Mark Kimball (Disney) - Talks about DCI's role in establishing standards. Explains DCI organization. Jerry/Uni will assume Tech part responsibility for the post-DCI organization. More than 88 errata published since DCI closed. Most for clarification. Fraunhofer reading led to most of the errata (including correcting their English!) Now moving on to SMPTE process. Compliance testing proceedure being put in place. DCI will not certify equipment. It will be up to each individual studio to decide what is and isn't "DCI compliant".
Wendy Aylsworth (WB) - Talks about DC28 Charter. Pays tribute to Charles Swartz for reminding us that motion picture industry only took off when 35mm standard became universal at the turn of the last century. Reminds us that cinema is a niche market, compared to for example broadcasting. In 2005 DC28 added Stereoscopic WG. 16 core documents published. 428 Suite - D-Cinema Distribution Master, gives example of how standard sub-sections can be published bit by bit.
Siegfried Fossel (Fraunhofer) - Talks about two projects, DCI compliance test procedure as well as FFA Recommendations and Guidilines being wrotten for German Federal Film Board. Latter has recommendations for work-flow and other issues. Guidelines for both film producers and theatre owners. The document will be available in Jan 2007. This will be followed by test installations. Hope is to introduce D-Cinema in Germany from 2007 onwards. Lots of interesting things, too much to be typed on the Barbie-sized keyboard of my BlackBerry.
Thierry Delpit (CST) - Talks about ISA platform. It's a complete digital chain stretching from post house-to-projection booth in line with DCI/SMPTE specs and standards. One of the goals is to help French companies - surprise, surprise, given the French state's involvement. Full list of the eight partner companies. It's the same companies that will be at the ETC in Hollywood next week. No mention of the French digital cinema standrads.
PvS (Deluxe) - The point of my presentation is PowerPoint= bad, NORDIC = good (for the industry).
Denise Hsu (Technicolor) - Denise stands in for Curt Behlmer, she is responsible for Technicolor's digital roll-out strategy. Updates us on what TDC has been doing in testing and evaluating equipment. Talks about offering "a complete portfolio of entertainment options" to their cinema clients. Interoperability Test Center (ITC) opened in January 2006. ITC is also being used to develop Theatre Management System for Technicolor. They have developed "Killer Test Patterns" (yo, bro, sounds wicked!) 240-300 screens in 30-35 sites is deployment plan for the US. Also 130 screens with Kinepolis in Belgium. "DCI compliance to be achioeved by the end of Beta" (2007). Extended Technicolor sales pitch ends her speach. (Is it just because I'm now with Deluxe that I'm somewhat put off by this kind of hard sell?)
Looks like we are about to finish on time, but I'm having problems sending e-mails from my BlackBerry and hence the blog posts are not going up on the website.
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