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..
A Year in Review
Written by Kristin Petrovich Kennedy
Createasphere thanks you for a great 2011 and looks ahead to 2012.
As we come to the close of 2011 and celebrate this holiday season, it is a good time to reflect on the year past. 2011 has been a year of many challenges and wins in our industry, a number of which mirror what we have experienced at Createasphere.
In 2011, Createasphere produced seventeen events over three continents and acquired ProVideoCoalition.com. Bringing ProVideoCoalition under our umbrella brought our online audience to over a million unique visitors annually, gathering over ten thousand in person in the process. In conceiving of every one of our events, and bringing ProVideoCoalition into the fold, we continue to strive to offer our community uncommon value, extensive choices, and important opportunities. That motivation is the foundation of all that we do.
The year kicked off with so many exciting opportunities and options for content creators. The impact of technologies like the iPad, on-set tools, and data centric processes continue to make Silicon Valley and Hollywood kissing cousins.
In March, we saw the tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami that impacted all our Japanese partners. They demonstrated then, and continue to do so, an unstoppable optimism and maturity to get back to work and get back to order.
The tape shortage that resulted from the tsunami was a kick start to the proliferation and acceptance of the file-based workflow, challenging the many productions that used tape. The impact of this deadly natural disaster was to hasten the movement of many, of if not all, network productions to a tapeless workflow, or to remain on film. Incredibly, at the end of the day, nature pushed the technological change in a way that little else could.
April also brought more change to the industry with Apple’s exit from the professional market, giving our post production community new choices for investment and commitment.
Bollywood premiered its first 3D feature film, hailed in the summertime with much speculation and interest, while 3D in US theaters remains a hotly debated topic. We look to 2012 to see what the next phase of 3D - exhibition, in home, mobile - will bring to our industry and consumers.
The autumn brought a wave of cameras that will once again shape acquisition and lens choices with the biggest impact being cost and increased quality. It also brought the news that Arri, Aaton and Panavision will no longer manufacture film cameras. Change is in the air…
At Createasphere we are clearly and directly focused on bringing you, our community, valuable ways to further your career and further your craft. We have events worldwide throughout the year, and we are available to you 24/7, globally, through ProVideoCoalition.com.
Happy holidays and we look forward to connecting with you in 2012.
Kristin Petrovich Kennedy
President, Createasphere
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