Business of Effects Complex 

By Tim Sarnoff

Web-Expanded Version Related links For an essay by Garrett Smith, vice president of Digital Mastering Operations at Paramount Pictures, click here. The...

Using The Force: How ILM's Army Conquered The Phantom Menace 

Ellen Wolff

Eight weeks before the premiere of George Lucas' Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, things were surprisingly calm at ground zero, Industrial Light...

Director: Errol Morris 

D.W. Leitner

"Over the years I keep thinking: The whole idea of cinema verite did tremendous damage to filmmaking in general, and to documentary filmmaking in particular,"...

Eight Hours for Hollywood 

Marsha Scarbrough

After veteran line producer Robert Schneider budgeted a $40 million below-the-line studio feature film based on the usual 12-hour shooting day, he decided...

Sci-Tech Awards Online Gallery 

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