Millimeter November 2005
By Michael Goldman
As its name implies, Fight Science, an upcoming National Geographic documentary special slated for national broadcast in the spring of 2006, will showcase the science of martial arts. The “science” aspect involves documenting a complicated analytical process that scientists formulate as they examine the force, accuracy, speed, and range of movement produced by many of the world's leading martial artists...
By Cynthia Wisehart
Normally, I don't get to see enough resolution and color my home theater is the old Trinitron in our living room/playroom. We do have three gorgeous Tannoy...
By Jon Silberg
Although producer Melissa Balin describes herself as a former film snob, she broke new ground combining digital formats for her directorial debut with...
By S. D. Katz
Way back in 1991, Francis Ford Coppola famously predicted that video would democratize filmmaking. In the future, he claimed, a masterpiece was as likely to come from, “some little fat girl in Ohio” as it was from a Hollywood studio...
By Ellen Wolff
Sam Mendes, the Academy Award-winning director of American Beauty, is hardly associated with visual effects, but he needed them to create Jarhead for...
By Michael Goldman
ABC's Night Stalker is distinguished as the first television series to rely on Panavision's Genesis digital imaging camera. Robert Primes, ASC, currently...
By Michael Goldman
Author and filmmaker Ian Halperin shot his latest documentary, His Highness Hollywood, a film about the plight of struggling actors, using a Sony PD150...
By Maureen Droney
On Family Guy, Fox's animated series popular for its cutting-edge humor, dialogue reigns supreme. The show avoids audio effects altogether whenever a...
By Beck Finley
A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter...
By Dan Ochiva
While we've written about the debut of practical, on-demand computing as one way to solve onerous rendering chores (see the November 2004 issue of Millimeter),...
By John Monos
In the late 80s, the RenderMan standard was born, describing a series of rules and specifications for creating a 3D scene. Through the RenderMan Interface...
By Ken Hayward
Rainmaker
Vancouver-based Rainmaker began modestly in 1979, offering Rank-Cintel film scanning, then state-of-the-art 1in. video editing, and service in all aspects...
By Jordi Bares
The Mill
While computer graphics is still a very young field, it has moved rapidly into successful arenas in both film and commercials. Our job has sometimes expanded...
By Dan Ochiva
Bright and True...
By Dan Ochiva
New-style Computing...
By Dan Ochiva
Easier Browsing...
By Dan Ochiva
New Tape for a New Tool...
By Dan Ochiva
Not a Cigarette Case...
By Dan Ochiva
Fast Chip, More Options...
By Dan Ochiva
SANs Priced to Sell...
By Dan Ochiva
Turnkey 4K...
By Dan Ochiva
Hard-Driving Camcorders...
By Dan Ochiva
NAS for Post...
By Michael Goldman
Following his success shooting Sideways for Alexander Payne in 2004, Greek cinematographer Phedon Papamichael...
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