The story of robots that can metamorphose from ordinary-looking machines into intelligent, mechanical, biped creatures has gone through many transformations itself. […]
Childhood fans of Speed Racer, the 1960s Japanese anime series, the brothers have translated it to the big screen with loving care. […]
While overseeing the mix of The Last Airbender at Skywalker Sound in San Rafael, California, Buff found the time to speak to CineMontage about his current project, discussing some of the challenges on the film, his experience working with Shyamalan, and his philosophy of picture editing. […]
“3-D doesn’t have to be things constantly flying in your face. If you feel like you’re immersed within this space in front of you and interacting with this fantasy world, that’s the perfect cinema.” – Niven Howie […]
The prevailing wisdom within Hollywood seems to be that a successful franchise needs a fresh start every few years to ensure a contemporary perspective and, hence, appeal to a newer generation of filmgoers for whom previous versions may seem passé. […]
“There it was, ticking after 150 years, and we recorded it. We were able to use that during the few, brief moments where Lincoln was actually handling his watch.” – Ben Burtt […]
CineMontage caught up with the editors, and their first assistants Matthew Schmidt and John Dietrick, as they were finishing the film, which sees Stark/Iron Man pushed to his limit while battling the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley). […]
Greg Hayden was worried that the story might not be as interesting when the fantasies ended. But he was pleased when the opposite happened, and he worked diligently on maintaining a balance between fantasy and reality. […]
Unlike most guilds in the film industry (the Screen Actors Guild excepted), the Motion Picture Editors Guild looks forward to its membership garnering multiple Academy Awards every year. […]
In the MAY-JUN 14 issue of CineMontage, writer Mel Lambert surveyed sound designers, sound editors and supervising sound editors about the Digital Audio Workstation add-ons that they use to get the job done. In this issue, we’ve asked picture editors what their plug-in choices are. […]
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