Box Office Video

Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director

Last week the largest cinema chain in the country, Regal Entertainment Group, made an announcement about digital cinema that is important for reasons...

Underwater Odyssey

By Kristinha McCort

Documentary filmmaker Rob Stewart is a modern-day Ulysses fighting perils valiantly on the sea to return home, undoubtedly enriched by his experiences....

The 2002 Vanguards

In a tough economic market, innovation can be the first thing to suffer. But business consultants often suggest that bad times are in fact the best times to innovate....

 The Curse of DV Revisited

By Barry Braverman

The skilled DV shooter knows the Curse all too well — the impenetrable blacks, the blown-out highlights, the hard ugly edges around objects. These are a few of the shortcomings we've had to put up with in exchange for the economy and opportunity that DV offers....

Lest We Forget the Sound Department

By Bill Miller

A recent article I wrote called A Primer on Production (September 2002) raised the ire of one astute reader, Ed Kukla. He wrote, I found it interesting...

Shoot Tools

By Trevor Boyer

Shoot Tools...

A New Take on Teamwork

By Bob Turner

As a general rule, “art of the cut” editing requires different skills than the craft of graphics design/effects compositing....

Edit Review

By S. D. Katz

Apple HD Cinema Display...

Edit Tools

By Trevor Boyer

Edit Tools...

Cedia Expo 2002

By Peter Putman, CTS

Cedia Expo, the high-end home-theater show that continues to amaze, entertain, and educate, had another top-notch performance in Minneapolis this past September....

Display Tools

By Trevor Boyer

Display Tools...

Building a Heterogeneous Network

By Steve Mullen

You might think the difficult part of building a heterogeneous network is the fact that Macs and PCs are so different. Amazingly, this isn't the obstacle. In fact, AppleTalk, over LocalTalk, has enabled PCs and Macs to communicate for over a decade....

Integrate Tools

By Trevor Boyer

Integrate Tools...

December 2002 Intelligence

Compiled by Andrea Harden

A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....

Home for the Holidays?

By Cody Holt

It's two days before Thanksgiving, and Ron Kennedy knows he could be called away from his family at any moment. A London-based freelance cameraman and video editor, Kennedy is specially trained to work in hostile environments. If war breaks out in Iraq tomorrow, he could be on a plane the following day.

Correction:

Last month, we incorrectly reported that Panasonic was planning to stop introducing camcorders that employ the 25Mbps DVCPRO format. In fact, the opposite...

DV Overkill?

I feel like a whiner about this, but I've kept my mouth shut through most of the DV craze. This one goes just a step too far in the area of disinformation...