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...

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...

Audio Podcast: Sean Fairburn's F23 Musings 

As Sony’s F23 camera system continues to excite the cinematography community and infiltrate into the world of feature filmmaking, one of the members of that community particularly excited about the camera is cinematographer B. Sean Fairburn ...

Step by Step: The Fuel In BMW’s Hydrogen  

By Ellen Wolff

When the Visual Effects Society recently chose the year’s outstanding visual effects commercials, the work of Sydney, Australia-based Fuel VFX was among them. The 30 second spot that Fuel created for the BMW Hydrogen 7 automobile features 25 seconds of CG animation...

Audio Podcast: Cutting Iron Man in HD 

Editor Dan Lebental, A.C.E., recently chatted with millimeter about his recent work cutting the newest entry into the superhero feature-film sweepstakes—Marvel’s Iron Man...

Indie and HD Cross Paths at SXSW 

By Craig Erpelding

Back in 1987 Austin, Texas' arts community took its local talents to a grander scale when they started the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival—providing a place for regional musicians to play, meet, and collaborate. The event proved such a success that six years later, SXSW expanded to include a movie showcase with the festival. ...

Step by Step: Madame Tutli-Putli  

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...

VES Awards 2008 

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...

HD Share 

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...

DNxHD Marvel  

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...