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Misinformation: Micro-Filmmaking

How an iPhone app could launch millions of filmmakers

It's often said that the best camera is the camera you have with you, and for most of us, it would be our phone.

The Long Goodbye

For movie exhibitors, the digital takeover is well underway

Mark Twain once wrote, "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

Critical Mass

Will Thunderbolt technology change postproduction in 2012?

Introduced in early 2011 by Apple in conjunction with Intel, Thunderbolt™ is a technological marvel, a whole new direction for high-speed data transfer, monitoring and signal input/output.

Scandalous

Demonstrated by Rampart, the line between production and post continues to blur

In 2009, The Messenger brought home two Oscar® nominations, including one for Best Original Screenplay, shared by Alessandro Camon and director Oren Moverman.

Posting DSLRs

HDVP examines numerous tips and tools for creating a professional DSLR workflow

It's edging close to the two-year mark since DSLRs were first used on professional motion-picture and TV productions.

Misinformation: Stream On

The Netflix effect

In the past few years, the world of content distribution has changed as dramatically as the process of content creation.

Ahead In The Cloud

How cloud computing is being integrated into the production and postproduction worlds

Cloud computing is a new application of data-storage technology that provides off-site data storage (“the cloud”) to high-volume users.

Coming Up Aces

The IIF-ACES workflow on FX Networks’ Justified is a sure bet

Even though camera technology keeps growing by leaps and bounds each year, a lot of cinematographers have been disappointed in seeing the end result of the HD broadcast of their shows.

There’s An App For That

Will the iPad become a must-have tool for production and postproduction professionals?

While the iPad has become the must-have gadget for consumers of media on the go, HDVP decided to see if the device has much to offer production and postproduction professionals.

Going The Distance

HDVideoPro examines companies and technology that enable productions to share media, ideas and workflows across the globe

Executive producer Mike Young hangs up the phone in the production office and walks 20 feet to the soundstage door.

Stargate Studios has built an impressive reputation for providing sophisticated visual effects for many high-profile television projects, including Heroes, The Event, CSI: NY, The Gates, 24, Knight Rider and The Walking Dead.

Hooray For Hollywood

Hollywood Center Studios and NewTek create a virtual back lot

Virtual sets have been around for more than a decade, but in an era of runaway productions and cutthroat tax incentives, they’ve never looked so good—both economically and aesthetically—thanks to lower costs and vastly improved technology.

The Right Tool For The Job

Canon EOS 7Ds capture the opening credits of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Since Nunes had experience working with the Canon EOS 7D on a few MTV promos, he was confident that the small, compact HD DSLR would be the right tool for the job.