August 30, 2003
The bigger the image, the bigger the impact," says Robert Dennis. "Filmmakers have been experimenting with large format since the early days of
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August 30, 2003Celebrating Cinerama: The Birth, Death and Seeming Resurrection of the First Ultra-Widescreen Format
"One night in 1997, I was watching a documentary about Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of television, on American Experience ," says David Strohmaier
April 2, 2003As a documentary producer/director for almost two decades, I have had the opportunity to experience first-hand the meteoric evolution of technology
March 3, 2003Veteran documentarian DA Pennebaker is fond of drawing analogies between film and video. In the 1930s, he recalls, filmmakers told their stories with
February 2, 2003At this year's DOCtober, 19 of the 21 films screened were shot on Digital Video (DV) and blown up to film. At the recent AFI Fest, 11 of the 12 docs
February 2, 2003Deep-Dive Docs: Cameron's and MacGillivray's New Underwater Films Go Where No Camera Has Gone Before
This spring, two new documentaries bring to large format screens some of the most remarkable underwater images ever captured. On February 14, IMAX
February 2, 2003"It is important to make the primary distinction between a method which describes only the surface values of a subject, and the method which more
February 2, 2003Fangs, claws, dripping blood and sex scenes...No, it's not a drive-in monster movie from the '50s; it's probably a PBS wildlife special, the kind of
February 1, 2002You dream of a unique opening shot for your documentary—say, an elephant giving birth in a safari park. Initially it sounds great, but then reality
September 1, 2001If someone were to hold a competition to create the most difficult motion picture format for capturing wildlife behavior, it is hard to imagine a