December 20, 2023
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Searching for That Ferocious “Ferrari” Sound With Supervising Sound Editor Tony Lamberti

...were missing one crucial sound — the actual cars. The Ferraris and Maseratis (Ferrari’s chief competitor) replicated for filming were fitted with 4-cylinder turbo motors. These compact engines were great for withstanding...

November 18, 2015
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How Quentin Tarantino Protege Zoe Bell Traded Stunts For Acting

...Bell has the kind of personality that likes a challenge. “As ironic as it sounds, doing stunts was my safety zone,” she said. “Physicality is a language that I speak.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ffVl0755Ps Bell...

March 15, 2023
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"Champions" Cinematographer C. Kim Miles Found Inspiration Everyday on Set

...Harrelson’s Marcus learns to respect the athletes (portrayed by Kevin Iannucci, James Day Keith, Madison Tevlin, Tom Sinclair, Joshua Felder, Ashton Gunning, Matthew Von Der Ahe, Alex Hintz, Casey Metcalfe, and Bradley...

November 30, 2012
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Taming the Digital Tiger: An Interview with Oscar-Winning VFX Supervisor Bill Westenhofer About his Work on Life of Pi

...past and there were some technical achievements in terms of the lighting of the hair, in particular the way light comes in and bounces around in the soft white fur. There is...

October 11, 2013
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Everlasting Love: Jim Jarmusch's Beautiful Only Lovers Left Alive

...Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton), two ancient lovers separated by an ocean who come together in Detroit as the world seems to be coming apart. Their lives, already fragile, are thrown into...

February 25, 2020
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No Time to Die Director Cary Joji Fukunaga on Bond's Most Dangerous Mission

...would be his most challenging, his most difficult.” Excited yet? No Time to Die hits theaters on April 10, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4aSE4FhbG4 Featured image: James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa...

September 13, 2013
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Now Go Get Your Big Break: 6 Great Film and TV Jobs For Grads

...not try your hand as an entry-level employee at a film and TV PR company? It’s a great way to understand the field from the ground, and to pick which career you’d...

June 20, 2024
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"Silo" Creator Graham Yost Unseals the Secrets of Season 1

...unrecorded. To live in the Silo is to live in a blank historical slate, and to live in the Silo is to schlep everywhere, all under the watchful eye of the Watchers....

February 21, 2013
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An Evening With George Stevens Jr., Celebrating his Honorary Oscar and his Remarkable Career

...35, he was the founder of the American Film Institute, which was instituted as an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts. The institute’s aim was to preserve...

November 29, 2023
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"Wish" Head of Character and Animation Avneet Kaur on Populating a Richly Diverse World

...of the multiplane camera by staging crowds in the foreground, mid-ground, and all the way to the background, in layers, with the very last layer almost blending with the architecture and the...