Millimeter January 2004
Some of you already know the name Jenifer Estess. A New York theater producer, well connected among her generation of Hollywood pros, she founded Project...
By Michael Goldman
When director/writer P.J. Hogan's five-year-long obsession with making Universal's Peter Pan into a faithful representation of J.M. Barrie's classic story began, the first problem was how to visually represent the famous storybook world on the big screen in a unique way....
By Jim Whittington
From the editor: As 2004 kicks off, Millimeter pauses to examine key issues and opportunities facing the production and post industries as we head into continuing economic uncertainty. ...
By D. W. Leitner
While Nostradamus doesn't hold a candle to Moore in our industry, a magic crystal ball might prove helpful in predicting some of the changes in function, design, and storage that lie ahead for cameras and camcorders in the next decade....
By Dan Ochiva
It seems pretty basic: a stock house stocks images — carefully chosen footage, stills, and graphics that others could find useful. Modern stock houses also maintain data about the library's holdings in searchable databases — a contemporary take on the classic stock house research role....
Web Exclusive: The Broadcast Film Critics Association acknowledged the importance of behind-the-scenes artists with their inaugural Critics' Choice Ten Best Fest......
By Ellen Wolff
”Man overboard” is a frightening cry to hear, and seeing a sailor adrift in stormy seas marks one of the most emotional scenes in Twentieth Century Fox's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World....
By Michael Goldman
The Romanian shoot for Cold Mountain was logistically complicated for all concerned, and was “often uncomfortable,” according to director Anthony Minghella....
By Michael Goldman
The battle cry for six :30 spots promoting a restaurant called Food Fetish? ”Bad is good,” says director Craig Tanimoto of production company Japanese Monsters, Los Angeles....
By Michael Goldman
As the digital intermediate process continues to proliferate in the feature film world, the question arises: How can DI be affordable for smaller-budget, independent movies and the facilities that service them, and also allow those facilities to continue to serve their core commercial and video clients?...
By Trevor Boyer
A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter....
By Beck Finley
The best of broadcast graphics......
By Dan Ochiva
A couple of weeks before the holiday season, some 50 people filed into the new, spacious digs of Reuters' Time Square tower. With cocktails and canapés at the ready, the founders of ACSIL (Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors) made its debut....
By Dan Ochiva
DVS HD software...
By Dan Ochiva
Plug-in Power from Algolith...
By Dan Ochiva
Lowel Kits for DV Run & Gun...
By Dan Ochiva
Sony Sound Forge 7.0...
By Dan Ochiva
Snap's Simple, Scalable Storage...
By Dan Ochiva
Medéa's Lower-Cost Storage...
By Dan Ochiva
Chrosziel Modifies Sony's HDCAM Viewfinder...
By Dan Ochiva
3Dconnexion Delivers Control...
By Dan Ochiva
AJA's Lower-Cost Io Siblings...
By Dan Ochiva
Digital Moviemaking by Scott Billups...
By Dan Ochiva
nNovia's Portable DV DDR...
By David Tecson President/Founder Edgeworx
To a motion graphics house, a product like 12 Inch Design's ProductionBlox should be anathema. Since original design is the mainstay of such houses, the ability to buy a set of complete graphics for a few hundred dollars has all the vital qualities of a threat to one's business....
By Alex Peacock Owner, 33 1/3 Productions
33 1/3 Productions produces television spots for the recording industry. Recently our company installed a state-of-the-art storage area network (SAN) to help the shop keep up with the growing number of projects we handle for some of the industry's finest recording artists....
By D. W. Leitner
Only 79-year-old Director Robert M. Young could say, “I'm the oldest person in the DuArt Building, and I remember when there were big drums with slats to dry film on the roof,” then glance at his render farm of 62 PCs sharing shelf space with film cans and add, “We're doing what Lucas was doing.”...
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