Any Videophile NarniaWebbers out there? Resource411 has posted an interview with Simon Cuff, the president of Digital Vision. The company supplied the technology that enabled the filmmakers to use on-set color correction for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Here it is in a nutshell (in English): As reported last July, this will be the first Narnia film to be shot with digital cameras instead of traditional 35mm cameras. Although there is controversy about the quality, there is no denying the fact that digital cameras are cost-effective and very convenient for filmmakers. Most footage shot for a movie ends up being color corrected in post-production to achieve a certain look the director is going for. The process of scanning film into a computer, color correcting it, and then printing that back to film is expensive and time-consuming. It also means that on the day, the director is not able to see exactly what the shot will look like. The use of digital cameras speeds up the process considerably. As Cuff discusses, these cameras enabled Apted to look at color corrected footage on the day he shot it. Cuff also talks about how they were quickly able to composite green-screen material with previs elements and color correct them separately to get an idea of what the shot would look like before spending a lot of time and money on it. I think the DVD extras will probably explain more about this process. Read the interview here. Thanks to Icarus for the find.

Actor Steven Rooke, who plays Nausus the Faun and the stand-in for Reepicheep in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, also has a Facebook Fan Page for those of you who might be interested in knowing this. You can check out his page here, and it does include some pictures of him decked out in faun garb from the set.

Thanks to icarus for the heads-up!

UPDATE: Actor Mirko Grillini who plays the Belligerent Telmarine now has a Facebook Fan Page as well that can be found here.

Thanks to Daredevil for the heads-up!

In the past couple weeks since Tirian reported on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader footage he saw out in LA, there have been a few other reactions appearing on various blogs and websites from people who saw the same footage.

• Paul McCusker from Focus on the Family’s review can be seen here.
• Dr. Devin Brown, author of Inside Narnia and Inside Prince Caspian, and Prof. Greg Bandy have their review posted here.
• And finally, Ken Bowles of Midwest Christian Media has given NarniaFans his review of what he saw and that can be read here.

Thanks to everyone who sent in a spy report on one of these blogs!

The 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was last night, and as part of the ceremony, there were performances from native Canadians. One of these performances came from Alanis Morissette who sang “Wunderkind”, the same song found in the closing credits of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Thanks to Littlej_thevaliant and Odette for the heads-up!

Best Buy is currently offering a free ticket to see Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland with the purchase of select Disney DVDs. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian are both on the list (single-disc widescreen editions). The DVDs are going for just $10. View details here. The offer expires April 4.  Alice in Wonderland hits theaters on Friday, March 5.

Narnianos.com has discovered two public Facebook Fan Pages we thought might be of interest to everybody. The first page is for Zach Kibria who plays a Dawn Treader sailor and can be found here. The second page is for Tony Nixon who plays Rynelf and can be found here.
Both contain new pictures from filming on the set of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and are pretty fun to check out.
Thanks to icarus for the heads-up!

We’ve been approached by some scholastic researchers from Regent University who are conducting a study about fan reaction to the first two Narnia films. If you would like to take the survey, you will have a chance to win some great prizes including the Weta bookend set. The survey takes about 20 minutes to fill out. Click here for the survey.

The New Zealand Herald interviewed Shane Rangi this past week about his motion capture and stunt work on several movies he’s been involved with. There are a couple little snippets about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Prince Caspian. If you’re into the technical side of things, you can check out the interview here. Shane has played many characters for the Narnia movies, including three different minotaurs, the bear in PC that attacks Lucy, and the Wer-wolf.

There are two minor updates to the IMDb page for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader to report. First, a page has been created for Arabella Morton (who plays Gael) that includes more pictures of the young actress. Second, Dufflepud 2 has been added to the cast list and will be played by Neil Young.

You can view the full known cast for Dawn Treader on our site here (which is more extensive than the list on IMDb). And if you haven’t seen the thread on our forum that includes more supporting cast, stand-ins, and extras than you can imagine, you can do so here.

Eilonwy19 sent a spy report in saying that the Narnia Exhibition run in Houston, TX has been extended through April 25 due to popular demand. You can check out the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s website for exhibit details here. The exhibit was initially scheduled to move on at the end of January.