Millimeter August 2004
By Michael Goldman
Many of the big effects movies that debuted in the summer of 2004 went through a digital intermediate mastering phase at several prominent facilities around the world. The process is now so common that the use of DI, in and of itself, is no longer news. That said, the industry saw plenty of DI innovations this year. Two of the biggest effects films of the summer illustrate this fact. Spider-Man 2 became the first major studio feature to undergo a...
By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director
About two years ago, a prominent DP who had embraced digital cinematography remarked about the uncomfortable way it can shift relationships among directors...
By Michael Goldman
Dave Canning recalls being extremely up front with director Michael Mann when the director first floated the notion of using the Grass Valley Viper FilmStream...
By Beth Pinsker
Among the many levels of hell that exist for the low-budget filmmaker, running out of money once you've started is at the fiery bottom...
By Dan Ochiva
While storage systems don't normally garner many headlines, that just might change this September. So far this year, we've seen the debut of many new...
By Ellen Wolff
When Universal Pictures continued the saga of Pitch Black with The Chronicles of Riddick, director David Twohy was again at the helm, with definite designs...
By Michael Goldman
Despite the extensive digital wizardry performed on I, Robot, DP Simon Duggan says one of his...
By Darroch Greer
Editor Bryan McKenzie likes to quote the following from the Internet Movie Database: "If you want to be shaken, watch the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan...
By Michael Goldman
Prior to debuting its film-style, portable digital HD imaging camera called Genesis (built around Sony technology but available exclusively through Panavision)...
By Beck Finley
A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter...
By Stephanie McInnes
The best of broadcast graphics...
By Dan Ochiva
As noted elsewhere in this issue, Huge Systems has built a good reputation for its solid-running drive arrays. Basically, the Agoura Hills, Calif.-based...
By Dan Ochiva
Canon updates a favorite...
By Dan Ochiva
Discreet Solves Bottleneck...
By Dan Ochiva
Portadrive Location Sound Recorder...
By Dan Ochiva
Unique HD Camera...
By Dan Ochiva
Nvidia Takes the Fast Bus...
By Dan Ochiva
HP Revs Workstation Lineup...
By S. D. Katz
Kaydara's Motionbuilder version 5 is a hefty release of the premiere motion capture editing tool...
By Chris Williamson Martin Square Productions
Martin Square Productions is a three-person shop in Wellington, New Zealand, handling everything from camera work to compositing. We've gone from just...
By Darroch Greer
Patrice Leconte has been making films for almost 30 years, and his rich character studies whether period pieces like Ridicule and The Widow of St. Pierre...
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