Millimeter June 2001COVEREditor's NotesThe Trade Show CircuitCynthia Wisehart, Editor Last year as I walked the NAB floor in my sober, monochromatic suits and quality leather accessories, I felt like an idiot. Note to self, I thought, wear... FeaturesRise of Reality Televisionby Michael Goldman The current reality television orgy, combined with the rise of cost-effective digital production technology, has altered, among other things, the equipment rental paradigm.... Beating Uncertaintyby Cynthia Wisehart Wendy Wilkins doesn't remember exactly when her strike contingency plan stopped being a contingency plan and became The Plan. An executive assistant on... NAB 2001 Wrap-Up ReviewMichael Goldman, David Leitner, Kristinha McCort, Dan Ochiva, and Steve Katz It's the economy, stupid, or at least that thought, reined supreme at NAB 2001. That once overused phrase came back to haunt the aisles of the annual... Beyond Compressionby Philip De Lancie MPEG-4 Delivers Multimedia Integration You don't have to be much of a techie these days to be familiar with the term The Motion Picture Experts Group... Step by StepPearl Harborby Ellen Wolff Director Michael Bay's films are typically filled with spectacular crashes, and for Disney's Pearl Harbor, that tradition continues. But Pearl goes further,... ClipsDecent ExposureKristinha McCort Last year, the SCI FI channel announced its commitment to supporting the filmmakers of tomorrow by introducing Exposure, a series that showcases short... Take ComfortKristinha McCort There's a new service company out there, which hopes to ease the information overload that many ad agencies encounter when choosing talent for a job.... Cam CoverageMichael Goldman Last Fall, MSNBC aired novelty coverage of the Bush and Gore campaigns, dubbed and in which network producers armed with mini-DV cameras followed the... Making Monkey SmokeMichael Goldman Director Bob Gale hardly set out to make an effects movie with Interstate 60. Nevertheless, the film starring James Marsden and Gary Oldman does rely... Hard Driving VH1's GameMichael Goldman VH1 matched a venerable creative concept based on Name that Tune with modern hard-disk recorder technology to make production of its new gameshow, Name... Hot SpotsHot Spotsby Kristinha McCort Earth ShareThis is Designer Alan Brewer created 30 paintings to inspire this lovely :60 animated PSA that demonstrates the connections between humans... Cool GraphicsCool Graphicsby Kristinha McCort Cartoon NetworkThe Chuck Jones Show Open Production Wild Brain, San Francisco Executive Producer Jeff Fino Director George Evelyn Producer Leslie Arvio... Fields and FramesFields & Framesby Dan Ochiva Quiet talks by a number of the leading Hollywood studios might remove the roadblock hindering the introduction of digital projection. According to a report... Digital Production NewsDVD DailiesKristinha McCort DVD is staking a place in the film world, and not just as another home-video distribution media. DVD may become a viable part of the film-production pipeline,... Qatsi Productions
Hn 1983, Godfrey Reggio's non-narrative feature film Koyaanisqatsi (meaning life out of balance) launched a fad for panoramic time-lapse cinema-tography... Fade to BlackFade to BlackJon Silberg For director Baz Luhrmann, the act of making a film is about total immersion into another world, and he expects the same commitment from his collaborators... |
