Digital Cinema Society

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the February 2020 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) In a DCS tradition maintained for many years, I travel each February out to the California desert near Palm Springs to attend and report on the HPA Tech Retreat.  ... [ Read: Tales From the Tech Retreat 2020 -- Let's Raise a Glass to the HPA ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the January 2020 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) Reviewing and analyzing the previous year’s cinema technology advancements has become an annual ritual for the DCS eNewsletter.  Come January, after so many new ... [ Read: 2019: The Year of Growing Sensors and the Lenses To Cover Them ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the October 2019 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) James Cameron is an innovative filmmaker who has pushed the boundaries of technology in services of cinematic storytelling.  He almost single handedly resurrected ... [ Read: Can James Cameron Save It, or is 3D Finally Dead...Again? ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the August 2019 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) I try to never miss covering the annual SIGGRAPH convention, where I get a sneak peek at where computer graphics technologies are heading.  Such innovations, many ... [ Read: Keeping up with SIGGRAPH, Where Art Meets ART-ificial Intelligence ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the July 2019 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) It’s hard to pigeonhole Netflix; are they a Producer, Distributor, Studio, or an OTT streaming service?  Yes, they are all that and have been quite successful in their ... [ Read: A Closer Look at Netflix - Producer, Distributor, Streamer, and Tech Behemoth ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the June 2019 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) While the Digital Cinema Society has never advocated for digital acquisition or post methodologies over film, we have been a witness to a sea change in the way movies ... [ Read: Celebrating and Comparing VFX Innovations From The Star Wars Movies ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the May 2019 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) Like a lot of people, I’m a big fan of HBO, and in particular Game of Thrones.  This program ranks among the highest quality cinematic content being produced today, ... [ Read: "The Long Night" - And How To Translate The Filmmakers Creative Intent to Home Displays ]

The latest and greatest thing in TVs are new models with 8K resolution. That’s 7680×4320 pixels or four times as many pixels as a 4K TV and 16 times as many as a 1080p TV. Do these new 8K TVs offer a differentiated experience? Can you see the difference? Is there 8K content and does it matter? Is it worth the higher ... [ Read: 8K TVs Top TV Line-ups for a Reason - Analysis by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the March 2019 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) We Cinematographers can be a stubborn lot, sometimes set in our ways of doing things in just the same manner we have for many decades.  Trying to help us all get comfortable ... [ Read: The Many Uses and Benefits of Cine Lens Metadata and Communication ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the January 2019 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) Ask a Filmmaker of any stature, and they will tell you that they never have enough resources, (time, budget, equipment), to devote to any project.  It’s certainly ... [ Read: In From the Cold -- The Tools I Used Shooting the Indie Movie: The Windigo ]