Millimeter February 2004Editor's NotesScience and LightBy Cynthia Wisehart As we go to press, I'm still digesting two recent and seemingly disparate events that actually had much in common, in a collision-course kind of way.... FeaturesCritics Choice 10 Best Fest
The Broadcast Film Critics Association acknowledged the importance of behind-the-scenes artists with its inaugural Critics' Choice Ten Best Fest. The nine-day film festival at the Beverly Hills Pacific Design Center ran from Jan. 2-10, culminating in the Ninth Annual Critics' Choice Awards, which aired live on E! Entertainment Television on Jan. 10.... Indie IntermediatesBy Jon Silberg Postproduction supervisor David Cook is among those who have discovered that modestly budgeted features can take advantage of the digital intermediate option. To be sure, the DI route is still pricier than going through the traditional optical path, but as more facilities are gearing up to offer the service, costs are starting to come down.... DI: NYCBy Michael Goldman The recent Paramount/MTV Films documentary on rapper Tupac Shakur, Tupac: Resurrection, is believed to be the first wide-release feature film to be digitally mastered using Avid's new DS Nitris system.... Sounds of the SeaBy Blair Jackson The epic sea adventure is as old as film itself, spanning the silent years up through various remakes of Treasure Island and Mutiny on the Bounty, the unforgivable turkey Cutthroat Island and last summer's surprise smash hit, Pirates of the Caribbean.... Finding the Gamer's EdgeBy Peter N. Glaskowsky We live in a world where computers built to play games can cost more and run faster than the computers used to create those games. The most avid gamers are willing to spend large sums to buy the newest hardware and upgrade it frequently.... Step by StepRockFish: Blur Lands A Big OneBy Ellen Wolff RockFish represents the latest calling card from Blur Studio of Venice, Calif. Creating the over-the-top, comic action-adventure of this nine-minute computer animated piece took about four months. Using inhouse short films as vehicles to test new techniques is a venerable tradition in the evolving field of CG, and RockFish lives up to that tradition.... ClipsHouse RulesBy Michael Goldman DP Roger Deakins calls Vadim Perelman's critically acclaimed House of Sand and Fog a “simpler, more realistic, character-driven project” to shoot than some of his acclaimed work for the Coen Brothers.... Shipping OutBy Michael Goldman When production of The Bourne Supremacy arrived at Studio Babelsberg in Berlin, a virtual clone of the editing room used by co-editors Rick Pearson and Christopher Rouse followed close behind.... Big, Fast CarsBy Michael Goldman DP James Neihouse admits to feeling stupid at one point during filming of the new IMAX film NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience.... Hot SpotsHot SpotsBy Trevor Boyer A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter.... Cool GraphicsFields and FramesFields & FramesBy Dan Ochiva Will April's NAB astonish us with the debut of lower-cost HD production and post products? The trend is easy to see, since basic HD editing is already... Hotware
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