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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
