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At a technology-centric event such as NAB, it is good to be reminded of both the users and the creative purpose of the products being displayed. The International Cinematographers Guild took a prominent role in making that connection through panels for the Creative Masters series at the electronic media show. ICG (IATSE Local 600)... »
With the disillusionment of professional editors in Apple editing software after the introduction of FCP X, there has been a void in the NLE landscape. Avid and Adobe Premiere have been working hard to fill that gap, but with the NAB preview of the highly anticipated MAC version of EditShare’s Lightworks, another strong contender... »
Technicolor launched its new CineStyle Color Assist software at NAB 2013 – a picture-style profile for DSLR cameras that allows users to shoot cinematic quality video in a color logarithmic mode. The system gives independent filmmakers access to studio color effects and color correction tools based on Technicolor’s DP Lights System. »
Hardware is dying. Software is alive and kicking. This may be an oversimplification, but with the democratization of media creation, content providers are demanding more cost effective and integrated systems in all areas of the production pipeline. The trend in post started in the edit suite with the introduction of Final Cut Pro, which... »
Pretend LLC, the original developers of the visual effects software Shake, announced the Stereoid v1.1 Beta scheduled for official release summer 2013. Stereoid v1.1 includes new features that make it easy to get great stereoscopic results. The simple user interface is easy to learn, allowing the user to be up and running within the... »
When it comes to the production/post divide, what was black and white in the film era is now various shades of grey. That’s the way Chris Parker and Chris Jacobson of Bling Digital see it. The two were on hand at the HPA’s Post Pit at NAB 2013 to discuss portable post, or what... »
Sony launched a patent infringement suit against Red Digital Cinema on Friday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that the Red ONE, EPIC and SCARLET cameras, as well as various digital still and motion camera modules, and various accessories such as the REDMOTE infringe on its patents. »
Following in the footsteps of Willis O’Brien on King Kong and Ray Harryhausen on numerous films thereafter, including Mighty Joe Young, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts, Phil Tippett created the stop-motion character animation in films ranging from Star Wars to Dragonslayer to Robocop. But it was a 1993 film... »
By any account, the making of Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great and Powerful was a staggering endeavor. The new Disney film serves as a prequel to the beloved 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz and delves into the origins of Oz author L. Frank Baum’s wizard character. James Franco plays circus magician Oscar... »
The Society of Camera Operators celebrated achievements of camera operators and crew members, as well as technical innovations at its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Awards on Saturday. The event was held at the Leonard Goldenson Theater of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Professionals gathered to recognize outstanding camera work all while helping to... »
After the jaw-dropping critical successes of his feature films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, observers of director Michel Gondry’s work expected no less than stellar works from the French filmmaker. After Be Kind Rewind and a studio diversion with The Green Hornet, Gondry is back with... »
“The California VFX Industry is getting decimated,” award-winning VFX pioneer Phil Tippett posted on Twitter recently, during a night when the social network was ablaze with VFX chatter about outsourcing vs. subsidies vs. studio greed vs. Visual Effects Society (VES) defenders vs. VES detractors, as the business scrambles in the wake of Rhythm &... »
