Digital Cinema Society

The 360 Degree Turning Point of VR by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, September 2015) Virtual Reality, or VR, seems to dominate the Entertainment, Tech, and Financial news these days with announcements of alliances, ... [ Read: The 360 Degree Turning Point of VR ]

SIGGRAPH and its MVP Exhibitor: NVIDIA (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, August 2015) by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society I try never to miss the annual interdisciplinary educational experience of computer graphics technology known as SIGGRAPH, ... [ Read: SIGGRAPH and its MVP Exhibitor: NVIDIA ]

“Fast and Furiouser 27” and “Old Age of Ultron: Avenger 14” coming soon to a Theater Near You by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, July 2015) Ah, summer, the season of superheroes, sequels, and franchise ... [ Read: "Fast and Furiouser 27" and "Old Age of Ultron: Avenger 14" coming soon to a Theater Near You ]

Check out this great article published by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is derived from a May 2015 presentation to the Academy on the importance not letting technology overtake the storytelling process, but support it, and evolve with it. "We focused on the story and hiding the technology. ... [ Read: John Lasseter presents: Technology and The Evolution of Storytelling ]

With a Little Help From My Friends -- The Making of Broken Links by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, June 2015) In my role covering new Cinema Technology for DCS, I am often offered gear to test and evaluate, and ... [ Read: With a Little Help From My Friends -- The Making of Broken Links ]

Digital Cinema Society member content contribution by Chris Chinnock, Owner of InSight Media and Organizer of upcoming Display Summit, (which takes place in Orlando June 15-16, just prior to InfoComm.) The UHD-TV specification calls for a new color gamut, the so-called 2020 gamut.  It expands the RGB primaries ... [ Read: Wide Color Gamut Displays Bring Opportunity and Some Concerns ]

Digital Cinema Society member content contribution by Chris Chinnock, Owner of InSight Media and Organizer of upcoming Display Summit, (which takes place in Orlando June 15-16, just prior to InfoComm.) By now you have probably heard the buzz about high dynamic range, or HDR. But you may also be wondering if this ... [ Read: High Dynamic Range (HDR) is Coming, but How Will it Impact Your Business? ]

Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, May 2015 By James Mathers, Cinematographer and Founder of DCS -- Photos by Mark Forman, courtesy of Mark Forman Productions We survived NAB 2015! I think that’s the general sentiment of the folks who work the show as they wrapped up another year. Well over ... [ Read: We survived NAB 2015! ]

Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter of February 2015: Tales from the Tech Retreat — “ACES” and “Camera-To-Cloud” As we enter the world of 4K and beyond, Digital Cinema cameras continue to produce an ever increasing amount of data.  How to safely and efficiently store and process this ... [ Read: Tales from the Tech Retreat -- "ACES" and "Camera-To-Cloud" ]

One DP’s Perspective By James Mathers, Cinematographer and President of DCS Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter - January 2015 Some might suspect that our recent trip to CES was a boondoggle, a chance to live large in Vegas on the DCS dime, but believe me, I get all the Vegas I can handle at ... [ Read: What Happens In Vegas Does Not Always Stay in Vegas -- The Impact of Consumer Electronics on Professional Content Creation ]