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The Silent Revolutionary: Carol Littleton
Carol Littleton, ACE, has never been one to sit back and wait for something to happen. Instead, she makes things happen.
Year: 2010
This Quarter in Film History
Celebrity, Italian Style
La Dolce Vita. For 50 years, since the Federico Fellini movie was released in January 1960, those three words have been synonymous with delicious deca- dence among a jet-set mix of expatriate movie stars, high-society types and jaded Italian aristocrats based around Rome.
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Barry Levinson’s ‘Rain Main’
Starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, Rain Man opened 21 years ago this December. It made a lot of money and won a lot of awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Is There Life After Retirement?
Yes, after the Editors Guild, life does go on.
Features
Otherworldly Workflow
If you think that unwrapping the mysteries of transcoding file-based camera footage provides its challenges, you will find the post-production workflow on Avatar either very scary, or a completely visionary model of things to come.
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It Came Right Out of the Movie Screen: A Look at 3-D Movies of the 50’s
In the early 1950s, the film industry, hoping to lure audiences back into theatres from their new TV sets, created more movies in color and introduced widescreen formats that could not be reproduced on the small screen. Between 1952 and 1954, it even tried to recapture viewers with movies in 3-D, the process created to intensify the illusion of depth.
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Assisting in the Digital Age: Avatar’s Jason Gaudio
“Anything that doesn’t sound familiar is probably a new experience for an assistant, Avatar is that kind of project.” – Jason Gaudio
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Dream Capturers: James Cameron’s Brave New World of Filmmaking
One thing James Cameron, A.C.E., will never be accused of is not having big enough dreams. It’s a good thing he writes them down.
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Carol’s Colleagues: Some Words from Her Admirers
A compilation of praises and memorable stories for award winning editor Carol Littleton.
