On Saturday October 1st, 2011 the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) will present a full day session on reference monitors at Disney Studios. We have been talking a lot about reference monitors at fxguide and fxphd (see The RC #94 for a discussion with Sony about OLED), this is a full day discussing the technology and seeing samples. Registration Deadline has been extended to 5:00 p.m. Thursday, September 29 and there is no On Site registration.
Here is the agenda from the HPA site:
A Full Day Symposium on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 at Disney Studios, Burbank from 9 AM to 4:30 PM
8:00 Registration & Badge Pick-up at Fantasia Theatre
9:00 Welcome by Leon Silverman
9:10 Say What? A Glossary from Rod Bogart of Pixar
9:30 Monitor Technologies Briefing Paul Chapman of Fotokem guides us through the options
9:50 Myth Busting: Monitoring On-Set from Steven Poster, ASC – President, International Cinematographers Guild and Dave Cole, Laser Pacific
10:10 Myth Busting: Digital Cinema with Josh Pines and Jill Bogdanowicz of Technicolor
10:30 Myth Busting: Rec. 709 from Ron Williams of Landmark and colorist
10:50 Myth Busting: Home Displays from Kevin Wines of THX and Michael Smollin, Walden Media
11: 10 Q & A
11:25 “101 Dalmatians” A Case Study of Monitoring in ACES with Lou Levinson of Laser Pacific and Howard Lukk of Disney
11:55 What’s Coming Next? A Futurist Panel Loren Nielsen of ETC, with Bill Admans of Dolby, Gary Mandle of Sony, Curtis Clark of ASC, Mark Smirnoff of Modern VideoFilm, and Pankaj Bajpai from Deluxe will discuss creative requirements and technology drivers, including: wide gamuts, more bits, higher spatial and temporal resolution, more brightness and more.
12:25 Manufacturers Mini Intros – Participating manufacturers let us know what we’ll see in the afternoon. Featuring; Boland Communications, Dolby Laboratories, Marshall Electronics, Panasonic Solutions Company, Penta Studiotech, Sony Electronics, THX and TV Logic
12:55 Explanation of afternoon program
1:00 Lunch in the Disney Commissary
2 – 4:30 Get UP CLOSE as you walk through four display areas where monitors will be shown in their respective applications. Blue Ribbon panel members will host the display areas and explain content and context.
1) Digital Cinema – in the Frank G. Wells theatre – can we use emissive displays for theatrical mastering?
2) 709 – Including on-set and DVD/Blu-ray Mastering – How do we monitor to ensure creative intent?
3) Consumer sets – what are the challenges when our content reaches the home?
4) Manufacturers’ marketing area – see the latest from the industry’s top manufacturers
Price: $25 for Members, $35 for Non-Members (Includes Lunch)