Electronic Imaging For Digital Cinema

  • Speaker:
  • Date & time: Thursday, 15 November 2001
    • 6:30 - 7:30 PM refreshments provided by Sony
    7:30 PM Program
  • Meeting organizer: John Hartwell

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  • Program:

    • Electronic imaging in both consumer and professional markets is rapidly coming of age. Even film manufacturers are now vying for their portion of the consumer electronic still-photography market. When Microsoft introduced their new Windows XP operating system, which includes imaging software, Kodak started a legal battle with them over access to consumer photo markets. Polaroid recently filed for bankruptcy protection, their chemical-based photo products unable to compete with the advantages of electronic imaging. Clearly the business of photography is rapidly changing.

    The evolution of electronic cinema is spreading this change into the art of filmmaking, where the economies of schedule, production, and distribution become important factors in remaining competitive. Can electronic imaging stand up to the artistic requirements of filmmakers?

    Our speaker this month brings us a status report on the changing state of the art of electronic cinema. Jeff Cree of Sony helps studios and production houses learn how best to use electronic imaging technology as a valuable tool, alongside film. Jeff knows the practical realities of this new gear. He's worked "in the trenches" as a production and broadcast engineer and in real-world film and video field production, including a high-definition shoot for a documentary on the Titanic. Jeff is a certified deep-water diver.

    Since his Sony colleague, Larry Thorpe, last talked to us two years ago, the then-new 24-frame progressive HDTV equipment has been delivered and put into service by many Hollywood filmmakers. Using examples of recently shot footage, Jeff will bring us up to date on both the current state of the technology and how the equipment is being received and used by a wide variety of filmmakers.

    Mark your calendar to join us on Thursday, November 15th, at Sony's Western Headquarters at 3300 Zanker Road in San Jose for an up-to-the-minute look at the latest in electronic cinema, coming to a theater—and a TV screen— near you.

    John Hartwell, Manager
    Peter Hammar, Secretary
     

    Welcome:

    SMPTEsf  welcomes members and friends to attend without charge. Reservations are not required for this meeting.

    Location:

    Sony Electronics
    3300 Zanker Road (at River Oaks Parkway)
    San Jose
    ... just north of Montague Expressway. Enter the building at the main lobby.
     
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