The leading industry publications receive focused editorial direction and excellent quality control, are written by experienced staffers or freelancers, and are professionally designed and produced with high -
quality magazine stock (or web architecture), art design and imagery.
The film was shot on three - perf 35 mm
stock to allow for smaller
magazines and therefore lighter cameras / increased mobility; according to Greg Carson's worthwhile supplemental featurette, «Obtaining Cover: Inside Code 46», director Michael Winterbottom purposely avoided digital video because he wanted the crispness of celluloid, and yet there is often a PAL - like
quality to the image here that considerably softens definition and shadow detail.