Community
Midwest Production: Commercials Trends
With lower costs, better viewer metrics and forgiving production values, new media is eating into budgets for broadcast and print advertising, say… […]
Articles by Carl Marziali
Gear
Panavision 50th Anniversary: History
By Carl Marziali If the 50-year history of Panavision could be expressed by a single word, that word would be anamorphic. Based on the Greek word for… […]
News
Reality downsizing
By Carl Marziali You want reality? How about this: most reality television crews are not eligible for union benefits because their shows are still not… […]
News
Canadian Green Cards
Canadian Call? U.S. Crew Not Moving North in Droves By Carl Marziali As the value of the U.S. dollar has dropped over the past year, runaway… […]
Postproduction
Post myths: Efilm
By Carl Marziali Previous installments in this series have addressed the limitations of postproduction. Here we deal with something that actually… […]
Postproduction
Post myths, part 1
Second in a Series By Carl Marziali In the previous issue, Below the Line started looking at the quintessential postproduction myth: the notion that… […]
News
Regional Roundup
San Diego The San Diego Film Commission announced publication of its new quarterly newsletter, Spotlight San Diego. Featuring regional film industry… […]
Awards
SAG Behind the Scenes Awards
The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrated the achievements of the year’s best performances. But it took a team of below-the-line pros to… […]
Director Series
Director Series: James Cameron
By Bill Desowitz In the summer of 2001, Titanic Director James Cameron organized a new expedition to the site of the legendary 1912 shipwreck to shoot… […]
News
Technicolor Reshuffle
By Carl Marziali The independent lab for independent filmmakers has a new home on—logically—the Universal Studios lot. CFI also got more than $7… […]