Recreating the Past on Film, Historical Advisors Are a Director’s Lifelines

The year is 1805. Captain “Lucky Jack” Aubrey is surveying the foggy Atlantic horizon for the renegade Acheron, a Napoleonic privateer warship out to sink Aubrey and his fellow Brits into watery oblivion. As he peers through his telescope, Aubrey suddenly recoils in disbelief—the Acheron is headed straight for his ship!

But wait—what does that enemy ship look like? What color is the telescope Aubrey—or Russell Crowe in period attire—is holding?

With Twitter’s New Vine App, Life Is But a Meme

If new developments in technology are a driving force in cinematic innovation, it should only follow that the same applies to the marketing of the final work. And as such, it has been a golden few weeks for the new Twitter-based, 6-second video loop application Vine.

Launched just three months ago, the extreme constrictions and meme-like novelty of 6-second looping video has naturally captured the imagination of the film world—interestingly,

Sony’s Movie Touch iPad App Revolutionizes the Viewing Experience With Integrated Trivia and Digital Extras

In November, two of Sony Pictures' tent-pole home video releases were Men In Black III (2012) and Total Recall (2012). For tablet users, the home release of these blockbusters were enhanced with an innovative new iPad app called Movie Touch. It’s available as a free download from The App Store and once installed, iPad owners get a score of options to optimize their personal viewing experience.