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Co-Producer Bryan Carroll on the Tech Behind Public Enemies

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

A turning point in the career of Public Enemies producer Bryan Carroll was when he worked as a film and visual effects editor for James Cameron on Titanic. “That’s what sparked my interest into shooting movies digitally from script to screen,” he said....

DP Dante Spinotti on Public Enemies

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Public Enemies, the John Dillinger biopic directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard, is one of the summer’s most hotly anticipated films. The feature pairs Mann with his frequent collaborator, cinematographer Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC, who also shot — on 35mm film — Mann’s The Insider (1999), Heat(1995), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Manhunter (1986). This time, having had good experiences with the three digital features already under his belt (2007's Slipstream and 2008's Deception and Flash of Genius), Spinotti shot digitally, using the Sony CineAlta F23 camera system. Film & Video caught up with Spinotti in Australia, where he is prepping for another F23 project, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, directed by Michael Apted....

ILM Builds the Bots for IMAX Shots in Transformers Sequel

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

With over 52,632 parts and nearly 12 million polygons, the robot is the biggest model Industrial Light & Magic has built in its 30 years of model making. And they built the bot for IMAX shots....

Field-Testing the HPX300

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

When director Bryan Gunnar Cole and cinematographer Peter Nelson headed to North Florida to shoot wildlife footage at the 7,000-acre White Oak Conservation Center, the first production question that had to be answered was which camera system to use. They ended up wrangling a pre-release version of the AG-HPX300 P2 camcorder....

Mad Men, Crash Ditch DVD Dailies

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

As Lionsgate switches shows including Mad Men and Crash to the new D3 System, the company is moving from distributing dailies on DVD to an all-streaming solution. The new workflow is definitely greener and probably more secure, and it's also reduced headaches for Williams....