US movie director Robert Rodriguez made his latest movie completely without film, using commercially available digital technology.
Rodriguez, who directed Spy Kids and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, used AMD Opteron processor-based workstations and servers from Verari Systems throughout the production pipeline for his latest movie, Sin City.
Digital artists under Rodriguez`s direction at his Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas, used AMD64 technology-based workstations and servers running Avid`s Softimage XSI software on top of Microsoft`s Windows XP Pro operating system to pre-visualise scenes, create and render high definition (HD) digital composites, add visual effects, edit and produce a final HD digital master.
"The process used to be a linear write-shoot-edit, fix-it-in-post sequence. That`s gone. This technology gives me the power to be in the moment, to explore ideas and create at the speed of thought as we produce. No actual film was used in the process. It`s a non-linear, organic process that allows me to tap the creative potential of the entire production team," says Rodriguez.
AMD digital media and entertainment director Charlie Boswell says Rodriguez`s movie demonstrates that such technology can now serve as an extremely powerful and cost-effective artistic production tool.
"Access to state-of-the-art production power is no longer the domain of large studios and big budgets. Now anybody editing their home videos or photos can use what the pros use," says Boswell.
Sin City is based on the Frank Miller comic book and opened in US cinemas on 1 April.
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