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 SMPTE Toronto Meetings Media Library 08-09 June 9, 2009 - FILMPORT Studios TourClick Here To See Meeting Notice Click Here to access the presentation. Filmport Studios began construction in the Fall of 2006. Occupancy of the first sound stage was in March 2008. Filmport currently offers 7 sound stages plus production offices with many of the latest green initiatives planned and instituted from the beginning. Filmport’s largest stage is just less than 46,000 square feet. Come to our year end BBQ and learn from the engineering and infrastructure firms involved with the development of Filmport on what was required to put this state of the art production facility together. The presenters are Doug Levchuk and Bev Golchuk from Cygnal Technologies. May 12, 2009 - NAB 2009 Wrap Up - Meeting Report and Meeting VideoClick Here To See Meeting Notice Click Here For Part One Of SMPTE Toronto's NAB 2009 Wrap Up Meeting Click Here For Part Two Of SMPTE Toronto's NAB 2009 Wrap Up Meeting By Paul Roeser The May meeting for SMPTE Toronto has traditionally been our NAB wrap-up aimed at those who could not attend and those who attended and wish to discuss what they saw. An enthusiastic group turned out to hear the comments of a cross section of industry professionals representing an array of industry perspectives. The evening was moderated by Canadian Governor Paul Stechly. As has been our recent custom, the evening began with an Open Mic session of industry observations that included Micro Holographic Media, ABC’s entry into Hulu and progress with the DTV transition and then turned to summary NAB observations from each of the evening’s panelists. Chris Bell noted the re-invention of the MPEG2 encoder and commented on the practice of broadcasters providing feeds in MPEG4 which ends up being transcoded to MPEG2 at head ends. He was particularly interested in the appearance of Dolby E processing being licensed in software for the first time and how that would help with workflow as well as lipsync and audio developments. Lane Steinhauer noted how equipment power consumption and savings has become an important point with manufacturers and that talk about power savings had become mainstream. He also commented on how much the quality gap was closing between lower and high end cameras and the increasing presence of mobile TV applications at NAB, commenting that in their experience more than 60% of those under 30 in his market have adopted mobile TV. Dave Simon commented on the transition to digital broadcasting in radio and the HD audio format. He also noted bumps in that road with the signals working well outdoors but having difficulty penetrating buildings. Also in evidence was the move to IP codecs replacing ISDN and Google’s decision to get out of the radio market which causes concern for the thousands of stations using their automation products. Emil Tchoukalesky found particularly noteworthy the fact that there were 70 first-time exhibitors at NAB with the majority of those being related to Post Production and 3D and storage in particular. He noted the increasing difference between broadcast and digital cinema cameras with the latter capturing full image data much of which would be brought out later in the post production process. His particular focus this year was 3D and noted the emergence of the term Depth Budget which is the maximum amount of 3D depth in-front and behind the display surface for a specific 3D display and its effect on the viewer’s comfort viewing. He also noted the efforts to deal with 3D imagery on different sized screens and a proposal to take metadata from a screen to adapt projection to its size. In more generalized discussion with the audience, all agreed that NAB 2009 was still quite busy but much easier to get around and much better face time with manufacturers. One change this year that the panel agreed was problematic was the move to place large vendors apart from each other to spread things out. This made it difficult for visitors to make good comparisons because it was difficult to remember details in the trek between booths. Other general observations that surfaced: - Wide support for the Red camera among manufacturers - The variety of approaches to 3D with little standardization - New life breathed into antenna manufacturers to support mobile TV applications - OLED displays starting to appear and show promise - 3G workflow gaining prominence but still missing in the transmission part of the chain, including the fact that 50% of homes have MPEG2 decoders in set top boxes but no 1080P capability on the horizon - File based workflows are here with products readily available in cameras, storage and playout - The VTR really is dead! - The industry needs to move from being TV and Film companies to being content companies and ask who their customer is – sometimes it’s no higher-end than a mobile device April 14, 2009 - Digital Acquisition & Workflow in Feature FilmAs Cinema continues to evolve, so do the methods & processes. Tonight’s meeting will look at the creation of a Feature Film from digital acquisition to distribution. Marc Bachli – Chief Technical Officer at REDLAB will review some of the challenges & rewards of shooting the recent feature “Pontypool” using the RED camera. He will address the customized workflow used for the project from production through processing of material for the offline edit and delivery of 2K DPX files for DI. Click Here to access the first half of the meeting. Peter Armstrong - Manager, Digital Intermediates & Mastering at Deluxe | EFILM will discuss the evolution of “Pontypool” from colour grading through to the release print and digital cinema creation. He will also present information on other digital acquisition formats other than the RED camera. This will include a look at videotape based and computer based formats (animation) that are put through the digital Intermediate process. Click Here to access the second half of the meeting. March 10 - Education in BroadcastingUnlike an MBA or English degree, finding a formal education in the technical end of the media industry has never been easy. With the rapid and radical changes going on in our businesses today, this becomes even more challenging for students and educators and employers alike. This meeting features three leaders in media education to give us an overview of their programs and how they’re evolving to respond to the changing world. In addition, SMPTE has identified education as an important area for development, and SMPTE's Education Director Brad Fortner of Ryerson University join us for an update on this activity. The meeting spotlights three Canadian programs:  Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary - Jim Murtagh, Dean, will be presenting their Broadcast Systems Technology program.  Loyalist College, Belleville – Tim Rorabeck, Chief Engineering Technologist, School of Media Studies, will be presenting their Broadcast Engineering Technology program.  Centennial College, Toronto - Doug Pringle, Program Supervisor, will be presenting their new Media Engineering Design Integration post-graduate program. SMPTE Education Update – Brad Fortner, Education Director, SMPTE  Understanding and partnering with education in our industries has become an organizational priority for SMPTE. This renewed focus includes our members professional education, interaction with local educational institutions and building a participatory community in the online space. Recent efforts inside SMPTE include polling Section members, BOG level strategy sessions and discussions at the Section level. Brad will provide an update on the work underway at SMPTE headquarters and by the Educational Advisory Committee to address SMPTE's renewed focus towards Education. Click Here For The Video Of The First Half Of Meeting - Welcome, Governors Report, Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology, Loyalist College. Click Here For The Video Of The Second Half Of Meeting - Centennial College, SMPTE Director of Education Update.
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February 09, 2009 - Tour "The SCORE"