12|20|2006

How a Complicated Web of CG Work Brought Charlotte and Friends to Life

By Barbara Robertson

Filmmakers rarely rely on visual effects to tell humble stories, but the gentleness of the new film version of Charlotte’s Web depended largely on the artists who made the talking live-action and CG animals believable....  »
10|19|2006

Firing Up a Sound Mix Befitting a British Superagent

By Dan Daley

"That [Aston Martin] DBS was sensational. Shame we had to crash it."...  »
10|18|2006

How Ali Selim Made Sweet Land Outside the Industry

By Bryant Frazer

Award-winning commercial director Ali Selim didn't find a clear path to the world of moviemaking. ...  »
10|05|2006

Camping Out on an Aircraft Carrier With Avid Xpress DV

By Bryant Frazer

When was the last time you cut a spot on a folding table set up on the deck of an aircraft carrier?...  »
09|20|2006

Jeff Cronenweth on His Acura Campaign

By Bryant Frazer

On a recent series of spots directed by Mark Romanek for the Acura RDX, cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth found himself shooting snippets of footage that would be intercut with computer animation showing the car in various imaginary environments. ...  »
09|20|2006

Vilmos Zsigmond on The Black Dahlia

By Bob Fisher

Vilmos Zsigmond has earned three Oscar nominations, taking top honors for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The Black Dahlia was his 74th narrative film and his first experience with both Super 35 and a digital intermediate....  »
09|07|2006

True Stories of the U.S. National Guard, on HD and 35mm

By Bryant Frazer

American Rogue's new "Citizen Soldier" cinema spot mixes 35mm, HD, and other formats to create a mini-documentary on the National Guard in two minutes flat....  »
08|02|2006

Digital Domain's VFX Girlfriend

By Barbara Robertson

Thrust into the jaws of a production with a short post schedule, Digital Domain powered through 220 effects shots for My Super Ex-Girlfriend....  »
07|24|2006

Dariusz Wolski on Arrrrrrtistry and Technology

By Bryant Frazer

Dariusz Wolski, a director of photography whose resume includes such highly stylized projects as The Crow, Dark City and The Mexican, approached Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest much as he would any other project. Owing to new technology from ILM, the motion-capture process was more advanced and less onerous than ever before, and the strategy during production was to get as much as possible in the camera, on real, remote locations, without resorting to soundstage work....  »
07|12|2006

Finishing the 4K Commercial

By Debra Kaufman

When a Lexus executive told his ad agency that the next step in promoting the Lexus IS would be taking one of the car's TV spots to the big IMAX screen, they took the spot to Fotokem, which gave the spot the 4K treatment. ...  »

« previous  1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15  next »



Subscribe to StudioDaily Podcast


  check it out   join    
  flash video mini-site   get more   store  
 
News, analysis, tips and tricks served up daily at the new Studio Daily blog.
 
Bringing you news, features and tutorials at 30 frames per second.
Video commentary from directors. editors and VFX artists.
 

 

TUTORIALS FOR VIDEO PROS

All new tutorials 10 percent off. Tutorials on After effects, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Shake Avid Media Composer, Liquid, LightWave 3D, Autodesk Maya, Sony XDCAM EX, Trapcode and many more.
 
           
    FILM & VIDEO © 2008 Access Intelligence LLC. All Rights Reserved.



Related Content