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Progress, Predictions & Challenges
A discussion of the recent past and upcoming future of the technologies that shape our industry

From experimental to commonplace - HD production, HD broadcast, HD DVD, mobile content, IPTV, tapeless production and digital cinema - technology has changed the way we create and view entertainment. Where will we be going in the next 10 years? The industry's most respected technologists contemplate what they anticipate, hope for, and fear as the industry moves on. What will enable or restrain the revolutionary path that entertainment technology has been traveling?

Moderator: David Wertheimer, Executive Director, Entertainment Technology Center at USC
Panelists: Terry Brown, Senior VP Engineering/CTO Creative Services, Technicolor; Curtis Clark, ASC, Chairman of the American Society of Cinematographers Technology Committee; Craig German, Vice President, Program Management, Digital Services, Ascent Media Group; and Richard Greenberg, Executive Vice President, Lightning Media, The Post Group, Novastar Sound, MomentumVFX, Runway, Creative Edge, and iO Film.

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Part 1
Runtime: 8:35

  • Kristin Petrovich introduces panel & moderator David Wertheimer, Executive Director of the Entertainment Technology Center at USC
  • David Wertheimer polls the audience
  • David introduces the panelists

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Part 2
Runtime: 9:52

  • David continues the introduction of the panelists
  • What is HD - Craig German
  • Is the film Zodiac considered HD or not? - Curtis Clark, ASC; Terry Brown
  • Sampling 4:4:4 & 4:2:2 - Terry Brown; Curtis Clark, ASC
  • Compression issues & recording in data mode - Curtis Clark, ASC

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Part 3 -
Runtime: 8:34

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Part 4 -
Runtime: 8:14

  • How many Ks are ok? - Richard Greenberg
  • Impact of HD on actors & makeup - Richard Greenberg; Terry Brown
  • 35mm vs video dailes - Curtis Clark, ASC
  • Using film as a benchmark for all other comparisons - Curtis Clark, ASC

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Part 5 -
Runtime: 9:08

  • Future of production - Curtis Clark, ASC
  • Film exhibition versus film acquisition - Terry Brown
  • Growing use of DI process - Curtis Clark, ASC
  • Film out to DI or digital distribution
  • Outputting & intermediates - Craig German
  • Responsibility for controlling quality of outputs - Craig German

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Part 6 -
Runtime: 9.10

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