Hello! Creating spaces for professionals who care about media technology to get together to learn, collaborate and grow is very important to SMPTE. Thank you to all attendees, sponsors, program committee members, friends and supporters for helping us to fill this year’s ATC with impactful events and program content. Here are sessions to jump into.
Pete Lude, SMPTE Program Committee Member and Volunteer, CTO at Mission Rock Digital LLC
Several recent, high profile productions have successfully utilized on-set virtual production technology and workflows in place of traditional methods. Is virtual production the future of content creation? Are studios and producers going all in on this new technology? The opening session of the Future of Cinema Conference offers a primer to help you get your arms around everything virtual production from the current state of the art, the business proposition, the new skills required, and the challenges that must be overcome.
This Halloween themed talk looks at the many problems facing HDR as a consumer video format. The patent problems, the lack of consumer awareness, the playback issues and the transcode issues (from one EOTF to another) are all covered. Host Jim Skinner asks “Will LUTs save us?” and talks about how his thinking regarding technical LUTs has evolved ever since the iPhone 12 launch (the first consumer phone to exclusively record video in HDR). The iPhone 12’s HDR variant is covered in detail, as is Dolby Vision’s place in the ecosystem. Also at 13 minutes into the talk Jim hits a car on the freeway and we left that in the edit for your amusement.
Knowing what technical challenges to expect is one thing but understanding how to, or even if there are solutions is another. During this session you will take a deep-dive into virtual production related technical challenges. You will hear about the sources of those challenges, why they are issues, and what research is still required to make it all work.
Back by popular demand, we have reunited the SMPTE+ Panel we assembled in August to give us a dose of reality when it comes to technical challenges faced by those moving to “the cloud” and everything that implies. Hear from those on the front lines on what they have faced and what you should be considering when it comes to this timely topic.
This session will cover advancements in “in-camera visual effects” and how this technique is changing the film and TV industry. With software developments in real-time game engines, combined with hardware developments in GPUs and on-set video equipment, filmmakers can now capture final pixel visual effects while still on set – enabling new levels of creative collaboration and efficiency during principal photography.
Join us as Executive Director, Barbara Lange provide an update regarding the state of your Society. In our next century, there is much to report on the Society’s current activities as well as what is in store. This event is free and open to all - non-members are welcome!
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