http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:04:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/news/technicolor-unveils-new-3d-film-technology/ http://www.btlnews.com/news/technicolor-unveils-new-3d-film-technology/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:22:25 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6878 http://www.btlnews.com/news/technicolor-unveils-new-3d-film-technology/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/contender-%e2%80%93-costume-designer-%e2%80%93-monique-prudhomme-the-imaginarium-of-dr-parnassus/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/contender-%e2%80%93-costume-designer-%e2%80%93-monique-prudhomme-the-imaginarium-of-dr-parnassus/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:19:13 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6874 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/contender-%e2%80%93-costume-designer-%e2%80%93-monique-prudhomme-the-imaginarium-of-dr-parnassus/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/celebrated-fashion-designer-makes-his-directorial-debut-on-a-single-man/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/celebrated-fashion-designer-makes-his-directorial-debut-on-a-single-man/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:54:29 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6731 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 with the death of his long-time partner.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/celebrated-fashion-designer-makes-his-directorial-debut-on-a-single-man/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/defying-conventional-expectations-in-up-in-the-air/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/defying-conventional-expectations-in-up-in-the-air/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:43:40 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6748 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 same lines with another off-beat protagonist, Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a corporate downsizer who has remained happily airborne, coldly efficient and decidedly uncommitted for years. But just as Bingham is about to reach his coveted 10 million frequent flyer miles and finally make a connection with a passionate female business traveler, his prized life in the air is threatened. Aided by the creative talents of his regular below-the-line collaborators, Reitman has created a subtly humorous and deeply human story that is grounded in reality.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/defying-conventional-expectations-in-up-in-the-air/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/the-making-of-avatar/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/the-making-of-avatar/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:05:56 +0000 Scott Essman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6765 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 hurdle was creating the closeup. In the center of our world, we have CGI characters—and movies are all about the closeup.”]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/the-making-of-avatar/feed/ 6 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/documentary-filmmaker-exposes-brutal-dolphin-hunt-in-the-cove/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/documentary-filmmaker-exposes-brutal-dolphin-hunt-in-the-cove/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:00:23 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6799 The Cove, I was moved and impressed as well as depressed by the experience.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/documentary-filmmaker-exposes-brutal-dolphin-hunt-in-the-cove/feed/ 2 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/men-who-stare-at-monitors-thomas-j-smith-on-rendering-fx-for-the-men-who-stare-at-goats/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/men-who-stare-at-monitors-thomas-j-smith-on-rendering-fx-for-the-men-who-stare-at-goats/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:05:08 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6810 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 found himself in that role again with Clooney, with a film set in other deserts besides downtown Vegas, namely “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/men-who-stare-at-monitors-thomas-j-smith-on-rendering-fx-for-the-men-who-stare-at-goats/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/developing-an-eye-for-great-cinematography/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/developing-an-eye-for-great-cinematography/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:02:48 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6707 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/developing-an-eye-for-great-cinematography/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/a-great-year-for-animation/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/a-great-year-for-animation/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:37:23 +0000 Scott Lehane http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6512 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/a-great-year-for-animation/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/trend-spotting/grass-roots-marketing-for-indie-films/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/trend-spotting/grass-roots-marketing-for-indie-films/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:30:25 +0000 Scott Lehane http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6791 Paranormal Experience that comes out of nowhere, (with almost no budget), and takes the world by storm, but more often than not, a single film can easily bankrupt an indie producer.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/trend-spotting/grass-roots-marketing-for-indie-films/feed/ 0