Next-Gen Indy

By Michael Goldman

The long journey to bring a new chapter of the Indiana Jones saga to the big screen during the last 18 years has been well documented, but the end result...

Tapeless on Steroids

By Cynthia Wisehart

Shortly after the film had been in competition at Sundance, Mark Cuban bought Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (opening in theaters as we go to press)...

One for the Record Books

By Michael Goldman

As Speed Racer hit theaters, there was much debate about the reasons for its disappointing first-weekend box office take (only in Hollywood could $18.5...

Editor's Notes

Glückspilz. It’s a German expression -- lucky mushroom. The mushroom part is literal, but the meaning is closer to lucky bastard. German filmmaker Pierre Kuhl says it's his nickname, and that seems about right....

Step by Step: Anamorph

By Ellen Wolff

Visual effects can be crucial in depicting a story's key idea, and IFC Films' Anamorph is a case in point...

Production and Post at NAB 2008

By D. W. Leitner and Dan Ochiva

At this, the final NAB Show of the analog era (the NTSC shut-off is Feb. 17, 2009), issues surrounding the fourth screen took on new urgency, as a simultaneous...

Sony HVR-Z7U

By D. W. Leitner

I use a lot of different cameras and camcorders, from Sony HDW-F900s and Panasonic Varicams on down...

Beta Sight: Frantic Films Software Deadline

By Matt Estela Visual Effects Supervisor, Jackanory

Fans of the original BBC children's classic Jackanory, which aired from 1965 until going off the air in 1996, could catch the series during its highly...

Products: Panasonic

By Dan Ochiva

Some six years after the debut of the original Varicam, Panasonic follows it up with two models sporting higher-res CCDs, P2 storage, and the new AVC-Intra 100 codec...

Products: Boxx Technologies

By Dan Ochiva

Boxx Technologies joins the Red parade with its redBoxx (starting at $32,000), a turnkey version of the 3DBoxx workstation that incorporates Assimilate's Scratch Cine software package for DI...

Products: Anton Bauer

By Dan Ochiva

Anton Bauer actually started out selling battery belts to the film industry. Over the past decade, the company has been known in the video world for its on-camera battery packs....

Products: P+S Technik

By Dan Ochiva

As the Red Digital Cinema Red One camera continues to gain in popularity, other manufacturers are joining in...

Products: Sony

By Dan Ochiva

Sony started selling the first consumer OLED screens this past January, with a list price of $2,500 for the 11in. screen...

Products: Avid

By Dan Ochiva

Avid has been attending NAB since it debuted its gear in 1989, so who could expect Avid to stay away even though it didn't buy a pricey booth on the show floor this year? No one....

Products: Arri

By Dan Ochiva

While the Red Digital Cinema camera system garners a lot of the “what's hot” mindshare these days, Arri has not stood still...

Products: DVC

By Dan Ochiva

Whether for low-end camcorders or high-end digital cinema cameras, portable recording turned up again and again on the show floor this year....

Products: Autodesk

By Dan Ochiva

Although Smoke 2008 was released at last year's IBC, less than a year later Autodesk announced Smoke 2009...

Products: Abel Cine Tech

By Dan Ochiva

No big secret, but with the latest HD camera systems delivering better-than-ever imaging, more commercial and feature production is shifting from 35mm to HD. But one crucial component — specialized high-quality lenses — has been slow to appear....

Products: Quantel

By Dan Ochiva

Quantel seems to be on a furious pace for product development....

Products: Rosco

By Dan Ochiva

Constant fussing with hard gels over windows and changing out various strengths of ND filters won't be part of your shooting regimen if you buy into Rosco View....

Products: Petrol

By Dan Ochiva

Hand it to Petrol, the always-innovating kit-bag maker, to come up with a solution for hauling around camcorders and their ever-growing entourage of accessories...

Fade to Black: Joachim Trier, Director

By Darroch Greer

What do Henry James, the Ramones, Alain Resnais, and Diner have in common? Ask Joachim Trier regarding his first feature Reprise, which Scott Rudin has...