DI Innovations By Michael Goldman
Many of the big effects movies that debuted in the summer of 2004 went through a digital intermediate mastering phase at several prominent facilities around the world. The process is now so common that the use of DI, in and of itself, is no longer news. That said, the industry saw plenty of DI innovations this year. Two of the biggest effects films of the summer illustrate this fact. Spider-Man 2 became the first major studio feature to undergo a...
Building Collateral By Michael Goldman
Dave Canning recalls being extremely up front with director Michael Mann when the director first floated the notion of using the Grass Valley Viper FilmStream...
By Preston Kuntz
Karma Bank
Karma Bank
Karma Bank is an established postproduction company located in the heart of the Hollywood film scene. Most of its work involves finishing movie trailers......
By Dan Ochiva
Digital intermediate production garners growing interest; by keeping images in the highest possible resolution for post work, DI helps speed effects and...
Local Color By Michael Goldman
When Denys Arcand's Quebec-made film, Les Invasions Barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) earned a Best Foreign Language Academy Award this year, it marked a major triumph for the film industry...
By Kelly Riemenschneider
As a colorist for Video Post & Transfer, I've been able to experiment and push the envelope with some of the best postproduction tools on the market....
By Matt Cowan Loren Nielsen
Digital Intermediate (DI) is a general name that covers a wide range of processes related to the digital postproduction of motion picture films. ...
By Michael Goldman
The recent Paramount/MTV Films documentary on rapper Tupac Shakur, Tupac: Resurrection, is believed to be the first wide-release feature film to be digitally mastered using Avid's new DS Nitris system....
By Jon Silberg
Postproduction supervisor David Cook is among those who have discovered that modestly budgeted features can take advantage of the digital intermediate option. To be sure, the DI route is still pricier than going through the traditional optical path, but as more facilities are gearing up to offer the service, costs are starting to come down....
By Michael Goldman
As the digital intermediate process continues to proliferate in the feature film world, the question arises: How can DI be affordable for smaller-budget, independent movies and the facilities that service them, and also allow those facilities to continue to serve their core commercial and video clients?...
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