MagicWig Productions Uses Pansonic AJ-HDX9000 and AG-HVX200 for Green Documentary 

Director/director of photography Justin Maine of Schenectady, NY-based MagicWig Productions couples Panasonic’s multiformat AJ-HDX900 DVCPRO HD camcorder and the AG-HVX200 P2 HD handheld camcorder for the production of So Right, So Smart...

Amelia Earhart Expedition Documented with a Panasonic AG-HVX200 

Peabody Award-winning director of photography Mark Smith traveled with the 70th Anniversary Amelia Earhart Expedition to the remote South Pacific island of Nikumaroro this summer, armed with Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorders to document the group’s archeological research...

NFL Films Lensing in HD 

By Craig Erpelding

Steve Sabol, president and CEO of Mount Laurel, N.J.-based NFL Films, worked hard to fulfill his artistic vision when he developed the signature look of NFL Films...

Scourge Shot in HD with JVC ProHD GY-HD250  

Director Jonas Quastel and DP Corey Robson chose the JVC GY-HD250 to shoot horror film, Scourge ...

Earth in HD 

By Craig Erpelding

Co-director Mark Linfield recently concluded work on an epic production when his team made the final cuts and delivered Earth—a film which documents the remarkable wildlife and unique habitats of our planet in high definition....

Hondo’s Audio Trek 

By Dan Daley

Chace Productions has had a long relationship with Hondo. The Burbank, Calif.-based audio postproduction facility reworked the film’s audio first in 1990 for its VHS debut. That iteration had a stereo track created for it using Chace’s proprietary Digital Stereo Processor...

Lumet Goes Genesis 

By Michael Goldman

Because 83-year-old Sidney Lumet is among cinema's most veteran high-definition players, having first jumped into the fray in 2001 for several episodes...

Step by Step: Into the Wild 

By Ellen Wolff

When audiences see Into the Wild, they probably won't notice the visual effects that were necessary to capture this wilderness tale. Sean Penn's film,...

Review: Apple Final Cut Studio 2  

By D. W. Leitner

Let's Hope Apple Never Becomes an Ordinary company. Few companies set out, after all, to smash the dystopian future as famously depicted in Apple's defiant...

Wild Ride 

By Michael Goldman

When Sean Penn's long-held desire to make a movie of Jon Krakauer's novel about iconoclastic adventurer Chris McCandless finally came true, the question...