Millimeter April 2001COVEREditor's NotesGreater than the SumCynthia Wisehart, Editor One of the most interesting things about film and video production is the way that different disciplines, techniques, and attitudes overlap to redefine what pictures are made and how they are created...... TechnologyATale of Two NetworksErich Spencer Late last year, Michigan-based postproduction and new media company GTN, Inc. announced an ambitious venture with broadband media network provider WAM!NET.... Step by StepAlong Came A Spiderby Ellen Wolff In Paramount Pictures' Along Came A Spider, there's a car crash that will leave stunt drivers wondering, How did they do that? The shot shows a speeding... ClipsNothing Lost in TranslationMatt Cheplic When four directors from Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Russia each undertook Holocaust documentaries, the filmmaking process led straight through... Clips
While digital cinema projection suits Toy Story beautifully, the detailed blacks of Days of Heaven are probably best served by film. On May 18th and 19th,... Hot SpotsHot Spotsby Kristinha McCort Amnesty International While this: 30's humanitarian message is rich in meaning, its footage is often, as editor John Zieman notes, rich in emptiness.... Fields and Framesfields & framesby Dan Ochiva Will digital cinema save the movies? Attendees at the annual March ShoWest conference in Las Vegas hope so. At ShoWest, exhibitors and theater owners... HotwareHotwareby Dan Ochiva Octane2 Gains Graphics Chops In January, SGI announced updates to its Octane2 Visual Workstation, the graphics workhorse of the company's product line.... Beta SightNVidia Quadro2 Pro and Quadro2 MXRBy Kim Lee The graphics hardware industry is Darwinistic. It's an industry where giants that have dominated the field can fall into obscurity within two short years,... ArticlesEye on the ArrowMatt Cheplic Alex Weil believes the time is ripe for those who work in traditional broadcast advertising to stake their claims to Internet spot production. Now, people... Going the DistanceKristinha McCort A recent effects-heavy Budweiser spot, Little Red Men, out of DDB, Chicago, gave Riot artist Deak Ferrand his first shot at directing. But Ferrand had... Getting CraftyKristinha McCort Black Logic, New York, went back to basics for a recent New York Lottery campaign. Director/designer Michel Suissa partially eschewed digital techniques... Hip-Hop Mo-CapMichael Goldman For the first fully computer-animated rap video, Master P needed digital versions of himself and several members of his No Limited record label, as well... Slicing, Dicing FacesMichael Goldman Part of the illusion in Everclear's AM Radio was the placement of band member faces onto stock faces from The Brady Bunch. Everclear's latest video, AM... Avid On BoardMichael Goldman A beaming David Krall called the opportunity to participate in a press conference with filmmaking legends George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Zemeckis,... Film Noir 24pMichael Goldman Shortly after George Lucas began using Sony's HDW-F900 24p cameras to shoot his new Star Wars film, 24p technology also entered the opposite end of the... cool graphicsby Kristinha McCort Discovery Channel NetworksWings and Civilization Promos Production ViewPoint Studios, Boston Director Michael Middeleer Designer/Art Director Michael... Convergence EMERGENCEby Michael Goldman The formerly separate worlds of 2D digital compositing and 3D animation continue to move closer together, subtly changing the art of compositing across... The Challenge of 24P Masteringby Jack Lloyd Post Companies Seek a Universal Format Looking back, there seems to have been a time when video postproduction deliverables were relatively simple. We... Magnificent HYBRIDSby Kristinha McCort While many will praise or protest the exceptionally human characters of Columbia's Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Millimeter had a chance to observe... Character AssistanceMichael Mallory Anyone strolling through the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank will see metal street signs that direct visitors to the various departments that comprise... The Sixth Senseby Kristinha McCort You're a production or post professional and you want to maximize your chances of landing a hot commercial job you want to know what agencies want. While... Simple Toons and GeniusesMichael Mallory Over the decades, animals, humans, dinosaurs, monsters, toys, bugs, even desk lamps have all been brought to life through character animation, but human... DVD OrganizationsKristinha McCort Everybody can use a little support. That's why Millimeter took time to speak with representatives from two professional DVD organizations, the DVD Forum... Will New Products Thrive?By Dan Ochiva While many major manufacturers faced slow market growth or losses over the past year, NAB is still the place to put on a happy face. The 2001 show is... NAB 2001By Dan Ochiva While many major manufacturers faced slow market growth or losses over the past year, NAB is still the place to put on a happy face. The 2001 show is... Jazzy Transferby D. W. Leitner Whether you caught all 10 installments of last January's PBS broadcast of Ken Burns's Jazz on a 20-year old Trinitron (as I did) or watched the companion... Compression for NLEsby Philip De Lancie For most post facilities, the nonlinear video editor has become an indispensable tool, allowing not only greater efficiency but also a level of creative... The New Mathby S. D. Katz After Effects Adobe After Effects (AE) has defined compositing on the desktop for the past eight years. AE is by far the best-known and most widely used... Fade to BlackDarroch Greer The movie that is there and it was war to make it is the movie that I wanted. Visually, spiritually, physically exactly what I had in mind. So claims... |
