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Millimeter and Digital Content Producer continued our annual coverage of the Sundance Film Festival with numerous conversations with filmmakers whose films were chosen as a part of the 2009 Sundance offerings. In depth interviews, news, information, and musings are posted on our Sundance blog which consists of both blog postings and audio conversations, all of which are archived at blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/sundance. Filmmakers covered in the blog include Davis Guggenheim (It Might Get Loud, An Inconvenient Truth), R.J. Cutler (The September Issue), Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland), Robert Siegel (The Wrestler, Big Fan), Ondi Timoner (We Live in Public), Michael Polish (Manure), and more. Excerpts of some of these conversations, and others, are highlighted in this 2009 Sundance Filmmaker podcast.

Show Notes
- 2009 Sundance Film Festival
- 2009 Sundance Blog
- R.J. Cutler
- Greg Mottola
- Robert Siegel
- Ondi Timoner
- John Hindman
- Michael Polish

Presented by REEL IMPRESSIONS. Have your demo reel shown in HD on a 35 ft. screen at the 2009 NAB Show. Entry deadline Feb. 27, 2008.

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This issue of HD Focus delves into the business prospects for the digital camera sales and rental industry for the coming year as the industry, and everyone else, grapples with the global economic crisis. To discuss the topic, Millimeter Senior Editor Michael Goldman speaks with Michael Bravin, Chief Technology Officer at Band Pro Film and Digital in Burbank, Calif. Bravin is a longtime veteran of the HD industry, and the two converse about how the greater economic atmosphere may, or may not, impact the HD business in the coming weeks, months, and years.

Show Notes
- Band Pro
- Red Digital Cinema
- Viper Filmstream Camera System
- Sony Professional HD Camera Systems
- Panasonic HD Camera Systems
- Digtial Production
- HD Trends

Presented by REEL IMPRESSIONS. Have your demo reel shown in HD on a 35 ft. screen at the 2009 NAB Show. Entry deadline Feb. 27, 2008.

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In last week’s HD Focus, Ed Ulbrich, Digital Domain executive producer for visual effects on David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, discussed that company’s role in helping Fincher build his digital filmmaking pipeline for the movie. This issue, we continue the discussion with a conversation between Millimeter Senior Editor Michael Goldman and Digital Domain’s visual effects supervisor on Benjamin Button—Eric Barba. Barba explains the project’s use of digital cameras for visual effects plates and gives his views on the issues and trends in the industry regarding the role and future of digital cameras for making high-end visual effects.

Show Notes
- Digital Domain
- Viper Filmstream Camera System
- S.two Recorders
- CG Animation
- Digtial Cinematography

Presented by REEL IMPRESSIONS. Have your demo reel shown in HD on a 35 ft. screen at the 2009 NAB Show. Entry deadline Feb. 27, 2008.