SIGGRAPH 2001 - Course 35

The technology of digital cinema (D-cinema)

Organizer: Charles Poynton

The SIGGRAPH community has been at the forefront of digital creation and processing of motion picture images for well over a decade. However, live-action principal photography has been acquired on 35 mm motion picture film, and the end result has been displayed on 35 mm motion picture film. HDTV equipment using the 1920 x 1080 image format now achieves spatial resolution comparable to film; efforts are nearly complete to adapt HDTV cameras and recorders to the 24 frames per second of film. In addition, electronic projection has now reached the brightness and spatial resolution of the cinema.

This Course describes the technology of D-cinema acquisition and display, and discusses the interface between D-cinema and digital image creation and editing.

Prerequisites

This course is suitable for people who are experienced in creating or manipulating digital images. We assume that you are familiar with film or video. We also assume that you have some familiarity with color science and color image coding, perhaps gained through attending a color course at a previous SIGGRAPH, or by attending last year's course, Color science and color management for CGI and film.

Registration

Registration and other information will soon be available at the SIGGRAPH 2001 courses page, or the page specific to Course 35

Location

University of Southern California, Digital Cinema Laboratory at the Pacific Theatre, Hollywood Boulevard and Wilcox. Bus service will be provided from the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Charles Poynton - Courses & seminars
2001-05-31