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The 28-th of November - day of digital cinematography!

The theses of reports

Cinema of tomorrow comes now!


"Digital Cinematography. Production and Distribution"

Открытие конференции
The grandiose event which has caused huge interest of the experts of the most different branches of tele radio broadcasting and the film-industry was held in Cosmos Hotel on November 28, 2002. Registration of the participants
485 experts from Russia, Germany, USA, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Estonia, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Byelorussia etc. countries were participating at the International conference Digital Cinematography. Production and Distribution, to get familiarized with an advanced direction of cinematography - electronic cinematograph.
Organizers of this conference: State Unitary Enterprise - Scientific Research Institute on Cinema&Photography, ERA company, magazine "Motion Picture and Television Technology".
Informational sponsors: magazines "Motion Picture and Television Technology", Widescreen Review (USA), "625", IN/OUT, Install-Pro,"Kinobusiness today", Total DVD, ERA newspaper and Hi-Fi.Ru.
Participants of the conference The following professionals have taken part in work of the conference:
  • The representatives of SMPTE, Ministry of the Russian Federation for Press, Broadcasting and Mass Communications Affairs, Russian Culture Ministry, Ministry of Russian Federation on communication and information;
  • the scientists;
  • the representatives of NAB of Russia and of NAB of Kazakhstan;
  • the leaders of high echelon and top experts of tele radio companies (VGTRK, NTV, Khabar, TV-centre etc.), have made 31 % from all number of the participants;
  • the representatives of film studios and cinemas, such, as Mosfilm, Lenfilm, Kazakhfilm etc. (16 %);
  • the members of Moviemakers Union and Guild of cameramen (6 %);
  • the representatives of distributor organizations (5%);
  • the employees of educational institutions, for example, VGIK, the St.-Petersburg university of cinema and TV, Institute of improvement of professional skill of the workers TV and Radio etc. (7%);
  • the operators of communication (4%);
  • mass media (5%)
    • and other representatives of very different companies in the field of telebroadcasting and cinema. Speech of Prof. Mark Krivocheev, Honorary Chairman of ITU-R 6th Commission
    The Digital Cinematography is the technologically completed digital process of production, distribution and show of movies. The basic advantage of digital technologies - invariance of image quality at copying, storage, reproduction and transfer. Besides it, the digital technologies provide more flexible approach in work with the information. The transference of all cinematography technical base on the digital equipment has not only economic profit, but also provides new opportunities inaccessible earlier in traditional cinema. There is a possible simultaneous realization of worldwide premiere with use of digital satellite and optical fibre channels of distribution. Besides movies the digital cinemas can give the wide screen to the spectators for viewing in real time of the important cultural, political and sports events. Russia which is not having today well-run network of film-hire, is very perspective country for introduction of all technological chain of an electronic cinematograph: digital HD-production, digital HD-broadcasting (distribution) and digital HD-movie show. During the conference a series of the reports which have captured all components of digital cinematograph has passed. Speech of Mr. Kirill Razlogov, director of Culturology Institute
    Report topics:
    1. A new approach to the international standardization of Digital Cinema
    2. A comparison between electronic and film-based cinema systems and perspectives of their development
    3. Sony and Digital Cinema on a boundary of centuries (show of clips)
    4. D-ILA Technology For Digital Cinematography
    5. D-ILA technology and the DLA-QX1 projector (show of clips)
    6. Digital Cinematography: production and distribution of D-VHS program
    7. Equipping an electronic cinema with the Dolby Digital system
    8. Digital Cinema between two fires, Or how to optimize processes of production and delivery of filmmaking outputs under new technological conditions
    9. The Russian experience: from film-based cinema to Digital Cinema (show of clips)
    10. Creative potential of Electronic Cinema
    11. Technical means for distributing digital TV and radio programmes and filmmaking outputs over communications and broadcast satellites
    The scientists have reported (Scientific Research Institute on Radio, State Unitary Enterprise - Scientific Research Institute on Cinema&Photography, Culturology Institute); top experts of firm-manufactures JVC, Sony, Snell&Wilcox, Panasonic; the representatives of the companies - manufacturers of movies (UMP) and operators of satellite communication (Space communication), Mass Media (magazines "Motion Picture and Television Technology", Widescreen Review (USA)) etc. For the first time in Russia the quality QXGA on the film-screen was shown. DLA-QX1 projector.
    The opportunities of digital cinematography were evidently demonstrated during shows of film-materials from digital projectors of firm JVC DLA-QX1, DLA-M5000SC in Concert Hall.digital projector DLA-M5000SC and Gustav Emrich, the manager on production JVC Professional For the first time in Russia the quality QXGA on the film-screen was shown from hight quality digital projector DLA-QX1. In their projector - DLA-QX1 - JVC realized the high resolution 2048x1536, contrast more 1000:1, the large brightness of light streaming - 7000 lumen, that has made this product the representative of new standard quality of the image in a digital cinematography. All shows were accompanied by an applause, that confirmed highest quality of the saturate and definite image, which has afford true pleasure to the spectator.
    During the conference it was possible to appreciate quality of the image from various sources: from QuVis's disk HD-recorder QuBit, from Sony'svideorecorder HDCAM, from JVC's HD-videorecorder HМ-DH30000U D-VHS format, from DVD-player. It was possible to compare quality of the material which has been shooting on various types of carriers. Shows in a Neptun hall. Digital cinema
    The shows of movie fragments were held in the full audience Neptun hall with the help of projectors DLA-SX21 and DLA-G150CL from HD-sources with use of system Dolby Digital. Everyone, who has visited digital cinema, have noted magnificent quality of project image with an exact colour rendition, naturalness and without artefact of compression and digital structure.
    During the conference stormy discussions were held which were not stopped even in foyer, both during coffee - break and after ending of conference. The home cinema has found the happy owner!
    During lottery for the participants
  • Acoustic system for a home cinema Dolby Digital;
  • DVD-player;
  • Complete set of DVD-disks

    • has found the happy owners.


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