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Table Of Contents
 Fitting
Visual Effects into Benjamin Button's Workflow
Vanguard Awards 2008
Paul Henschel
Streaming for Video Pros: A
Crash Course
Viz Engine And Viz Trio Power
“Network-Look” For KCTV’s HD Broadcasts
Mammoth HD - Los Angeles in
RED
Up Front
Fitting Visual
Effects into Benjamin Button's Workflow
 Director David Fincher's new film, The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button, was created using a refined version of Fincher’s
all-digital filmmaking pipeline that he used on his last movie,
Zodiac (listen to Fincher speak on Zodiac here). Once again, Fincher relied on Grass Valley
Viper cameras and S.Two hard drive recording systems, but this time, on
a movie with major and complex visual effects—particularly the
sophisticated work done to age actor Brad Pitt backwards. That work was
done at Digital Domain, a facility that has worked with Fincher since he
first started developing his digital pipeline on commercials and music
videos a few years ago. This issue of HD Focus offers the first of two
conversations with officials at Digital Domain about incorporating
visual effects into Fincher’s workflow. First, this issue, is a
conversation with Digital Domain Executive VP of Production Ed Ulbrich,
a longtime collaborator with Fincher at Digital Domain.
To listen to the Ulbrich conversation about making Benjamin
Button, CLICK HERE. Next week, we'll continue the discussion
with a chat with Eric Barba, Digital Domain's visual effects supervisor
on the Benjamin Button project.
Review
Vanguard Awards 2008
 Fourteen new products represent
technology’s leaps and bounds.
Our Vanguard Awards judges engaged in a passionate debate on the
relative merits of almost all the major camcorders introduced in 2008.
Many new camcorders, especially the Varicam models from Panasonic,
embodied combinations of several appealing technologies introduced in
the past couple years. The new Varicams offer a choice of several
high-quality, efficient HD formats, and they record 10-bit video in a
plethora of frame rates and to nonlinear media. Combinations such as
these represent smart business for the manufacturers and appealing
choices for consumers. But when our judges considered what really fit
the appellation “vanguard,” some excellent new products seemed less
like disruption than the result of previous technological risks paying
off. Which, of course, is still a very good thing. more>>
HD Cinematographers
Paul Henschel
 Henschel's experience includes both directing
and shooting on documentary films for Frontline PBS, HBO, and ABC;
commercial clients like Pepsi, McDonalds, TJ Max, Polaris ATV, Blue
Cross, andVisa. He's worked in Cambodia, Cuba, Panama, Honduras, China,
and Viet Nam. Awards include George Foster Peabody, Dupont Columbia, and
The Emmy while utilizing formats ranging from 35mm motion picture to HD
via production styles from “one man band” to "full crew". View Henschel's Reel-Exchange Profile.
Featured Forum Discussion
Streaming for Video Pros: A
Crash Course
 Looking for answers to your streaming questions? From
encoding best practices to the H.264 codec, continue this discussion
and others at Digital Content Producer’s and
millimeter’s Crosstalk forums.
Product News
Viz Engine And Viz Trio Power
“Network-Look” For KCTV’s HD Broadcasts
Vizrt, a leading provider of real-time graphics and
integrated video workflow solutions for the media industry, announces
that KCTV5, Kansas City’s CBS affiliate, recently began broadcasting
the station’s nightly newscasts in HD with all graphics powered by
Vizrt software.
Three Viz Engine real-time renderers installed in KCTV5’s control room
power the graphics created in Viz Trio, Vizrt’s 2D/3D character
generator. The graphics are used for all the station’s lower third ,
full screen, and opening graphics, as well as interstitials. KCTV5 also
employs Vizrt software for sports graphics production during broadcast
of Kansas City Chief footballgames and for other special live events. more>>
Industry News
Mammoth HD - Los Angeles in
RED
 Mammoth HD expands the MHD/RED Libraries with
4K Footage of Los Angeles and the LA Basin including
aerials, downtown, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, freeways, traffic and
more. The footage is shot on RED in 4K and is available in HD1080, HD720
and 2K/4K. more>>
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