Over the last 6 years I have spent a lot of time in cinema bio boxes implementing digital e-cinema systems for http://www.d-cinema.com.au. This, however, has given me a great respect for traditional cinema practices. The technology and history that has gone into the evolution of the cinema projector is very interesting.
Cinema tends to capture the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'DCI'
How a cinema film projector works
January 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The future of Prosumer Video Cameras
December 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Earlier today I was listening to “Digital Production Buzz“. This week’s audio podcast is defiantly a 5 star episode if you’re interested in the mind field that is the advantages and disadvantages of all the prosumer cameras and different codec’s and standards they use.
Adam Wilt was a wealth of information, and you have to concentrate [...]
Tags: DCI · Development · Post Production · Sony · codecs
3D Cinema, do we want it?
August 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Recently I was at the Australian Movie Convention in Queensland. One of the more interesting topic of the show was the industry push to 3D cinema. Two players in this technology where out to show of 3D. Let me tell you some interesting news..
RealD and Dolby, new to 3D, where there in force to [...]
Tags: DCI · Post Production
One codec to rule them all
July 5th, 2007 · No Comments
I have been doing a lot of work in the codec area recently.
From trying to come up with a new standard for Cinema Exhibition that is cheaper then going full DCI, but as close to DCI as we can get.. To the adoption of the next generation online video codecs.
Lets look at DCI first. [...]
The Need for Higher Profile H.264
May 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Recently I have been doing a lot of encoding for Art house digital Cinema presentation. I have been involved in the Cinema industry in Australia for about 10 years.
In many ways I am in a position of relevance as I can see some of the road signs coming up for Digital Cinema and [...]