DCS Premiers Digital Cinema Show Series

DCS Premiers Digital Cinema Show Series

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Digital Cinema Show Series

Digital Cinema Show Series

NEWS RELEASE

James Mathers

Digital Cinema Society

P.O. Box 1973

Studio City, CA 91614

Phone: 818-762-2214

Web: www.digitalcinemasociety.org

Effective: September 30, 2015

 

DCS Premiers Digital Cinema Show Series

Now Online at https://vimeopro.com/digitalcinemasociety/the-digital-cinema-show-volume-1-episode-1-september-2015

The Digital Cinema Show premieres today, featuring exclusive Interviews with Andy Maltz, Larry Thorpe, and David Stump, ASC.

The long-awaited opening episode of the Digital Cinema Show is now on-line and ready to view. The magazine format web series from the Digital Cinema Society is designed to help keep viewers current on cinema technology while also covering the art and business aspects of the entertainment industry.

Episode One features three interviews, the first with Andy Maltz, Managing Director of the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  Program Host, James Mathers, a Cinematographer and Founder of DCS, sat down with Mr. Maltz at Cine Gear Expo where he described the Technology Council’s varied efforts including the new Academy Color Encoding System (ACES.)

In another segment, Mathers caught up with industry pioneer Larry Thorpe, a Senior Fellow with Canon USA, at the last CES convention. Mr. Thorpe had just been awarded the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement from the Television Academy for his body of work advancing digital image acquisition. In this interview, Larry reminisces about the early days of digital cinema, lists milestones to progress, and describes what he sees for the future.

 

Episode One concludes with an extensive interview with renowned Visual Effects expert and Cinematographer, David Stump, ASC who joins Mathers to discuss his new book, “Digital Cinematography”.

Brought to you by the Digital Cinema Society, this episode is produced by David Mahlmann, with cinematography by Cameron Canon, Don Platon, Scott MacDonald, and Alex Sax. Post production services including editing and graphics were provided by Christopher Scott Knell of Fireline Studios.

Episode Two is now in post production and will feature Light Iron’s Michael Cioni discussing such technology trends as anamorphic cinematography and the value of 8K, an interview with Director of Photography Michael Goi, ASC, as well as previously unseen clips from the DCS archives including a discussion with Visual Effects Innovator, Douglass Trumbull and cinematography legend Allen Daviau, ASC.

Episode One is now accessible from the Digital Cinema Show link on the DCS homepage or by visiting: https://vimeopro.com/digitalcinemasociety/the-digital-cinema-show-volume-1-episode-1-september-2015

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