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Popular Mechanics
January 2010
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How James Cameron's Innovative New 3D Tech Created Avatar Cameron wrote his first treatment for the movie in 1995 with the intention of pushing the boundaries of what was possible with cinematic digital effects.   |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2010
Glenn Zorpette |
Weta Digital Reverse Engineers the Human Face The special-effects house behind Avatar reveals a bit of its magic |
Popular Mechanics
July 21, 2008
Seth Porges |
Are 3D Movies Finally Ready for Their High-Tech Close-up? With James Cameron's Avatar on the way, and theater owners scrambling to install the technology, 3D cinema could be on the verge of explosive growth. |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010
Ronald Grover et al. |
King of the World (Again) The inside story of how Avatar's James Cameron became the most powerful commercial force in the movie business -- twice. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Tom Russo |
Movies 2.0: Digital Effects Magic Explained In today's digital Hollywood, cameras capture scenes in bits, not frames and computer wizards conjure up everything from impossible beasts to cliff-top battlegrounds. Film is dead. Long live the movies. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Erin McCarthy |
The Tech Behind 3D's Big Revival What has convinced Hollywood that 3D is finally ready for its closeup? The short answer may be that technology has caught up with the concept. |
Popular Mechanics
July 24, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
3D Films Take Center Stage at San Diego Comic Con 2009 Special effects are highlighted with the arrival of four new movies. |
Popular Mechanics
May 21, 2008
Glenn Derene |
Motion Capture Ready to Bring Next-Gen Avatars to Gaming, Movies, Medicine, the Military and More (With Video!) It's testament to the speed of digital imaging innovation that what was considered revolutionary just a few years ago is already being superseded by a new generation of motion-capture technologies. |
Wired
October 23, 2007
Frank Rose |
Beowulf and Angelina Jolie Give 3-D a Second Chance in Hollywood The new movie Beowulf starring Angelina Jolie brings old school 3-D glasses back into the theater. |
Popular Mechanics
March 27, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Monsters vs Aliens: Behind-the-Scenes Look at 3D Tech Creating an animated 3D film is a complex process, and directors are still using trial and error to find the true potential of the format, which is enjoying a resurgence thanks to improved digital technology. |
BusinessWeek
April 2, 2007
Aili McConnon |
The Mind-Bending New World Of Work Motion-capture technology has burst out of Hollywood and into businesses from aerospace to advertising. |
Popular Mechanics
July 24, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
How Effects Wizards Transformed G-Force From 2D to 3D When Disney asked if the director could make the new movie, G-Force in 3D, he turned to VFX house Sony Pictures Imageworks, which was already creating the film's animated guinea pigs, to figure out how to do it. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
Eric Pavey |
Ready for their Close-ups Making all the right choices to create a computer-generated figure that looks truly alive is no easy task. It probably will take a Leonardo da Vinci, or a team of da Vincis-computer-graphics artists talented enough to put it all together. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2009
Eric Bleeker |
Will "Avatar" Change Filmmaking? Will this expensive 3-D extravaganza change the film industry? |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Can Cameron Terminate Hollywood's Troubles? James Cameron is back at a movie theater near you with his new movie Avatar, and he's shaking up the entire film industry as usual. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Erin McCarthy |
Top 10 F/X Scenes in Movie History Today, many digital effects are so subtle that movie audiences often don't notice them but it wasn't always this way. Industry insiders pinpoint the biggest breakthroughs in digital F/X history. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Ronald Grover |
Depth Of A Salesman Jeffrey Katzenberg is determined to show that 3D's time has arrived. |
Home Theater
August 4, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Some Directors Knock 3D Not all directors are as enthusiastic about Hollywood's 3D push as James Cameron of Avatar fame. Some are against 3D while others are ambivalent about it. |
Wired
September 14, 2007
Steve Silberman |
Q&A: King of Mo-Cap Andy Serkis on Digital Acting and Gollum's Oscar Diss Andy Serkis, best known for his role as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, shares his views on digital acting, the future of motion-capture, and why Gollum didn't win an Oscar. |
Wired
March 2006
Matt Brady |
How Digital Animation Conquered Hollywood Digital animation is not just for cartoons anymore. Here's how it has been used to make great movies such as King Kong, Sin City, Munich, V for Vendetta, and Jarhead. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Stephanie Overby |
Virtual Stars Boffo in Tinseltown A new breed of actor is taking a star turn in Hollywood. They don't hide out in their trailers, check into rehab in the middle of a shoot or sleep with their costars. They do their own stunts, can shoot take upon take and don't require residuals. |
PC Magazine
June 23, 2008
Frank Washburn |
Getting Your Game Face On Today's high-tech games are tapping into a player's emotional responses using his avatar. |
Popular Mechanics
