Creating Content in Houses of Worship
Veteran filmmaker Ken Wales will share insights on the impact of entertainment technology on storytelling as the keynote speaker of Createasphere’s Executive Marketplace for Houses of Worship this July.
Ken was the Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed and award-winning CBS Television series Christy. He enjoyed a long running partnership with director Blake Edwards, producing many films with him including The Great Race, Darling Lili, and The Revenge of the Pink Panther among others. Ken also produced the Emmy nominated, Golden Globe winner miniseries John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, and was associate producer for the first season of Cagney and Lacey. He spent time in the studio system at Walt Disney Pictures, where he was Vice President of Production. Ken has most recently earned acclaim for the powerful film Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce’s grueling but victorious campaign to end Britain’s slave trade. Read more..
John Underkoffler, Oblong Industries, Opens the World with the Wave of a Hand
A gripping keynote at Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management Conference
When John Underkoffler presented last month’s Keynote Address at Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management Conference in Universal City, he was met with the conference equivalent of “Bravo! Encore!” from an enthusiastic audience. Underkoffler had taken attendees into the world of gestural interfaces, his viewpoint of the evolution of the personal computer, and offered insights about the profound meaning of data.
Underkoffler is the Founder and Chief Scientist for Oblong Industries, a company aiming to transform the way we work, create and collaborate. Their g-speak spatial operating environment (SOE) is a radically new platform that made its public debut in the tech-forward movie Minority Report. Read more..
LOUIS CIOFFI, ACE: DEXTER, IN THE CUT
Missing your favorite show? Check out this interview from Louis Cioffi, ACE while you wait for the new season to begin this fall.
Louis Cioffi, ACE, has found “Dexter” to be an enthralling assignment for the past 4 seasons. An award-winning editor for his work on the highly acclaimed series, Cioffi joined “Dexter” in 2007. Cioffi has worked extensively in network, cable and features and is currently working on independent film, “Hidden Moon.”
Createasphere: What was your first job in “the industry? Read more..
Entertainment Technology Expo Recap
Written by Laura Pursley
New York event brings knowledge, networking, and technology together.
Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo just finished two exciting days in New York City with several new technologies making their U.S. premieres at the show.
“We were proud to help our clients such as JVC and Sony debut new cameras fresh after IBC,” said Kristin Petrovich Kennedy, President of Createasphere. “We also facilitated a special presentation of Litepanels’ newest LED products to the ASC.”
The Litepanels presentation was made during a networking breakfast including Members and Friends of the American Society of Cinematographers. Pat Groswendt, Founder of Litepanels, introduced the new Sola 4 and the Hilio High Output Light, both of which will be fully available by end of the year. In addition to the ASC presentation, Groswendt said the Expo offered “a very intimate design, making end-users feel welcome by all the exhibitors”.
A very different product debut occurred the night before at the Expo session “State of the NLE”. This post-production networking event was organized by a “Super Summit” of regional user groups including All Creative NY, ProductionCONN, NJ FCP User Group, and MoPICTIVE. With the release of Final Cut Pro 10.0.1 earlier that day, the presenters invited noted FCP guru Evan Schechtman to kick the tires of Apple’s update in front of a full audience of FCP, Premiere, and Media Composer users.
Expo attendees enjoyed additional educational sessions such as AJA’s “File-Based Workflow” and the “Shooting the Breeze” panel featuring ASC Members Sandi Sissel, Richard Crudo, and Bob Primes. Independent filmmaker Cynthia Granville noted it was the combination of sessions, informative exhibits, and the Canon Professional Services free Clean & Check offer that made her day at the Expo. “It was so convenient to drop off my Canon camera for cleaning and then see similar equipment in use for a stripped down broadcast production,” said Granville referring to Joe Pontecorvo’s session on using the Canon 5D Mark 2 for shooting the PBS Nature documentary Bears of the Last Frontier.
Get your hands on all the hot production and post technologies at our Expo in Burbank, November 2-3, 2011.
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