A compilation of production topics that caught the eye of Jane Hare, SDMP President, this month.

How black is black? What do you get using a backdrop made with one of the blackest materials available to the public? Photographer Mathieu Sterndocumented an experiment he did for photography.

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Whether your film is set in the past, present, or future, costume designers use a number of strategies to get a sense of authenticity on screen. Here’s a panel discussion with the designers for some HBO and HBO Max series. 

And finally, an obituary. In 1960, in his first year in practice, Chicago lawyer John F. Flannery obtained the original patent for the first videotape recorder, which revolutionized TV by allowing live show images to be stored on magnetic tape instead of the lengthy processing required with film.

Jane

Jane Hare
President, SD Media Pros

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