Millimeter October 2002Editor's NotesSmall CelebrationsCynthia Wisehart, editor To the clink of plastic champagne glasses, the first set of Zeiss HD primes arrived in the Americas, specifically Burbank. Plus 8 founder and HD advocate... FeaturesInside Fireflyby Loni Peristere Since Joss Whedon and I had worked together for six years on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and three years on its spinoff, Angel, it wasn't surprising that he asked me to serve as visual effects supervisor on his new sci-fi show, Firefly.... On the FrontierBy Jon Silberg
Film restoration is still relatively young as a science and younger still as a viable business. It was only a decade ago that Grover Crisp, Sony Pictures' vice president of asset management and film preservation...... TechnologyGot Stock?by Dan Ochiva As budgets tighten along with production schedules, stock footage offers the most practical solution for an increasing number of productions. Whether... Step by StepOne Hour Photoby Ellen Wolff
Fox Searchlight's One Hour Photo is an unusual film in many respects, not the least of which is Robin Williams' unnerving portrayal of an obsessive ClipsGhostly HDKristinha McCort Scott Stewart of The Orphanage (San Francisco and Los Angeles) says he decided to make his music video directorial debut using Panasonic's AJ-HDC27 DVCPRO HD camera partly for economic reasons, but also because the camera's variable frame-rate features directly matched his concept for the Howie Day music video, “Ghost.” ...Army 24PKristinha McCort Production company Digital Ranch heaped special abuse upon the Panavised version of Sony's CineAlta 24p HD system during production of a recent :60 spot for the U.S. Army. “Inside Army,” directed by Sam Ciaramitaro and shot by DP Allen Daviau, features a young civilian who finds himself in various military scenarios, from helicopter lifts to operating rooms.... Crisp, Clear KnuckleheadsKristinha McCort During production of special DVD box sets of old Three Stooges episodes, Sony Pictures gathered, examined, and restored original negatives of the comedic trio's short films to prepare new materials for high-definition transfers.... Hot SpotsHot Spotsby Trevor Boyer A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter.... Cool GraphicsFields and Framesfields & framesby Dan Ochiva IBC, the European version of NAB held every mid-September, celebrated 2002 with the return of the North American contingent. A good thing too, because... HotwareReviewGlyph Technologies DV Project Raid ArrayBy S. D. Katz Glyph Technologies, a developer of digital storage solutions, is new to the digital video scene, but not to media storage. For years Glyph has been one... Beta SightSGI SAN with CXFS File SharingBy Philippe Soeiro, IT and artistic director, Laboratoire Éclair My job at Laboratoire clair is artistic and technological consultant for everything that's connected to digital technology. I do two things: I'm a bit... Fade to Black |
