Millimeter June 2004
By Michael Goldman
“A continual paradigm shift” is how Sam Nicholson, founder of Stargate Digital, Pasadena, Calif., describes the shift in the visual effects world. “[It] requires the engine to continually go faster, and those of us in this industry to continually reinvent our thinking about what is achievable, and how quickly.” Nicholson points to the 5:30, live-action/CG short film, Digital Odyssey, Stargate Digital made earlier this year as a prototype example of this paradigm shift......
By Cynthia Wisehart
Two recent back-to-back events at USC's Entertainment Technology Center in Hollywood seemed to prove that the pioneers of digital cinema projection have...
By Dan Ochiva, D. W. Leitner, Bob Turner, S. D. Katz, and Michael Goldman
NAB 2004 delivered the welcome news that the media industry is ready to do business again. ...
With an upbeat NAB 2004 now behind them, our judges faced a daunting task: choosing Millimeter's 15 Pick Hit winners for 2004. That's tough enough in an average year, but the 2004 show floor turned up an abundance of new HD NLEs, SANs, and DI gear. ...
By S. D. Katz
Two of the newest hot-button visual effects technologies are High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) and Image-Based Lighting (IBL). ...
By Ellen Wolff
Hybrid is a word that's used often in this era of mix-and-match visual effects, but it's an especially apt description of Industiral Light + Magic's work......
By Michael Goldman
Even though it's been 16 years since he made the critically acclaimed film, The Bear (L' Ours), Jean-Jacques Annuad never quite got over ...
By Beck Finley
A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter.
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by Dan Ochiva
The established West and East Coast film production communities don't have just Canada to worry about anymore. Other areas of the United States, including......
By S. D. Katz
Photorealism. Note the word This is short for what computer graphics aspire to. ...
By Michael Goldman
Among other things, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban taught Alfonso Cuarón the subtle difference between stress and exhaustion. ...
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On the Virtual Backlot
Step By Step: Van Helsing
Fade to Black: Alfonso Cuarón, Director