Kodak presents a timeline of the stuff we're phasing out as digital cinema proliferates. Yet, it's an important reminder to know where the technology has been and the breakthroughs that were made at the time. My favorite:
1930-31: Experimental Kodachrome color motion picture film (2 color) tried by Fox Film Co.
Kodak is still at it based on their latest advertisements in Post magazine.
It’s hard to believe Stan Winston has left us for the great VFX studio in the sky. What I always loved about his work was the practical element. He created models, masks, and animatronics you could touch, not merely pixels glowing brightly on an LCD display.
If you’ve seen Aliens you know what I mean about models creating the reality. Compare that with the final scene in Species when pure VFX doesn’t really work. ILM may have perfected the elimination of models in Pirates but for me foam latex will always trump the pixel.
