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“The beginning is the most important part of the work” (Plato)
Sometimes stories come from ideas; sometimes from conversations … and sometimes, great stories come from conversations that create ideas.
A couple of years ago, John Savidis was hanging out with his friends MOE and George Jakji at MOE-TION Picture Productions studio. While there, John […]

Models at the Movies
Indigo® Instruments isn’t only about supplying scientific kit to schools technicians, homeschoolers and students doing their science fair project. No! A fair few molecular models and countless other items have made their way to Hollywood, got themselves on the small screen and featured in some offbeat web experiments.
VP Stephan Logan explains how […]

Surround sound is the concept of expanding the spatial imaging of audio playback from 1 dimension (mono/Left-Right) to two or three dimensions. It is often employed for a more realistic audio environment, actively implemented in cinema sound systems, technical theatre, home entertainment, video arcades, computer gaming, and a growing number of other applications. Many popular […]

It is easy to confuse the concepts of “virtual reality” and a “computerized model of reality (simulation)”. The former is a self-contained Universe, replete with its “laws of physics” and “logic”. It can bear resemblance to the real world or not. It can be consistent or not. It can interact with the real world or […]

Technology has taken us from Beta to VHS and now to DVD movies. With each new step of technology, the pictures became more clear, the sound more defined and an improved experience overall. However, nothing has matched the quality of DVD movies. With crystal clear images, incomparable sounds and tons of added features, DVD movies […]

Entertainment. A term as broad as the Grand Canyon, as deep as the Atlantic Ocean and as delightful as a kid who’s just been let loose in a candy store. Ever since man can remember, he has been in search of new ways to be entertained. In the old Roman days, it […]

One of the more intriguing television shows of the early-1980s, Knight Rider (and K.I.T.T. in particular) captured the imagination of children everywhere while, at the same time, entertaining adults with its effective utilization of a traditional TV action genre. Knight Rider tells the story of an incredible crime fighting team brought together when the terminally-ill […]

“The Truman Show” is a profoundly disturbing movie. On the surface, it deals with the worn out issue of the intermingling of life and the media.
Examples for such incestuous relationships abound:
Ronald Reagan, the cinematic president was also a presidential movie star. In another movie (”The Philadelphia Experiment”) a defrosted Rip Van Winkle exclaims upon seeing […]

JAMES BYRON DEAN
LIFE IMITATES ART
GENERATION NEXT
ANIMAL FARM
FOUR EYES
THESE GO TO ELEVEN
THE ACTOR WAY
FRANK, BILLIE AND JIMMY
ACTING THE PART
DEAD MAN’S CURVE
APOCALYPSE NOW
GIANT
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
JAMES BYRON DEAN
James Dean was born on February 8th, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. His hobbies were writing, painting, bullfighting (when did […]

I learned on one of the news channels that there were problems ahead created by HD television for television performers with warts, moles, or other skin blemishes. Demi Moore was mentioned. I suppose that meant that if they show a Demi Moore movie with HD television she might show a blemish sending her zillion fans […]