Digital Cinema Society

This download is a companion piece to the currently streaming presentation by Digital Doyenne Bruce Nazarian, of Digital Media Consulting Group. In this pdf, you will find tips for desktop creation of DVD and Blu-ray Discs. //www.digitalcinemasociety.org/downloads/TopTips-DVDandBD.pdf [ Read: DVD & Bluray Disc Tips ]

This Data Rate Calculator, courtesy of DCS member Chris Vincze, a Digital Imaging Producer at MPC Data Lab in London, is a handy guide to storage requirements for digital formats ranging from RED 4K, 3K, & 2K, Phantom, ARRI D21 RAW Mode, SI-2K, EX-1, and S.Two or Codex uncompressed HD DPX. [ Read: Data Rate Calculator ]

by Toni Lucatorto, Courtesy of Vision Research Sensor cleaning is a hot topic for digital camera users - Phantom and otherwise - and there are definite techniques on tackling it. Depending on your lighting situation, a tiny speck of dust on your sensor can lead to a big ugly spot on your images, which is a shame ... [ Read: How To Clean a Digital Cinema Camera Sensor? ]

By Brian McKernan, DCS Co-Founder We've all read them at one time or another: newspaper articles proclaiming the "death of film." The writers of these articles typically enthuse about how a particular film was produced digitally, but then jump to the conclusion that this must spell the end of film. This, despite ... [ Read: Ten Reasons Why Film Will Never Die - First published by DCS in 2003 ]

Steve Wright, of Steve Wright Digital FX, offers a practial guide to VFX compositing and how to avoid poor Blue & Greenscreen production techniques that cause expense and delay in Post. //www.digitalcinemasociety.org/downloads/ShootingGreenscreens.pdf [ Read: Blue & GreenScreen Compositing Tips ]

For many years Tom Fletcher has compiled a comprehensive chart comparing features, specs, and rental costs for the many different digital camera systems they offer including models from Arri, RED, Sony, Canon, and Panasonic. It’s a nice snap shot to compare these diverse systems when trying to choose the right tool ... [ Read: Camera Comparison Chart - 2014 ]

By James Mathers, Director of Photography It’s the Director of Photography’s job to control the elements of light, shadow, composition, and movement to visually tell a story. As we apply film production techniques to new digital applications, we are finding that we have a hard fight to keep this control. A ... [ Read: The DP Stays In The Picture ]

Here's a PDF file you can download with a graphic example of HD Workflow on the set. Courtesy of Evertz www.digitalcinemasociety.org/downloads/1080p24_On_The_Set.pdf [ Read: HD On the Set Workflow Chart ]

Here's a PDF file you can download which gives a great graphic example of what you trade off as you go between various aspect ratios, such as 16x9, 4x3, anamorphic and etc. //www.digitalcinemasociety.org/downloads/AspectRatiocharts.pdf [ Read: Aspect Ratio Conversion Chart ]

Time Code and the High Definition Camera Updated 11/03 By Charles Parra, Denecke Inc. 30 fps Time Code is used when transferring film to 29.97 fps video for video/workstation editing or when transferring to mag film. The following chart shows the frames that are coincident between 30 fps and 24 fps. 24fps ..................30fps....................Real ... [ Read: 24P HD Cameras and time code ]