Going Tapeless   

By Michael Goldman

Director David Fincher insists he has deleted videotape from his professional life for good. I've hated tape for a long time all the nonsense that comes...

Digital Vision  

By Michael Goldman

Filming Miami Vice for director Michael Mann would have been difficult even under the best of circum-stances. After all, the crew was charged with capturing...

Long-distance Relationship 

By Michael Goldman

Veterans of long-distance collaboration adventures for editing and general postproduction on major projects in recent years emphasize that the umbrella...

HD Heroes 

By Michael Goldman

When, at press time, Superman Returns rolled into the digital intermediate phase at Technicolor Digital Intermediates (TDI), Burbank, Calif., it was very close to a complete movie, awaiting only the completion of a handful of visual effects shots. As that was happening, director Bryan Singer...

Step by Step:
Poseidon 

By Ellen Wolff

Movie fans have known the Poseidon story since the 1972 original, but director Wolfgang Petersen brought some ambitious ideas to this tale for the new Warner Bros. version....

NAB 2006 

By S. D. Katz, D. W. Leitner, Dan Ochiva, and Jan Ozer

Anyone who attended the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention came away with one shared feeling: The industry is doing fine. Whether...

NAB 2006 Pick Hit Awards 

Adobe Production Studio software It has taken a long time to get here, but Adobe finally has a balanced set of applications for desktop artists on a budget....

Multitasking Hero 

By Blair Jackson

The relationship between a director and his or her editor is a special one in a real sense, it is those two people who give shape, rhythm, and coherence...

Cutting the Cord  

By Michael Goldman

After years of waiting for wireless/RF-based HD camera systems to become practical for use as roving cameras in live broadcast situations, the sudden...

Wet and Furry Logic 

By Ellen Wolff

A popular gang of furry critters has returned in Blue Sky Studios' sequel to its hit movie debut, Ice Age. But in this latest adventure, Manny the woolly...