A New HD Frontier for Scrubs by Bob Fisher
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�������������������� A New HD Frontier for Scrubs by Bob Fisher CAPTURING SOUND REVOLUTION A SENSE OF WONDER WILD OCEAN by David Royle by Ian Cheney by Claudia Kienzle contents FEATURE Capturing Wild Ocean 6 by Claudia Kienzle 6 Bringing History to Life 12 by Bob Fisher Nature’s American Eagle 13 by Neil Rettig HD Tips: 3D Images 16 by B. Sean Fairburn 13 Sound Revolution 17 by David Royle Why We Race 18 by David Schaefer 18 High Definition Makeup: The Latest Trend? 19 by Bradley M. Look HDTV Forum: Panasonic 3D Plasma Delivers 20 Full-HD to Each Eye by Steve Sechrist Fireproof with AJ-HDC27H 21 by Brian Cali 22 A Sense of Wonder 22 by Ian Cheney A New HD Frontier for Scrubs 24 by Bob Fisher Direct from the Moon 24 26 by Dara Klatt Front Cover: (L – R) Actor Zach Braff and actress Sarah Chalke in a scene from the “Princess” episode of Scrubs shot by cinematographer John Inwood. Photo by Dean Hendler/NBC. 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A hot shoe con- head clogging and dropouts. when it counts 4 © 2008 Panasonic Broadcast PBTS-0190_Twins_Ad_HD.indd 1 8/11/08 3:13:35 PM Capturing Wild Ocean Photo by Dale Stokes by Claudia Kienzle s the ocean water cools off the coast of South Africa, massive schools of sardines this underwater life and death struggle. migrate along the KwaZulu-Natal Coast in search of food, while dodging predators— As the president of Liquid Pictures in Atlanta, GA, Roller’s DP credits include underwater Asuch as sharks, dolphins, whales, and gannets—who gather to feast on them. cinematography for several episodes for National Geographic Explorer, PBS’ Nova, Deep Sea In the Fall of 2007, as these predators approached from air and sea to eat the sardines— Detectives; as well as Ghosts of the Abyss, a 3D film directed by James Cameron about the these feeding frenzies were captured by Director of Photography D.J. Roller wielding a spe- Titanic. 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