HC500U 4K camcorder
    Review: JVC GY-HC500U 4K camcorder

    As a lecturer and book author focused on HD technology, I have observed the evolution of video equipment and production workflows over several decades. My study of the technology led me to open my pro ...

    February 24, 2022