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Millimeter October 2001

Editor's Notes

Return to TV Land

I've never watched so much TV in my life. Normally, most of the TV programs and commercials I watch come into my office on VHS, or I see them on monitors...


Features

Featuring Stock

by Michael Goldman

During production last year of Spy Kids, director Robert Rodriguez insisted on......


Engineering Emmys

By Debra Kaufman

The Emmy Awards are synonymous with the procession of primetime stars down a red carpet and all the other......


Digital Insecurity

by Harry Shearer and John Manulis

Harry Shearer wrote and directed the feature Teddy Bears' Picnic for......


The Cinerama Drama

By Jon Truckenmiller

Typically, film restoration involves the research, inspection, and repair of all existing......


VisFX

A Gallery of Short-Form Effects

by Michael Goldman

Commercials and music videos present unique challenges for visual effects artists. Both time-frames and effects budgets for short-form projects are far more restrictive than what film and TV projects face....


Step by Step

Band of Brothers

by Ellen Wolff

The Jeep promo for HBO's mini-series Band of Brothers....


Clips

Lab Work

Michael Goldman

Columbia Pictures recently completed a three-year effort to restore the 1968 musical, Funny Girl, finally giving Barbra Streisand the movie she remembered....


Anime Meets CG

Michael Goldman

A new anime release, Blood: The Last Vampire, from Japan's Production IG Studios, is noteworthy for being the first feature-length, animated Japanese feature film to rely extensively on computer animation....


Digital Smashup

Michael Goldman

An extensive car crash for a :30 promoting 7-Up, Race Car, required digital studio Radium's Los Angeles division to walk a fine line....


Hot Spots

Hot Spots

by Trevor Boyer

A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter....


Cool Graphics

Cool Graphics

by Kristinha McCort

The best of broadcast graphics......


Fields and Frames

Fields & Frames

Dan Ochiva

Although financial analysts pulled back on forecasts for sales growth by both Intel and AMD for the rest of the year, the microprocessor manufacturers...


Hotware

A Review of New Products

by Dan Ochiva

A business unit of Leitch Technology, DPS announced at Siggraph that it was shipping dpsNetStreamer, along with updates......


Digital Production News

Lighting and Shooting in HD

Debra Kaufman

For Manhattan Midnight cinematographer Derek Wan H.K.S.C., Sony's CineAlta 24P HDCAM was a logical solution on a $3 million budget....


Desktop DVD

Kristinha McCort

Desktop DVD is finding its place in the professional production and postproduction world, as evidenced by New York-based new-media post house Outpost Digital, a member of the Radical Media family....


Beta Sight

Intel Screamline Rendering Service

By Nina Rappaport and Greg Brauer

Render Power via the Internet....


Fade to Black

Remembering Robert Abel

Ellen Wolff

The film world lost a genuine visionary on September 23 with the passing of Robert Abel. At age 64, Abel left a legacy that could fill several lifetimes....


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