August 14, 2008
Allie Townsend |
Aldrin in His Ear, Fly Me to the Moon Director Eyes Next-Gen 3D Chronicling the Apollo 11 moon mission, the animated children's movie Fly Me to the Moon is the first feature-length film released solely in 3D. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007
Jim Louderback |
When the Game Is You Anyone who's played the Nintendo Wii knows how much fun it is to be in the game. |
Popular Mechanics
February 24, 2010
Jeremy Repanich |
2010 Oscars: PM Picks Winners for Sci/Tech Academy Awards While most of the media focuses on the Oscars' glamour awards like Best Picture or Best Actor, here is some insight into the best in the technical categories. |
Wired
October 2005
Jonathan Bing |
Return of the King Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong hits the big screen in December. But for the last year, he's been giving eager fans a behind-the-scenes look at the world he built for the big ape on his comprehensive site. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Russell Wintner |
Bits on the Big Screen Computer servers and digital projectors are about to replace the canisters of film and spinning sprockets of the world's movie theaters |
Popular Mechanics
December 29, 2008
Erin McCarthy |
11 Geeked-Out 2009 Movies We're Waiting For Films for the new year that will entertain tech-minded audiences with promises of new special effects and gadgets. |
PC Magazine
August 30, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
The Science of the Unreal Start-up Mova grabs Hollywood's attention as it reinvents nonhuman characters with its Contour system. |
Home Theater
January 21, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Avatar Raises 3D Awareness Like it or not, 3D is coming home, and James Cameron's blockbuster has made a majority of viewers aware of that. |
Wired
June 2002
Lawrence Weschler |
Why Is This Man Smiling? Digital animators are closing in on the complex system that makes a face come alive... |
Wired
April 2005
Xeni Jardin |
The Cuban Revolution The maverick billionaire blogger wants to take the film out of the film industry. And his all-digital vision is coming soon to a screen near you. |
CRM
December 2011
Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010
Charlie Rose |
A Charlie Rose Q&A with James Cameron The Avatar director holds forth on the birth of a blockbuster and the future of film. |
Technology Research News
June 1, 2005
Kimberly Patch |
Camera Sees Behind Objects Researchers have put together a projector-camera system that can pull off a classic magic trick: it can read a playing card that is facing away from the camera. |
Salon.com
June 22, 2000
Michael Sragow |
Great escapists "Chicken Run" creators Nick Park and Peter Lord talk about animating with emotion, Mel Gibson's patriotic rooster and finding an idea with legs, er, drumsticks. |
Popular Mechanics
August 19, 2008
Seth Porges |
How 3D on the Big Screen Will Change Tech in Your Living Room Getting directors to film important movies in 3D is just one step toward making the technology mainstream. The genre's next home? Your big-screen TV. |
Popular Mechanics
January 7, 2010
Jim Meigs |
Catching Up With Avatar Producer Jon Landau Avatar producer Jon Landau, at Panasonic's CES press conference to extoll the virtues of Panasonic's plasma monitors, discussed the future of 3D. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
John Brandon |
Create Green-Screen & Stop-Motion Special Effects on Your PC! Amateur video doesn't have to be as unpolished as the name implies. |
Home Theater
October 14, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Harry Not So Wild About 3D Last Potter film will be released to theaters only in 2D. |
Popular Mechanics
January 13, 2010
Erik Sofge |
Why 3D Doesn't Work for TV, But Is Great for Gaming: Analysis Here's why 3D is perfect for video games, and why it will go mainstream soon. |
Wired
August 18, 2008
Michael Behar |
Analog Film Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema's Ultrahigh-Res Camera A team of engineers and scientists have created the first digital movie camera that matches the detail and richness of analog film. |
Wired
October 2005
Michelle Devereaux |
Gorilla Filmmaking Information about the making of the 2005 remake of the movie King Kong. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007 |
Q & A: Zack Snyder The director and co-writer of the visually stunning film rendering of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 talks about the technical aspects of making the movie, which opens in March. |
Popular Mechanics
February 13, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
New IMAX Film, Under the Sea 3D, Puts Audiences in the Ocean Director Howard Hall seeks to make people fall in love with creatures of the ocean, several of which are in danger to become extinct. |
Home Theater
January 20, 2010 |
Not Everyone is Ready for 3D A small percentage of Americans are physical unable to see three-dimensional movies. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2011
Travis Hoium |
James Cameron Pushes Studios Into the Third Dimension Will Hollywood pony up the extra cash to film in 3-D? |
AskMen.com
October 13, 2000 |
Movie Review: The Contender A solid political film which to my surprise, moved along at a speedy pace, offered many strong performances (especially the incomparable Gary Oldman), and provided great entertainment... |
Fast Company
November 2011 |
Martin Scorsese On John Cassavetes John Cassavetes wiped away the old vocabulary of doing films. |
Macworld
March 2003
Sean Wagstaff |
Universe 5.0 Venerable 3-D animation software adds match moving, multiprocessor support to its galaxy of features |
