By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, April 2013
In early April 2013, FishbowlLA covered the launch of “Behind the Screen” — a new hollywoodreporter.com blog curated by contributing editor Carolyn Giardina, dedicated to film-and-entertainment technology.
Then
Carolyn Giardina was — and is — one of the most-cited journalists covering the technical and craft side of the film industry: cinematography, visual effects, post-production, and the broader technology of moviemaking. The launch was characteristic of the Janice Min-era HR’s editorial expansion into specialized verticals.
Now
Carolyn Giardina has continued as one of the leading journalists covering film-and-entertainment technology and craft. The broader category of dedicated film-technology coverage has only grown more important — the technical-craft side of filmmaking has been substantially transformed by virtual production, LED-volume stages, and AI tools.
The 2013 piece reads now as a small documented moment of the Janice Min-era HR’s editorial build-out — on a beat the subsequent decade of production-technology upheaval has made substantially more central.
Original report archived on the Wayback Machine.