The Vampire Diaries Issue : Creative COW Magazine

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The Vampire Diaries: One of the editors of the popular CW series takes readers inside the show's editing choices, pacing and style.
Cinematography’s Roots in Painting & Art: Yuri Neyman ASC explores the roots of cinematography in painting and art.
A Digital Image Technician Tells All: A bi-coastal go-to-guy shares secrets learned supporting major broadcasters, agencies and film studios.
In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen: Honoring the lives of real life heroes among us.
Multimedia in the Las Vegas Mob Museum: Inside the famed National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement.
What Is It About Social Media? While marketers look at the stats, we look at the people.
Tim Wilson's column: Confessions of a Teenage Girl

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Articles in this Issue

Broadcasting

Confessions of a Teenage Girl

Tim Wilson's bio photo may look like the vague approximation of a man in his early fifties, but he assures us most emphatically that it is the face of a teenage girl -- at least when he thinks about The Vampire Diaries. Look, this is just the way it is when you're a fan. We might try to keep our cool, but really, fans aren't about "cool." They're about passion.

Editorial 03/23/2012
Author: Tim Wilson

Art of the Edit

Style, Emotion & Vamping on The Vampire Diaries

40 hours of dailies get cut into 42 minutes of rapid edits, extreme angles, heightened drama, elevated emotions and, as needed, elegance.

Feature 03/16/2012
Author: Nancy Forner, ACE

Cinematography

If Beauty Will Save the World, Will It Save Cinematography?

Yuri Neyman, ASC looks at the history of cinematography and its roots in painting for clues about how to continue to develop the art and craft.

Editorial 03/22/2012
Author: Yuri Neyman, ASC

ARRI

A DIT Tells All

You've heard of on-set file-based workflow? That's Von Thomas. Here's an inside look at his gear, and management secrets that can work for you too.

Feature 03/21/2012
Author: Von Thomas

Indie Film & Documentary

In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen

In this Creative COW exclusive, read the story of how two Augusta-based filmmakers document the aviators who made history.

Feature 03/05/2012
Author: Bryan Williams and Denton Adkinson

Indie Film & Documentary

America Fights Back: The Mob Museum

"America Fights Back" at the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. A complete script rewrite with no reshoot budget, and technical challenges galore to create the museum centerpiece. No pressure.

Feature 03/23/2012
Author: Mike Sullivan

Social Media

What Is It About Social Media?

Why our world of up-to-the-moment communication helps fill our human need for community.

Editorial 03/20/2012
Author: Ronald Lindeboom

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