09|27|2007

Pushing More Daisies in Less Time

By Bryant Frazer

The new ingredient in editor Stuart Bass's editorial stew is Avid's ScriptSync feature, introduced this spring at NAB, which automatically matches camera takes to lines of dialogue in the show's script. ...  »
06|07|2007

Technicolor's 4K Spider-Man DI Pipeline on the Sony Studio Lot

By Debra Kaufman

When Technicolor Creative Services announced it would open a Digital Intermediate facility on the Sony lot, the idea was that the proximity of DI to sound mixing and other studio services would create massive efficiencies. That was just proven true, with the 4K DI of Spider-Man 3...  »
05|10|2007

Getting Inside the Criminal Mind

By Bryant Frazer

After 15 years in the business of cutting episodic TV, editor Farrel Levy has figured out a thing or two about getting inside someone's head. That's her job — making sure an audience understands not just the narrative, but the psychology behind the story. ...  »
03|14|2007

Accelerated Editorial for Road Rules: Viewers' Revenge

By Bryant Frazer

When producer Jonathan Murray started looking to bring back MTV’s venerable reality series Road Rules, which went off the air several years ago, he knew the show would need a new hook....  »
12|20|2006

Rocking Out on the Avid

By Bryant Frazer

Editor Jay Nelson at L.A.'s Cut and Run is coming off a streak of funny spots for high-profile clients like Activision, eHarmony and, working with director Jason Reitman, Wal-Mart....  »
08|02|2006

Heading for The Hills

By Debra Kaufman

A spin-off of reality show Laguna Beach, The Hills follows Lauren Conrad, a character from a past season, to Los Angeles. Cinematographer Hisham “Sham” Abed used the same camera and lenses as he did with Laguna Beach: the Panasonic 480-line resolution SDX-900 in 24p mode and native 16:9 aspect ratio and a range of Canon HD lenses....  »
08|02|2006

Editor Scott Hill on Evan Almighty and the Lightworks Alacrity

By Bryant Frazer

Scott Hill, a Lightworks editor, is settling in for post-production after wrapping principal photography on Evan Almighty. He told us he values speed in the cutting room: "I never want to tax a director’s patience waiting for me to put stuff together. I want to be as fast as I can, and this, I think, helps me to be faster."...  »
06|05|2006

D.P. Rodrigo Prieto on Shooting Babel

By Debra Kaufman

We used different formats — some 16mm, some 35mm and another section with anamorphic. All of it is in the 1.85 aspect ratio, even though we shot with anamorphic lenses. We were going for different textures, different film grain to represent one of the stories ......  »
04|13|2006

DIY Sophie Chase Gets Emmy New-Media Nod

By Bryant Frazer

"There's nothing worse in the world than watching a short film that feels like it's too long."...  »
03|01|2006

Hands-On HD: Getting the Most Out of High Def

However much you know — or think you know — about HD production, there’s always more to be learned. Just because you’re an ace HDCAM operator doesn’t mean you’ll instinctively be able to coax gorgeous images out of the inexpensive, option-rich handhelds that have exploded onto the market...  »

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