The New Supermodels

By S.D. Katz

Once upon a time, models, cars, street scenes, and even worlds were such specific objects that each studio made its 3D creations by hand. This necessity allowed for movies and commercials with unique characters and production design, something in which viewers delight...

NAB 2006

By Barry Braverman, S. D. Katz, D. W. Leitner, Steve Mullen, Dan Ochiva, Jan Ozer, and Jeff Sauer

When the final history of NAB 2006 is written, don't be surprised if it ends up sounding like the tale of the blind man and the elephant: Depending upon...

NAB 2006 Pick Hit Awards

By Trevor Boyer

Coming into NAB 2006, nobody was expecting much in the way of blockbuster products. After all, most if not all NLEs out there already handle HDV and HD...

Repurposement

By Cynthia Wisehart

This is a story about Mark Cuban, which is why I needed to invent a new word for the title. For our purposes, he is not the Mavericks owner or the blog...

Correction

Shoot Expertise: That Film Look

By Jan Ozer

Sometimes we write to be definitive; sometimes we write simply to add to the body of knowledge growing about a particular subject. This article falls...

Shoot Review: Sony PCM-D1

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Good audio is one of those things in life where the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. The explosion of surround sound programming has made...

Edit Expertise: Working the Web

By Franklin McMahon

I remember the first time I saw streaming web video. It was small, jerky as it kept rebuffering, with bad resolution but it was working. And it was inspirational....

Dream Job: Video Reunion

By Cody Holt

Of the 650 convicted murderers, drug dealers, and thieves at Hilltop Women's Prison in Gatesville, Texas, many are also single mothers. In fact, it's...

Mark In

I'm still not too sure what a show floor does when it buzzes. I do know that is one word that fits when it seemed every person in the vast Las Vegas convention...