Introductions and panel kick-off
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• Kristin Petrovich introduces the panel
  
• Stephen Pizzello begins the panel

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• What was your visual strategy to evoke the 1940s? - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  
• What lighting techniques were used in the film?
  
• Past Image Control innovation by Zsigmond; Flashing the Film; B&W Matrix; E&R Process
  
• Flashing the Film
  
• Flashing the Film - McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  
• Technicolor process - Black & White matrix for tri-color separation
  
• Flashing the print
  
• Bleach bypass
  
• Advantages of the Digital Intermediate process?

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• What are the advantages of using DI versus photochemical processes? - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific
  
• How did Laser Pacific become involved in The Black Dahlia?
  
• Did you have concerns about doing a DI? - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  
• How did Laser Pacific address those concerns? - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific
  
• How did you sell the use of Super 35? - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  
• Another advantage - not losing image quality in the last step
  What prompted you to fight so hard for 4K instead of 2K?

Runtime: 00:06:36

• This was the first 4K DI at Laser Pacific. What difficulties did it present? - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific
  
• What color space issues did you encounter moving from 709 to P3? - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific
  
• How did the preview process help your perspective? - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  
• What advantages does the Spirit 4K DataCine possess? - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific
  
• What did you like about the Autodesk Lustre? - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific
  
• Question: What bit space do you work in?
  
• Question: What do you project with during the DI session?
  
• Question: What led Laser Pacific to install that particular projector?

Runtime: 00:11:04

• What creative choices were helped by the DI process? - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  
• How do you respond to the idea that careful lighting is not important anymore? - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  
• What did you do to enhance the lighting in DI? - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific

Runtime: 00:08:06

• Before & after DI stills from the Black Dahlia
  
• Apply print density look up table before DI work begins - Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific & Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  
• Thoughts on the political aspects of DI - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC & Mike Sowa, Senior Colorist, Laser Pacific
  
• Does the ability of a DI to clean-up facial blemishes ever cause problems? - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC

Runtime: 00:12:23

• Question: what are your thoughts on different mediums?
  
• Question: Can DI provide extreme artistic effects?
  
• Question: Will you ever shoot a film in HD?
  
• Question: Do you use filters during principal photography?
  
• Question: What cameras were used?
  
• Question: Advantage & disadvantage to committing in camera vs adding later?
  
• Question: What is the DI suite's screen size?
  
• Question: What about digital dailies?
  
• Question: What film speed was used?
  
• Question: Would you need to color correct the film again for DVD release?
  
• Question: Do you ever operate the camera?
  
• Question: Will we have 6K in the future?
  
• Question: Do you have medium specific LUTs?
  
• Question: What is the "master" display?