Friday June 5, 2009
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Members of  the British Society of  Cinematographers will discuss a comprehensive evaluation comparing images produced with 18 different digital cameras and film stocks in Super 16 and Super 35 formats. This project is an update of a previous evaluation produced by BSC members in 2007. The purpose of  this ambitious endeavor is  to provide  objective visual references and factual information to help guide decisions about the choice of  media for the production of  narrative motion picture and television programs. The evaluation includes day and night, interior and exterior scenes and close-up shots that were produced at Pinewood Studios in February.  The images are in the process of  being taken through a state of  the art postproduction workflow for projection in both film and digital formats. The BSC will show and discuss results of the  evaluation at the British Film Institute on July 8th .

Panelists:
BSC President Sue Gibson, BSC
Joe Dunton, BSC
John Daly, BSC
Martin Hammond, Producer, MJH Media
Curtis Clark, ASC
Steven Poster ASC
Richard Crudo, ASC
Nic Morris, BSC, Board of Governors

Moderated by Bob Fisher

Friday June 5, 2009
6:15 pm to 7:45 pm

Rodney Taylor, ASC; Daryn Okada, ASC; Shane Hurlbut, ASC; and Peter Deming, ASC,* will discuss and answer questions about why they chose either traditional optical or digital intermediate timing for recent feature film projects. They will be joined in this discussion by several of the timers with whom they collaborated at film laboratories and D.I. postproduction facilities.

Moderated by: Bob Fisher

(*based on availability)

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Friday June 5, 2009
4:15 pm to 5:45 pm

Sustainable Food, Agribusiness, Omnivore's Dilemmas, Victory Garden in the White House and Alice Waters: Has California Cuisine spawned a nationwide Movement?

This panel bears witness:

Chris Taylor, Producer / Director, Food Fight
Elise Pearlstein, Executive Producer, Food Inc.
Patrick Moore, Executive Producer, Yahoo! Food / Wolfgang Puck Worldwide
Kara Slife, Principal, Slife Public Relations, Restaurant & Hospitality PR
Todd Schulkin, Principal, Schulkin Management, Anne Willan / La Varenne Cooking Schools
Robert McFalls, Director, HomeGrown
Brian Gerber, Producer 11th Hour w/ Leonardo DiCaprio and 11th Hour Action Network, Moderator

Produced by Gerber Rigler Executive Consulting

Friday June 5, 2009
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Friday June 5, 2009
4:15 pm to 6:15 pm

Water and electricity could be a dangerous mix, find out how to do it safely. The rules, regulations and solutions of how to use electricity in and around water for movie and TV production will be discussed. ESTA’s (Entertainment Services and Technical Association) pending BSR E 1.19 the Recommend Practice for the use of GFCIs in the Entertainment Industries will be introduced. The theory and practice for the use of GFCIs will be demonstrated.

Friday June 5, 2009
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Band Pro CTO Michael Bravin hosts an in depth look at the SI-2K that Anthony Dodd Mantle used for the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire. This will be a discussion and demonstration of the SI-2K and SI-2K Mini. This seminar covers the camera system from the camera control menus through workflow. Demo footage will be shown and hands on demo with Q&A will follow.

Moderator: Michael Bravin , Chief Technology Officer, Bandpro Film and Digital Inc.

Panelists:
Randy Wedick, Digital Cinema Specialist, Band Pro Film & Digital
Sinclair Fleming, Silicon Imaging

Saturday June 6, 2009
10:15 am to 11:15 am

Sergio Leone pioneered the Techniscope (two-perf 35 mm film) format during the production of “Spaghetti Western” films starring Clint Eastwood in the early 1960s. Writer-director Lee Madsen and cinematographer Ben Kufrin will discuss and answer questions about their experiences producing Curve of Earth in Techniscope format. They produced the independent feature in 2.4:1 aspect ratio with Panaflex GII cameras modified with two-perf movements. Deluxe Laboratory processed the negative and provided postproduction services. Clips will be projected in 35 mm format.

Moderated by: Bob Fisher

Saturday June 6, 2009
11:30 am to 12:15 pm

Film technology takes another leap forward with Kodak’s introduction of the latest product offering in its VISION3 platform.

Saturday June 6, 2009
12:30 pm to 1:45 pm

Owen Roizman, ASC, and Tobias Schliessler, ASC, will discuss their experiences and answer questions about shooting The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. Most of the thriller takes place at practical locations in subway cars, stations and tunnels in New York City. Roizman shot the original classic film during the dawn of his career in 1974. It was produced in 35 mm anamorphic format with a 100-speed color film. Schliessler shot the remake in Super 35 format with the latest 500-speed film coupled with digital intermediate timing.

Moderated by: Bob Fisher

Saturday June 6, 2009
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Experienced SOC Camera Operators engage in conversations with workshop participants on the practical solutions to the challenges of today's productions in film shoots and digital capture. Learn how to navigate the byways of camera systems large and small with the art and craft of the Camera Operator's experience and knowledge for picture perfect results.

