The 2013 Sci-Tech Awards Honor 25 of Cinema’s Under-the-Radar Geniuses
...cry on command, or gain vast amounts of weight to play against type; rather, these are the scientists and engineers whose complex inventions and discoveries have, over time, revolutionized the way films...
Poetry From Conflict: Writer-Director Musa Syeed on his Valley of Saints
...your shoot? At first, we were hesitant, but ultimately we felt even more compelled to film it during that time to capture some of the uncertainty that Kashmiris live under. I threw...
George Mastras on Writing & Directing One of Breaking Bad’s Best Episodes
...to Gus Fring heights might be stillborn. His supplier for methylamine, a crucial component for cooking meth, has been compromised by the police. There’s another way to get some, however—a train that...
What's it Like to be a Science Advisor for Alfonso Cuarón's Upcoming Gravity?
...with people at Space Center Houston, and eventually saw the trailer and clips for the first time–like a lot of other sci-fi fans–at San Diego Comic-Con this year. So what’s a former...
Bras in Space: The Incredible True Story Behind Upcoming Film Spacesuit
...complex, Playtex created the 21-layer spacesuit, each layer distinct yet interrelated in function to the rest of the whole—a masterly combination of elegance, complexity, and form. Where the military contractors created cybernetic,...
A Bloody Good Job: Carrie’s Makeup Maestro Jordan Samuel
...We talked about the height that it was coming down, and there were many tests done with the viscosity of different materials. What we decided to do was completely step away from...
Multi-Instrumentalist Mark Orton on Composing Alexander Payne’s Nebraska
Mark Orton is a man of many talents. He can play on any type of guitar, keyboard and percussion instrument. He’s a trained sound engineer and composer. He’s provided scores for feature...
The Digital Camera Company That Oscar Nominated Filmmakers Prefer
...enthusiasm in shooting parts of Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace digitally. But it was the Red One digital camera, developed by RED Digital Cinema under it’s super confident owner...
Looking at the Legendary Career of Oscar Nominated Visionary Hayao Miyazaki
...which produced rudders for that infamous Zero combat fighter of WWII. His family’s history is inexorably linked to Jiro’s legacy, for good and for ill. A lifelong committed pacifist, Miyazaki nonetheless understands...
From The Dark Knight Rises to Divergent: Composer Junkie XL
Composer Tom Holkenborg goes by the name Junkie XL. He is a musician, producer, engineer and composer with a tinkerer's compulsion to experiment. His collaboration with the legendary Hans Zimmer on The Dark...