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Perchloroethylene, or perc, has been used in wetgate telecines, film scanners and printers for years. But recent environmental, health and safety... »
Trend Spotting-Digital Film Co. opens post house
The Camera House recently opened a new West Hollywood post facility for its fledgling postproduction arm – The Digital Film Company (DFC). The facility is purpose-built for data-centric production and post, offering on-set color services, digital dailies for editorial offline, color grading and online conforming, all of it specifically designed for some of the... »
Trend Spotting-Harris Savides
For veteran cinematographer Harris Savides, ASC, talking about his work is “painful”—in fact, it’s a bit like asking a veteran about the war.”It’s such a difficult, painful process to go through on a daily basis—because you want to do it well, and there are so many things that get in the way, so rehashing... »
Trend Spotting/NAB Preview
Amid the frantic scramble to book NAB appointments, RSVP for party invites and, hopefully, schedule just enough time at the show for a little bit of... »
Trend Spotting-Red Camera Tests
Cinematographer David Stump recently went to Red's Lake Forest, Calif. facility to test the company's new 4K camera – the Red One. Overall, he... »
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When the Sony F900 was first deployed on George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, it opened up a whole world of possibilities for... »
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With a myriad of on-set color correction systems offering a host of bells and whistles—including laptop-based systems with Adobe Photoshop-style... »
Trend Spotting-Rob Hummel
A very curious situation exists in the industry right now. Over 1,000 people have each put down a $1,000 deposit on a not-yet-manufactured, untested... »
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IBC has developed a reputation as a laid-back version of NAB. Instead of the hectic pace of Vegas, with its incessantly chirping slot machines and... »
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Some of the first experiments with stereoscopic 3D films were shot in the 1890s by pioneering British filmmaker William Friese-Greene. In the 1950s... »
Director Series
Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A SeparationJanuary 2012 | By Jack Egan
One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and... »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
January 2012 | By Jack Egan
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came... »