Upcoming Meetings:

September 2024

ABSTRACT:     HERE’S WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

SMPTE Members have been invited to a SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL AFTERNOON learning about DRONE TECHNOLOGY as applied to Video Production. The afternoon event is scheduled at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA. The BSU Drone (sUAS) Certificate Program prepares students for the FAA Part 107 License exam. Students can learn numerous aspects of flying Small Unmanned Aviation Systems (sUAS). The full curriculum features information about the various software used in piloting UAVs, drone maintenance, and best practices when filming or recording video using a Drone. Students also learn how to utilize GIS (Geographical Information Services) mapping 2D and 3D mapping. The BSU program also prepares students for the business side of sUAS.

AFTER EVENT FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS:

COLLEGE OF CONTINUING STUDIES Moakley Center, Room 211 100 Burrill Avenue Bridgewater, MA 02325 508-531-2788 ccs@bridgew.edu

OBJECTIVES OF THE MEETING:

This special SMPTE presentation will provide video professionals with a basic exposure into the complexities and legalities of DRONE VIDEOGRAPHY. It will be a very brief sample of the Drone (sUAS) Certificate Program at BSU, which is composed of four courses. The academic offerings available to the general public are 2 seven-week courses delivered in the Fall and Spring semesters. Students who pass all courses can earn a total of six undergraduate credits. ATTENDANCE CAPACITY: Our seating capacity is limited to under 40 persons. VISITOR PARKING and

VISITOR PARKING and DIRECTIONS: HARRINGTON HALL LOT LOCATION: 95 Grove St. Bridgewater MA Bridgewater State University main campus is located Bridgewater MA in the geographic heart of Southeastern Massachusetts. The campus is approximately 40 minutes south of Boston, 30 minutes north of Cape Cod and 50 minutes northeast of Providence. Please secure a temporary parking pass at https://bridgew.aimsparking.com/ All BSU parking lots have designated handicap spaces. Visitors with special needs should contact the Parking Services and Connect Card Office at 508-531-2897 for assistance.

POST EVENT SOCIAL: 5:45 Gathering at nearby Pub 99 for Dutch Treat meal and social time. 99 Restaurant & Pub (Campus Plaza) 233 Broad Street, Bridgewater, MA 508-279-2799

November 2024

ABSTRACT:     HERE’S WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

As we all know, motion picture film has been replaced by digital technology. This transition was long predicted and took place over several years. Some may be surprised to learn that the transition actually began 40 years ago when Boston native John F Allen teamed up with PLITT THEATERS as well as the Walt Disney Studios and presented Walt Disney's classic film FANTASIA with a new digital soundtrack
in a commercial theater for the first time ever. Our speaker is JOHN F. ALLEN who will tell us how this was done some ten years before it was expected to happen and the immediate effect it had on Cinema exhibition.

PRESENTER:

(Biography Link) A History of the HPS-4000® Sound System (hps4000.com) John F. Allen is a native of Newton, Massachusetts. He is a 1973 graduate of Northeastern University, where he attended both the engineering and business colleges. In 1976, Mr. Allen designed and built a new sound system for the Hatch Memorial Shell, located on Boston’s Esplanade. The installation was one of the largest stereo systems ever built in New England. On the Fourth of July,1976, he was responsible for the sound at the Boston Pops concert in honor of America’s bicentennial. The live audience of over 400,000 was listed in the “Guiness Book of Records” as the largest in concert music history. Mr. Allen also provided sound feeds that were broadcast around the world via satellite and was awarded a special commendation by the President of the United States. John Allen has been most active in the motion picture industry. He founded HIGH PERFORMANCE STEREO™ in 1980, developing the HPS-4000 motion picture sound system, the first major improvement in theatre playback systems in decades. Two of Mr. Allen’s digital sound installations in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. made cinema history when they were selected to present Walt Disney’s classic masterpiece FANTASIA in full Digital Stereo. He is the author of numerous articles and invited papers on the subjects of antenna systems as well as both concert and motion picture sound. In 1981 Mr. Allen began what became the industry’s longest running series of articles on the subject of sound in BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE. He is a frequent lecturer at motion picture industry technical seminars as well as local colleges. A member of the Boston Audio Society, a lifetime member of the Audio Engineering Society and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Mr. Allen is a former Chairman of the Boston Section of the AES.

POST NAB WRAP UP PANEL DISCUSSION. May 2024 (download PDF)