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| The Working on Virtual Sets seminar presented case studies of both low- and high-budget productions. |
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Top left: In the Working on Virtual Sets segment Pros and Cons, Pixel Magic Visual Effects VFX Supervisor Ray McIntyre, Jr. showed sequences from the film 300.
Top Right: The Working on Virtual Sets panelists came together in a Q&A with moderator/ Director Randal Kleiser (Red Riding Hood); The Virtual Backlot presenter, Stargate Films CEO & Founder Sam Nicholson (CSI); CGI Characters presenter, Producer Jason Clark, (Monster House); The Low Budget Approach presenter, DGA Special Projects Committee Chair/Director Jeremy Kagan (Golda's Balcony); and Pros and Cons presenter, Pixel Magic Visual Effects VFX Supervisor Ray McIntyre, Jr (300).
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| The New Developments in 3D seminar was presented in two parts with samples of the latest achievements in 3D technology. |
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Top left: New Developments in 3D panelists back row; Lightstorm Entertainment COO Jon Landau; Real D CTO Lenny Lipton; DGA AD/UPM VFX/Digital Technology Committee Chair/UPM Susan Zwerman (Alien Resurrection); 3ality Digital Systems CEO Steve Schklair; 3DBlast Inc. Stereographer Jim Carbonetti; QuVIS VP Digital Cinema, George Scheckel, Jr. Front row: Walt Disney Animation Studios Layout Artist Robert Neuman; Enxebre Entertainment President and Co-Founder Enrique Criado; Real D President and Co-Founder Joshua Greer; Sony Pictures Imageworks Senior Producer of 3D Stereoscopic Feature Films Buzz Hays; The Shindler Perspective President Marty Shindler (moderator); and Sassoon Film Design President Tim Sassoon.
Top Right: The Digital Day audience enjoys a 3D demonstration.
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| Cutting Edge Apps explored the latest digital techniques in a multi-part seminar. |
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Top Left: Mova President Steve Perlman; Image Metrics' Patrick Davenport; Rhythm & Hues Studios' Will Telford; Director Anuraj Mehta; Sony Digital Cinema Systems' Andrew Stucker; Electronic Arts' Richard Taylor and Habib Zargarpour; Illusion Arts Co-Owner Bill Taylor; and USC Institute for Creative Technologies' Paul Debevec. Front Row: Rhythm & Hues Studios' Mark Welser and moderator Director Randal Kleiser.
Right: Rhythm & Hues Studios' Mark Welser and VFX DP David Stump answer questions onstage.
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| The Illusionists' Assistant --The Magic of Today's Digital Toolbox covered techniques for specialized image processing. |
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DTS Digital Cinema's General Manager, Americas, Robin Melhuish; Product Line Strategy Director of Business Development Alan Silvers; DGA AD/UPM VFX/Digital Technology Committee Chair/UPM Susan Zwerman (moderator); DTS Digital Cinema's Product Line Strategy VP Michael Inchalik and President Bill Neighbors.
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The Creative Impact of Working in Digital panel explored how choosing to work in digital formats affects the directorial process.
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Directors Julie Delpy (2 Days in Paris), Maria Maggenti (Puccini for Beginners), Jake Kasdan (The TV Set), and Nelson George (Life Support).
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| Digital Day 2007 offered hand-on experience with new tech. |
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DGA members try their hand at new computer gaming interfaces.
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| Desktop Editing covered the latest in online editing technologies. |
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Moderator/Director Chuck Workman (Precious Images); Avid Technology Inc's Michael Krulik; Apple: Final Cut Pro's Scot Barbour; and Adobe Premiere presenter Jacob Rosenberg.
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The Digital Workflow --Capture to D.I. panel discussed low-budget and high-budget DI processes used in the making of features and television programs.
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Moderator/DGA Western AD/UPM/TC Council Chair/Producer and UPM Cleve Landsberg (Bruce Almighty); panelists Sony Television CTO Phil Squyres; Local Hero CTO Leandro Marini; LaserPacific President Leon Silverman; Two Corp Marketing VP Steve Roach; Gamma and Density Co. CEO/Founding Partner/DP Yuri Neyman; and EFILM D.I. Colorist Steve Scott.
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The Pre-Visualization seminar explored the latest developments in the PreVis Toolkit.
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Moderator/DGA UPM/Director Alain Silver (White Nights); Storyboard Artist Christopher Glass (Spider-Man 3); Innoventive Software President Ken Schafer; Animatics/Previs Artist Jim Rothwell (The Hulk); Duran Duboi's Guillaume Buisson; Persistence of Vision - Previs LLC COO Brian Pohl (Eragon); DGA 2nd Unit Director Jacques Stroweis (The Covenant); and DGA Director/VFX Supervisor Mat Beck (The Aviator).
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| The Digital Preservation panel discussed the process of saving today's works for tomorrow's audiences. |
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Post Production Executive and Technology expert Phil Feiner; IBM Media Lifecycle Solutions TSS Executive Bob Yacenda; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation VP of Asset Management & Film Preservation Schawn Belston; UCLA Film & Television Archive Director/The Film Foundations Archivists Advisory Council Chair, Robert Rosen (moderator); Academy Film Archive Director Mike Pogorzelski; and DGA Director-member McG (Charlie's Angels).
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Choosing A Format covered the latest options in DV, MiniDV, HDV, HD, and the RED camera.
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DP/VFX Supervisor Scott Billups (Bend It Like Beckham) revealed new developments in the digital world.
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| The Living Room of the Future offered a glimpse of how media will be viewed in tomorrow's home. |
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Neovision Labs President Michael Mehrle gives a demonstration of technologies to be found in the Living Room of the Future.
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The The DGA also thanks the following vendors who provided exhibits and hands-on demos:
AJA • American Hi Definition, Inc.: Projection & Exhibition • Antics 3D • Apple: Final Cut Pro Editing Workstation • ARRI • Avid Technology: Editing Workstation • Bandpro • Clairmont Cameras • Creative Bridge • DALSA • Entertainment Partners • IRIDAS • JVC • M.O.S. Sync, Inc. • Panasonic • Panavision • PlasterCITY Productions • SmartJog USA • Sony • Thomson Grass Valley.
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