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London, U.K.—Sep 28, 2017
IMIS CTC Announces Seminar on Augmented and Virtual Reality in Cinema
The International Moving Image
Society’s Cinema Technology Committee (IMIS CTC) has announced further details of
its forthcoming seminar on Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in
cinema.
Held at the iconic Regent Street Cinema in London on
Thursday 26th October, the seminar will look at the impact and uses
that these immersive experiences are having both in entertainment and across
other industries, the potential for both in a cinematic environment and the
issues film makers may face in creating an immersive experience that still
remains shared across a large scale audience.
The seminar will feature keynote presentations from
acclaimed Director of Photography, lecturer and author Professor Harry Mathias
and Scott Grant, Managing Director of leading global visualisation house,
Soluis.
ProfessorHarry Mathias (MA, BA, San Francisco State University) was
the director of photography on feature films, network TV dramatic shows,
documentaries, TV and political commercials, and music videos. He is schooled
in the classical Hollywood movie traditions of cinematography and lighting and
has collaborated with some of the greatest names in the cinema industry. His
feature film projects have included drama, comedy, action, and special-effects
movies. He was also active in the San Francisco avant-garde filmmaking
movement. He won a Golden Eagle Award for his documentary about homeless
teenagers, Shadow Children. He has filmed documentaries for BBC, CBC,
ABC, NBC, CBS, and Swedish Television, as well as KPIX, KQED, and KGO in San
Francisco.
Equally skilled in digital cinema technology,
Professor Mathias was the senior technical executive at NEC Digital Cinema; the
founding top executive of Barco digital cinema; director of motion picture
technology, worldwide, at Schneider Optics; and the senior consultant to four
CEOs of Panavision. He is a founding member of the Society of Motion Picture
and Television Engineers (SMPTE) DC28 and 21DC Digital Cinema standards group.
As CEO, Scott Grant holds overall responsibility for the strategic
direction of, Soluis Group, one of the UK’s leading creative organisations. For
over six years he has driven the Group’s reputation to be the leading partner
for high quality digital visualisation and interactive presentation for some of
the world’s most dynamic businesses. By
building on the business’ track record of producing top quality visual media Scott
and his team are leading a real drive to deliver better outcomes in project
engagements by utilising the latest digital platforms to aid understanding and
these include shared immersive solutions including Augmented Reality and
Virtual Reality.
Those
interested in attending can now secure their tickets free of charge online by
visiting https://www.societyinmotion.com/events/vr-ar-in-cinema-october-2017/ or http://bit.ly/2wmF37s
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About International
Moving Image Society
The International Moving Image Society
was born out of the BKSTS in 2016. The BKSTS was originally created as the
‘London Branch’ of Society of Motion Picture Engineers (now known as SMPTE)
until 1930.
The society is focused but is not
limited to supporting the development, production and exhibition of feature
films, television, commercials, music videos, short films, animation, gaming,
and future emerging formats for consumption through training, education,
knowledge sharing and networking.
For more
information, visit the Society’s web page at www.societyinmotion.com
About Cinema
Technology Committee
The Cinema Technology Committee (CTC)
of the International Moving Image Society (IMIS) aims to assist the cinema
industry in recognizing the importance that cinema technology and indeed the
way in which it’s utilized can have a profoundly positive effect on the
movie-going experience.
As well as providing guidance and
support, the CTC engages in a number of activities aimed at educating and
improving the cinema experience. These include training courses, technical
handbooks, educational visits, knowledge sharing, networking events,
projectionist certification (in conjunction with the UKCA) and the industry’s leading
technical journal, Cinema Technology Magazine.
For more
information, visit the Society’s web page at www.societyinmotion.com/ctc
About International Moving Image Society:
The International Moving Image Society was born out of the BKSTS in 2016. The BKSTS was originally created as the ‘London Branch’ of Society of Motion Picture Engineers (now known as SMPTE) until 1930. The society is focused but is not limited to supporting the development, production and exhibition of feature films, television, commercials, music videos, short films, animation, gaming, and future emerging formats for consumption through training, education, knowledge sharing and networking. For more information, visit the Society’s web page at www.societyinmotion.com
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