Millimeter November 2004
By Michael Goldman
From a technical point of view, Robert Zemeckis'The Polar Express seems destined to do for motion capture what Zemeckis' Forrest Gump did for compositing — to permanently elevate the technique's capabilities and importance in the filmmaking equation. Similar to Gump's approach to compositing, Polar Express takes elements of a long-established technique and uses them in unique...
By Cynthia Wisehart
In his review of The Polar Express, Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan praised the elaborate digital visuals and production design, even as he mentioned...
By Ellen Wolff
If you were in the Pixar screening room where director Brad Bird regularly reviewed images for The Incredibles, you would have seen a cool, new tool in...
By Michael Goldman
The controversies surrounding Paramount's Team America: World Police threaten to completely over-shadow the movie's stars. In this case, the stars won't...
By Scott Billups
The first time I met Bill Gates, I was richer than he was. I just cashed out of my 85-person ad agency and was nosing around for some good investments...
By Dan Ochiva
If you're running an animation or effects facility today, the success of animated images is both a boon and a challenge. Year after year, audiences for...
By Ellen Wolff
Few films can boast as many stunning visuals as the Chinese production Hero, an epic tale from writer-director Yimou Zhang (Raise the Red Lantern). One...
By Michael Goldman
When Minneapolis-based Jagged Edge took on a :30 national spot for Great Clips hair salons that was tied into a promotion for DreamWorks' animated film...
By Michael Goldman
Avid's DS Nitris HD finishing system continued to push into the film mastering realm on a recent documentary from filmmaker George Butler Going Upriver:...
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
Over the summer, Microsoft announced it had formed a new group within the company to help develop relationships with the media and entertainment industries....
By Dan Ochiva
Making DI Better...
By Dan Ochiva
Disk Drive Family...
By Dan Ochiva
Motion Capture Made Easy...
By Dan Ochiva
HP xw6200 Update...
By Dan Ochiva
Vary your Varicam...
By Dan Ochiva
Squeeze with Sorenson...
By Dan Ochiva
Neurons for Quantel...
By Dan Ochiva
Massive crowds at your fingertips...
By Dan Ochiva
1 Beyond Harmony II...
By Dan Ochiva
Roto power...
By David Singer, Mr. X
At Toronto-based Mr. X, we specialize in feature film visual effects and animation for international and local producers. We have more than 30 feature...
By Darroch Greer
Bill Condon's unwavering eye is again cast on the foibles of humanity, telling the story of another driven man at odds with society. In Gods and Monsters his protagonist was James Whale, the gay director best known for his horror films at Universal. In his new movie, Kinsey, the hero is the iconoclastic scientist, known as Dr. Sex, who awakened America's...
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Performance Captured
Tool Time at Pixar
Marionette Madness
Adrift in a Sea of Pixels
Step by Step: Hero
Fade to Black: Bill Condon, Director