Step by Step: 300 By Ellen Wolff
When Director Zack Snyder took on Warner Bros.' movie version of the graphic novel 300, he used wall-to-wall visual effects to create the film equivalent...
Fade to Black: Zhang Yimou, Director By Darroch Greer
Zhang Yimou is the greatest name in Chinese cinema. He is best known for his moving parables of Chinese life starring the radiant Gong Li Red Sorghum,...
24/7 Workflow By Michael Goldman
With two episodes and pickups for a third being shot on two different stages and three episodes being edited simultaneously for Fox's hit drama 24, production...
Step By Step: Battlestar Galactica By Ellen Wolff
It’s been 30 years since Star Wars presented dynamic space battles created via painstaking motion control photography. Today, digital tools enable visual effects artists...
Filming the The War Tapes By Darroch Greer
The War Tapes is the first war movie shot by soldiers themselves. Unlike documentary footage shot by George Stevens and John Huston, who were attached as filmmakers to the U.S. Signal Corps during World War II...
Dream Job: Silver Lining By Kristinha M. Anding
Tim Ryan is a survivor. The executive director of the New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) lost both his house and community media facility during...
Digital Sundance By Cynthia Wisehart
In 2003, Dutch director Theo Van Gogh and his frequent collaborator, cinematographer Thomas Kist, made one of their last films together with three Sony...
Edit Review: Apple Shake 4.1 Reviewer: Franklin McMahon
When a piece of software drops in price from $2,999 to $499, it’s big news. What’s the catch? ...
By Michael Goldman
With his labor to bring Zodiac to the big screen complete (the movie arrives in theaters this week), director David Fincher is turning his attention to his next effort, The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttona 2008 release from Paramount. ...
Black Snake Moan HD Post Update By Michael Goldman
Almost a year ago, Editor Billy Fox preached to HD Focus about the joys of using HD dailies and HD previews for Craig Brewer’s feature film, Black Snake Moan....