Millimeter July 2003Editor's NotesInfrastructure MattersCynthia Wisehart, Editor When I visit facilities, I often get to watch portions of a film or television project in process, usually on perfectly calibrated monitors or in swank... FeaturesShooting Horses on Coursesby Michael Goldman When director Gary Ross insists, “I'm not hung up on saying Seabiscuit is my vision — it was a total collaboration in every sense of the word,” his DP on the film, John Schwartzman, ASC, immediately contradicts him.... Beyond the MorphBy Michael Goldman While 1991's Terminator 2 is largely recognized as a seminal step for the visual effects industry because of its then-groundbreaking morph effect, it is largely forgotten that the movie featured fewer than 50 digital effects shots total.... What's Doing at SiggraphBy Dan Ochiva If you enjoy hunting down innovative products, Siggraph 2003 in San Diego won't disappoint. A quick tour of the exhibit hall will turn up new generations of CPUs and GPUs; hot graphics software introductions and updates; and improved, lower-cost storage, servers, and motion-capture gear.... Step by StepShrek 4-Dby Ellen Wolff Fans of the Oscar-winning, computer-animated movie Shrek won't get to see the sequel until 2004, but there's a tidbit available now to tide them over — a 13-minute special-venue film called Shrek 4-D.... ClipsExtreme EditingBy Michael Goldman As a commercial editor at New York editorial shop PS260, John Zieman is used to hectic schedules, but The Delivery Boy was ridiculous.... Cross-Platform PlanBy Michael Goldman As he entered the editing phase for his independent film about school violence, American Yearbook, writer/director Brian Ging was still learning how to get the most out of his collection of affordable, fresh-off-the-shelf, mixed-platform tools.... Baseball's HD SwitchBy Michael Goldman The longest-running sports anthology TV series in history at 26 seasons, This Week In Baseball, has traditionally been a mixed-format show because the program contains original, core elements filmed by Major League Baseball Productions, in combination with game highlight footage from around the country.... Hot SpotsHot Spotsby Trevor Boyer A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter.... Cool GraphicsFields and Framesfields & framesby Dan Ochiva Algorithms are powerful. So says Christian Tremblay, president and CEO of Montreal-based Algolith. He should know. He's started a company based on these... Fade to BlackFade to BlackDarroch Greer Chen Kaige is a world-class director. Not only has he made films in his native China that have been critical and financial successes worldwide — Farewell, My Concubine and The Emperor and the Assassin — but he also works with an international crew and draws on a wide vocabulary of film technique. His latest film, Together, is very much a Western-style movie, full of sentiment and pathos, about a violin prodigy brought to Beijing by his father to become a virtuoso... CorrectionsCorrection
In last month's SIGGRAPH magazine, an image from NVIDIA's Electronic Theater short Dawn, was erroneously co-credited to Spellcraft Studios. Dawn is the... |
