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Dressing Washington Sharks: Costume Designer Tom Broecker
House of Cards opens on Frank (Kevin Spacey) a congressman who has just been passed over for Secretary of State, a position he had been promised by the newly elected President. Incensed, he does not return home until late in the evening where he find his wife Claire (Robin Wright) waiting for him, angry... »
Cinematographer Eigil Bryld Visualizes Netflix’ House of Cards
House of Cards, the scabrously riveting series about Washington D.C. power players engaged in machinations, backstabbing and conspiracies at the highest levels of government, is the first foray into original production by Netflix, the DVD rentals giant. In February, the first of two 13-episode seasons became available in its entirety as streaming video. »
Meet the Colorist: Oscar Oboza, Optimus Chicago
A colorist has the very creative role of helping nature along its way. We recently spoke with senior colorist Oscar Oboza, who joined Optimus in Chicago in October 2012. Oboza talked about his passion for color grading and likens his creative role to being a chef in a busy five-star kitchen, while the Baselight... »
New Hero, Same Universe: Christopher Townsend Finds a New Avenger
Christopher Townsend has worked on such tentpole films as the second Star Wars trilogy, installments in the Pirates of the Caribbean and Narnia franchises. And he has worked on superhero movies before – with credits on Ang Lee's Hulk and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And of course, he was visual effects supervisor on the first... »
New Media: The Plight of the Craft
Facing storytelling challenges, little or no compensation and a lack of respect for the quality craftsmanship that takes years to achieve, both above-the-line and below-the-line talent face an unfamiliar frontier with the advent of new media. »
Adaptation: VFX Town Hall
One of the responses of the visual effects community to the ongoing industry crisis has been to stage a series of meetings and dialogues to forge a consensus on what to do next. »
Understanding Discontinuous Spectrum
I should probably start with an apology: this one is going to get technical. Still, I hope you'll stick with it, because understanding how and why we take such care over measuring the quality of white light is key to understanding the benefits of modern lighting equipment such as that based on fluorescent and... »
To Go Digital or Not to Go Digital – That is the Question
From the earliest silent shorts, using primitive paints, putties and other primal physical materials, makeup has been essential to the appearance of actors on film. As the decades progressed, so did makeup techniques, as better quality materials became available to artists, eventually including prosthetics, which when applied, would more definitively change an actor’s screen... »
Canon EOS C300 Cameras Capture Footage Deep Underground for No Place on Earth
It was a challenge unlike any cinematographer Zac Nicholson had ever faced. Asked by director/co-producer Janet Tobias to film scenes deep within a narrow cave for an incredible true story of human survival, Nicholson relied on the compact size and exceptional low-light performance of the Canon EOS C300 cinema camera. »
Parade of Carts – Ingenious Solutions for Production Sound
"I got my start when things were much simpler," said veteran production sound mixer, Jeff Wexler, CAS, as he showcased his current sound cart, the seventh in his decades long career. His first cart, adapted from a rolling television table from Sears, which only "made it through one movie," was followed by a sturdier... »