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Technicolor Unveils New 3D Film Technology
3D films have taken off and proven to be a real moneymaker for the film industry. In fact, they are generating as much as three times the in-theater attendance as 2D features. During the “golden era” of the early ’50s, projecting 3D involved running film simultaneously through two synchronized projectors. Because film passes through... »
Contender – Costume Designer, Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Doing the costumes for The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus “was a challenge any costume designer would love to have,” says Monique Prudhomme. Working closely with director Terry Gilliam, whose credits include Brazil, Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, the Canadian designer was given free reign to design the outfits for the visually... »
Up in the Air
Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) has an amiable disposition that belies the fact that it’s best to stay out of his path. You see he’s a high-priced assassin. Not the typical sort of movie killer that shoots to kill, but a contemporary gun for hire who walks into a corporate boardroom and systematically calls in... »
The Young Victoria
The enduring image of Queen Victoria, whose reign dominated the bulk of the 19th century, is of a benevolent, elderly grandmother. Though she was still in her teens when she took the throne (and held it for seven decades) the novelty of photography has etched in our minds that part of her life that... »
Celebrated Fashion Designer Makes His Directorial Debut on A Single Man
As a first-time film director, fashion designer Tom Ford makes an auspicious debut in A Single Man. Based on a Christopher Isherwood story of the same name, the movie, set in the early 1960s, is about a portentous day in the life of a gay man, George Falconer, who is coming to terms... »
Defying Conventional Expectations in Up in the Air
With his earlier films Juno and Thank You for Smoking, Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman established himself as a smart, imaginative and wry storyteller with a penchant for provocative anti-heroes that defy conventional expectations. With his latest offering, Up in the Air, based on Walter Kirn’s 2001 novel of the same title, Reitman continues along... »
The Making of Avatar
James Cameron’s long-awaited epic fantasy Avatar is definitely “titanic” in size and scope. “It’s got a big story—that’s where it starts,” said producer Jon Landau, who also produced Cameron’s last film, Titanic. “Jim created a story that called for a world that did not exist. The technology did not exist before Titanic. The technical... »
Documentary Filmmaker Exposes Brutal Dolphin Hunt in The Cove
After a screening of The Cove, I was moved and impressed as well as depressed by the experience. »
Men Who Stare At Monitors
Visual FX supervisor Thomas J. Smith has overseen digital effects on pictures where you know you’ll be watching a lot of digital sleight-of-hand, like The League of Extraordinary Gentleman and The Chronicles of Riddick, and also films you wouldn’t immediately expect to be FX heavy, like all three Ocean’s films with George Clooney. He... »
Developing an Eye for Great Cinematography
The look and emotional feel of a film, more than simply a series of unfolding images, is the responsibility of the director of photography. The cinematographer, from choice of camera and lenses, to the crucial task of lighting what’s being shot, is the director’s “right hand,” working to support the helmer’s vision of the... »
