Millimeter March 2003Editor's NotesNational Association of Broadcasters Convention
This year the National Association of Broadcasters seems to have moved forward in accepting the diverse media industry crowd that attends its annual convention.... FeaturesThe Core Effectby Michael Goldman Paramount's sci-fi disaster movie, The Core, illustrates the “difference between achieving believability and realism” in visual effects, according to Gregory McMurry, visual effects supervisor.... Hackers' BallBy Ellen Wolff
Brutal SoundBy Blair Jackson The first time sound designer, effects editor, and rerecording mixer Eugene Gearty worked with Martin Scorsese on a feature-length film was on the director's 1993 adaptation of The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton's novel about repressed New York high society in the 1870s....... NAB 2003Trevor Boyer, Michael Goldman, S. D. Katz, D. W. Leitner, Dan Ochiva, Jon Silberg, Bob Turner With another NAB confab at hand, it's always tempting to try to sum up the state of the industry. Some think, there are plenty of reasons to be glum. The economy is still in a slump; many small and mid-size operations struggle to stay afloat. A trip to Las Vegas for the industry's annual schmooze-and-new-products fest might be downright depressing.... High Res SupplementNo Cut = Director's Cutby Darroch Greer A disembodied voice speaks in the darkness wondering where he is. All of a sudden, lavishly dressed women and soldiers disembark from a carriage sweeping past his point of view, and he is carried into a sumptuous party with the other guests.... Seeking HD Spotsby Debra Kaufman When the comedian known as Carrot Top phones home to promote AT&T, he's also demonstrating that high-definition acquisition is viable for major commercial campaigns.... The Retooling of Flame 8by Drew Dela Cruz, Match Frame Flame 8, Discreet's newest full-version upgrade to its IFF product line, combines just the right amount of technology and artistry to make us all proud to be considered IFF users.... Step by StepAn Affordable Army for Gods and Generalsby Ellen Wolff "A huge serpent of blue and steel” is how one Civil War-era reporter described the phalanx of Union soldiers at the infamous Battle of Fredericksburg.When director Ronald Maxwell wanted to accurately recreate that battle for Turner Pictures' Gods and Generals, he needed to suggest the scope of a Union onslaught that was 122,000 strong.... ClipsFinal Fantasy Lives OnMichael Goldman Although Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within failed at the box-office, and the company that made the film for Sony Pictures, Hawaii's Square USA, is now defunct, that project's pursuit of digital photorealism lives on in the CG Matrix prequel, Final Flight of the Osiris.... Spot on the RangeMichael Goldman Shooting a commercial with 2,500 bison is bound to be complicated, especially when the director prefers to create effects in-camera rather than in post. ... Wireless, Uncompressed HDMichael Goldman January's Super Bowl telecast on ABC featured an interesting technical development in high-definition broadcasting — an uncompressed, point-to-point, wireless transmission in realtime of a full 720p HD signal for instant broadcast during the network's high-def version of the game.... Hot SpotsHot Spotsby Trevor Boyer A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter.... Cool GraphicsFields and Framesfields & framesby Dan Ochiva According to Sony executives, its new product offerings at NAB 2003 will total more than those brought to the last three NAB shows combined. That's a... Beta Sight3D Characters for Television Production
Johanne Bouchard Radio Canada, Canada's French-language public television broadcaster, has a reputation for innovative programming. We deliver television that is both challenging to develop and creative and inspiring for our viewers.... Fade to Black |
The 2002 Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical Achievements are notable in several respects, not the least of which is the rare presentation of three Oscar statuettes — a prize that puts technical honorees in a league with Spielberg and Streep....