Millimeter May 2003Editor's NotesCensor ThyselfCynthia Wisehart, Editor Last month, we covered the production details of Oliver Stone's peculiar Castro documentary, Comandante. After we had gone to press, HBO decided not to... FeaturesMaking Mega Matrixby Jennifer A. Champagne Four years ago, a unique film reached out and visually electrocuted sci-fi fans with a darker, sleeker, sexier, more mature, and surreal approach...... Step by StepBruce Almightyby Ellen Wolff The Bible says God parted the Red Sea for Moses, but for Universal Pictures' Bruce Almighty, director Tom Shadyac had a comic variation of that miracle in mind.... ClipsVirtual HelenMichael Goldman USA Network's recent four-hour miniseries Helen of Troy, directed by John Kent Harrison, required visual effects capable of showing the scope of the ancient legendary war between the Spartans/Greeks and the Trojans.... Animated LuisaMichael Goldman The drive to independently produce CG feature films is taking a lot of forms these days (see Millimeter's February issue). At Blur Studio, Venice, Calif., a long-awaited first step was taken in the last year when the animation/design/effects boutique completed its first-ever CG short Aunt Luisa.... Graduating to DPMichael Goldman Jimmy Muro, one of Hollywood's top Steadicam operators, credits the cinematography community with helping him make the leap from operator to DP on Kevin Costner's upcoming Western, Open Range (at press time, Disney had not announced a release date).... Hot SpotsCool GraphicsFields and FramesFields & Framesby Dan Ochiva Many will remember NAB 2003 for all the significant new camera technology introduced. A highlight list would include Dalsa Digital Media's higher-than-HD... HotwareReviewnVidia's New PipelineBy S. D. Katz Writing about graphic boards is like writing about dry ice. Graphic boards change so quickly that by the time a review is published a new board has set a new performance standard. Until recently the evolution of these boards was largely measured in terms of sheer speed...... Beta SightFurnace Plug-Ins for Apple ShakeAngela Barson, The Moving Picture Company The Moving Picture Company not only provides telecine, editing, and compositing facilities to the advertising, broadcast and music industries, but it also designs and creates CG animation and digital visual effects for television and feature film.... Fade to BlackFade to BlackMichael Goldman John Singleton doesn't mind being viewed as an “action director” by film aficionados. In fact, he likes the label. Singleton, who as a boy genius fresh out of USC Film School wrote and directed 1991's inner-city drama/critical hit, Boyz N the Hood, has taken over the frenetic Fast and Furious franchise helm with 2 Fast 2 Furious, and he's “really into this action stuff.”... |