Saturday June 6, 2009
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Saturday June 6, 2009
10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Richard Edlund, ASC will moderate a discussion with top visual effects artists Scott Farrar, James E. “Jamie” Price and John “D.J.” Des Jardin.

Edlund has earned Academy Awards® for creating visual effects for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of The Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi along with six other nominations. He has also earned three Scientific and Engineering Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 

Farrar is a five-time Oscar Nominee who won along with the effects team, for Cocoon in 1995. Recent works include Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. 

Price won a Satellite Award on Australia. Other credits include: Son of the Mask, Time Machine, Disney’s The Kid, Bicentennial Man and Air Force One.  

Des Jardin’s credits include all three Matrix films as well as Watchmen.

Saturday June 6, 2009
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm

Leading film editors from ACE explore the art and science of editing,
and the collaborative process in the digital age.

Panelists include:
Michael Tronick, ACE has edited a string of hits including Hairspray, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Oscar-winning Scent of a Woman" He most recently edited two groundbreaking stereoscopic 3D films: Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour and Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.
Maryann Brandon, ACE, has worked on blockbuster Star Trek (co-editor), Mission Impossible III (co-editor), TV series Alias and upcoming Gulliver’s Travels.
Mark Goldblatt, ACE, was nominated for an Oscar for Terminator 2: Judgement Day and his credits include X-Men: The Last Stand, True Lies and upcoming G-Force and Case 29.
Tina Hirsch, ACE, ACE past president, was nominated for Emmys for Back When We Were Grownups and The West Wing. She won an ACE Eddie Award for the latter. She teamed with Joe Dante and Steven Spielberg on Twilight Zone: The Movie and Gremlins.
Maysie Hoy, ACE, has a list of credits including The Joy Luck Club, The Player and Tyler Perry films including Madea Goes to Jail and The Family That Preys and the upcoming I Can Do Bad All By Myself.

Moderated by Carolyn Giardina, industry journalist

Saturday June 6, 2009
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

This year marks the 90th and the 60th respective anniversaries of  the American Society  of Cinematographers and the  British Society of  Cinematographers. On this historic occasion, members of  both organizations will  engage in a dialogue about the past and present and share their visions for the future of  the art form.  

ASC was founded in 1919 during the dawn of  the motion picture industry when black and white film was hand cranked through cameras. There was no sound for another 10 years. The 15 charter members literally invented a new language for telling stories with moving images. BSC was founded by 55 charter members in 1949 when television was offering the public a tempting stay-at-home alternative to the cinema. BSC members were on the cutting edge of  re-inventing the movie-going experience. 

The discussion will explore the lessons of  the past, and the role cinematographers must play in defining the future of the art form.

Moderated by George Spiro Dibie, ASC and BSC president Sue Gibson, BSC

Panelists include:
Owen Roizman, ASC
John Daly, BSC
ASC President Daryn Okada
Richard Crudo, ASC
Oliver Curtis, BSC
Dick Pope, BSC
Allen Daviau, ASC
Joe Dunton, BSC
Michael Goi, ASC
Phil Meheux, BSC
Nancy Schreiber, ASC
Nic Morris, BSC
(Panelists subject to availability)

Saturday June 6, 2009
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm

Bill Roe, ASC, will discuss and answer questions about the anatomy of the production of the pilot episode of Eastwick which will premiere on ABC Television. The pilot episode is an adaptation of the classic feature film The Witches of Eastwick. Roe will be joined in that discussion by Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, who shot the award-winning dramedy in 35 mm anamorphic format in 1987.

Moderated by: David Heuring

Saturday June 6, 2009
10:30 am to 12:00 pm

An overview of the operation and proper configuration of the Sony F35 CineAlta camera with Band Pro Film & Digital’s Jeff Cree. Detailed examination of key menus that provide the operator or DIT with an array of creative choices when using the camera system

Saturday June 6, 2009
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

How will the evolution of new technologies impact cinematographers, operators, first and second assistants, and every other member of a production's camera team?

Moderated by Steven Poster

Saturday June 6, 2009
2:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Join the Digital Cinema Society as we explore the latest lens technologies and learn what's happening behind the focus marks. With so many single-chip digital cinema cameras on the market, such as the Sony F35, Panavision Genesis, Arri D-21, Vision Research Phantom and the RED ONE, the need for new film-style lenses is greater than ever. Join DCS Northern California Chapter President Simon Sommerfeld, Advisory Board member Art Adams, SOC, and Videofax partner Leigh Blicher, as we ask major lens manufacturers to explain and demonstrate their newest and most astonishing technologies.

Saturday June 6, 2009
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Production Electrical Equipment should be properly checked and evaluated before use. Find out what rules, regulations and techniques should be used for developing a proactive inspection program. This session will draw on information contained in ESTA’s project, BSR E 1.32 and other equipment testing requirements for safe operations. The testing of production equipment under both OSHA and NFPA requirements will be demonstrated and discussed.