SMPTE 21DC Technology Committee chairman change pending, following the expiration of Dave Schnuelle’s term. SMPTE’s High Frame Rate Study Group destined for high gear, with new co-chair Michael Karagosian. Cinema Audio will be the technology focus of the 10’s, and we review the various audio-related standards activities now in progress. Use of the standardized
Archives for November 2011
SMPTE 21DC End of Term
The term of a SMPTE Technology Committee chair position is 2 years, with 2 terms possible, making it a total of 4 years that one can hold this position. Dave Schnuelle is about to complete his fourth year as chair of 21DC, the Technology Committee for Digital Cinema. Dave
High Frame Rate Study Group
Technology companies whiz new things up, but it’s not until a famous movie director embraces it does a new technology in cinema take off. This journal has taken up significant mind space discussing the difficulties to be faced with the introduction of high frame rate cinema. But Peter Jackson
Cinema Audio and Standards
If the 00s were the decade of the image in cinema, the 10s are destined to be decade for sound. New cinema sound efforts such as Iosono, Auro-3D, IMM, and DSM are getting attention. But under the hood, a number of initiatives are taking place that are worthy