Deep Dogma

Cynthia Wisehart, Editor

Robert Rodriguez is nothing if not confident. A do-it-himself filmmaker, he is the height of hyphenation as writer-director-shooter-editor, and he has...

The Man Who HATES Film

by Michael Goldman

Director Robert Rodriguez eagerly explains why he abandoned film in favor of 24p HD for movie-making.

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Considering OS X

by S. D. Katz

Apple's OS X
and Why You Need to Learn It...

Metadata Entry

by Dan Ochiva

If old clips are inaccessible, they're not worth the length of Beta tape on which they're hidden. Though companies pushing asset management systems today...

Features in IMAX?

by Ellen Wolff

Apollo 13 Launches IMAX DMR...

The Ultimate Location Shoot

by Michael Goldman

IMAX Cameras in Space...

Gamesmanship in Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers

by Ellen Wolff

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Mini-DV in the Field

by Michael Goldman

Freelance camera operator Robert Keet calls himself a “Beta guy from way back,” because he regularly uses various Beta formats when shooting news......

Geno TV

by Michael Goldman

Call Geno Geng the ultimate “community broadcaster.” Geng licensed and operates cable Channel 17 out of his home on Nantucket Island, Mass.

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Matte Painting Legends

by Michael Goldman

Craig Barron considers his 10-year odyssey to co-author the first book on the art and history of feature-film matte painting, The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting, the equivalent of “an archaeological dig.”

Hot Spots

by Trevor Boyer

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

Cool Graphics

by Beck Finley

The best of broadcast graphics......

Fields & Frames

by Dan Ochiva

Innovation TK's unexpected demise this past July shocked and dismayed many in the post community. The Hertford, England-based telecine manufacturer gained...

Hotware

by Dan Ochiva

A Review of New Products...

Final Draft 6.0

By S. D. Katz

Over the past several years, Final Draft and a handful of other programs have solved the major formatting issues required for an industry-approved screenplay......

VDS' Liberty Reality Studio 8.1

By Sybil Hatton, president, X2o Creative

I first used Liberty Reality Studio in 1996, and it didn't take long to realize the creative possibilities in this one application. There were still certain...

Fade to Black

by Jon Silberg

Many years before last summer's The Fast and the Furious became a hit, director Rob Cohen aimed to make heartfelt dramas. He achieved mixed success over...