Millimeter March/April 2008
By Michael Goldman
Although Iron Man arrives to cinemas largely stereotyped as another big-budget popcorn movie, the character affectionately known as Shell Head to comic-book...
By Jon Silberg
The four cinematographers nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscars this year Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood; Seamus...
By Blair Jackson
This is a slightly unusual year in the two Academy Award categories devoted to sound (Achievement in Sound Editing and Achievement in Sound Mixing). Of...
By Ellen Wolff
“Collegial” isn't usually the first word that springs to mind when describing the competition for Academy Awards, but in this year's visual-effects category, that...
By Ellen Wolff
If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards had a mantra this year, it would be, Water, water everywhere and not...
The Visual Effects Society (VES) held its annual gala on Feb. 10 at the Kodak Ballroom. Millimeter offers photos and interviews from the 2008 VES Awards...
By Cynthia Wisehart
Last year, we did a major upgrade to our online virtual press conference resource, The Briefing Room. This daily compilation of industry press releases...
By Ellen Wolff
"Those eyes!" is a popular reaction to Madame Tutli-Putli, a stop-motion animated film featuring characters whose eyes appear to be alive. The reason Madame...
By Dan Ochiva
Ready for more resolution in more places? Nvidia, a major player in the post graphics-hardware market, recently made a serious foray into the smartphone...
By John Nicolard, FotoKem
The recent upswing in 3D production presented a new set of challenges for FotoKem. We wanted to maintain our level of service...
By Steve Tammi, 4K Ninjas
I have been Shooting with the Red Digital Cinema Red One Camera for almost six months now. Although I have been asked to write about my first impression...
By Dan Ochiva
Last year, location production companies welcomed Panasonic's BT-LH1700W 17in. multiformat color production monitor, with its rugged frame featuring splitscreen freeze and a built-in waveform monitor...
By Dan Ochiva
Last year, location production companies welcomed Panasonic's BT-LH1700W 17in. multiformat color production monitor...
By Dan Ochiva
While the PCI Express 2.0 standard was ratified in early 2007, we're only just now starting to see products supporting the faster interface...
By Dan Ochiva
Titanium adds rigidity to laptops and camera gear, even though it is used in thinner sheets than comparable aluminum or other material...
By Dan Ochiva
As new generations of more-capable hard drives turn up in ever smaller form factors, it's not too much to imagine taking a RAID array on the road...
By Dan Ochiva
It was about one year ago that London-based The Foundry announced it had acquired the Nuke compositing app from Digital Domain...
By Dan Ochiva
After nearly four years on the market, Apple Xserve RAID is no more. This past February, Apple announced it would be discontinuing its SAN product...
By Dan Ochiva
While you can build a software RAID using the latest Mac and PC hardware and software, you might not like the downside: Not only does a software RAID use your computer's processing power...
By Darroch Greer
Although Austria has Given Us Many Great Filmmakers Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Otto Preminger Stefan Ruzowitzky is the first to pick up an Academy...
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DNxHD Marvel 
Story Supportive 
From Spare to Spectacular 
Integrated Team Effort 
Water, Water Everywhere 
VES Awards 2008
Step by Step: Madame Tutli-Putli 
HD Share
Beta Sight: Quantel Pablo 4K with Stereoscopic 3D 
Beta Sight: Red Digital Cinema Red One 
Fade to Black: Stefan Ruzowitzky, Director