Digital Cinema Society

Final Call to RSVP for DCS Cinema Lighting Expo, Saturday, March 4th at the IATSE Local 80 stage in Burbank.  This event gets bigger and better every year and we will again run a full day with Expo style booths so you can get hands on with the latest Grip and Electric gear. In addition to our traditional vendor ... [ Read: Final Call to RSVP - 2017 DCS Cinema Lighting Expo, March 4th, Burbank CA ]

The American Society of Cinematographers has announced their Nominations for the the 31st Annual ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Theatrical Release.  The nominees are: • Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for Lion • James Laxton for Moonlight • Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for Silence • Linus ... [ Read: ASC Announces Nominees for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the December 2016 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) Whether you call it flicker, pulsing, or strobing, the artifacts caused by artificial electric lighting being out of sync with the frame rate and shutter angle ... [ Read: Saturday Night at the Disco or...How to Avoid Flicker When Shooting Hi-Frame Rates ]

The SMPTE has graciously made their latest educational presentation on ACES available to view on the web.  In this fairly technical webcast, Walter Arrighetti, the CTO of Frame by Frame, and Francesco Giardiello, a Workflow Supervisor and DIT review current ACES terminology, color-science and workflows.  The webcast, ... [ Read: ACES 1.0: Theory and Practice webcast available courtesy of the SMPTE ]

DCS Advisory Board Member Tom Fletcher, (former Owner of Fletcher Camera,) has come out with an update to his famous Camera Comparison Chart. Compiled by Fletcher with the help of DCS Midwest Chapter President, Gary Adcock, the information has been gathered from numerous conversations with various cinematographers, ... [ Read: Newly Published 2016 Fletcher Camera Comparison Chart ]

New Streaming: 2016 DCS Post Production Expo

By DCS, Dec 1, 2016

On November 19th the Digital Cinema Society held our annual Post Expo at the Chaplin Theater on the Raleigh Studios lot in Hollywood. Leading Industry Experts covered a wide variety of Post Production topics including HDR, Storage, Finishing, and VR, as well as taking advantage of the Cloud for Post and Distribution. ... [ Read: New Streaming: 2016 DCS Post Production Expo ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the November 2016 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) I was treated to a profound movie-going experience on Veterans Day, a press screening for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk at 120fps, 3D, 4K, with a 28 foot-lamberts ... [ Read: Ang Lee's use of 120fps, 3D, 4K on Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a Powerful Cinematic Tool ]

Having just wrapped their annual conference on all things Adobe, the company has announced several major updates to Creative Cloud applications including After Effects and Premiere Pro.  Of particular interest to our community, they have also announced a new real-time collaboration and sharing service for video editing ... [ Read: Major Updates Announced for Adobe Creative Cloud ]

ACEScentral.com, a Filmmaker’s portal to all things ACES is now live and growing. You are encouraged to sign up and check it out to follow the latest ACES developments and discussions with ACES Product Partners and the ACES community at large. There are dozens of experienced members who check the boards regularly ... [ Read: Academy Creates New Website Devoted to ACES Implementation ]

Communications app Snapchat, rebranded as Snap Inc. is getting into both the hardware and fashion business. Its first physical product will be a one-size-fits-all pair of sunglasses that can record up to 10 seconds of video from the wearer’s POV. The spectacles, available later this year, will run $129.99 and are ... [ Read: New POV Video Recording Glasses From Snapchat Shoot in Vertical Format ]