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  Digital Day 2008 coming to the DGA in Los Angeles (August 02, 2008)

Saturday, August 2, 2008
at the DGA in Los Angeles
Join fellow DGA members and other industry professionals for a whole day of learning and networking around the creative, technical and business issues emerging from the new digital technologies.
DIGITAL DAY PRESENTATIONS: Note: Programming subject to change
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SHORT STORIES:
The Challenges and Opportunities of
Creating Content for the Small Screen


Panelists:

  • Marshall Herskovitz,
    Co-Producer/ Director
    (Internet Series: Quarterlife;
    Television: Once and Again, Thirtysomething)
  • Stan Rogow,
    Producer/Director
    (Internet Series: Gemini Division;
    Television: Lizzie McGuire; Flight 29 Down).


Moderator:

  • Penelope Spheeris,
    Producer/Director
    (Music Videos for Fleetwood Mac, Queen;
    Television: UFO Abductions;
    Features and Docs: Wayne’s World,
    The Decline of Western Civilization I, II, & III
    ).

3D AND THE TV VIEWING EXPERIENCE:
Moving 3D into the Media Mainstream


Panelists:

  • Loren Nielsen,
    Co-Founder and President, ETC
  • Chris Yewdall,
    President and CEO, DDD


Moderator:

  • Marty Shindler,
    CEO, The Shindler Perspective

PERFORMANCE CAPTURE and MOTION CAPTURE:
Demystifying the Technology and Techniques


Panelists:


Moderator:

  • Susan Zwerman,
    Chair, DGA AD/UPM VFX/Digital Technology Committee
    (VFX Producer:
    The Guardian, Around the World in 80 Days, Fat Albert).

WORKING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS:
MORE THAN FUN AND GAMES?
Using Online Virtual Worlds
as a Tool for Pre-Productions


Presented by:

  • Ken Brady,
    CEO, Genkii
  • Jesse Guma,
    Director of Development, Equilibrium Entertainment
  • Robert DeVico,
    Production Designer, Equilibrium Entertainment
  • Dave Hagen,
    Editor, Equilibrium Entertainment
  • Demian Lichtenstein,
    Director
    (Relentless 3D, Venus & Vegas, 3000 Miles to Graceland)
  • Jason Stoddard,
    Managing Partner, Strategy, Centric/ Agency of Changes

THE CHALLENGES OF DIRECTING 3D
The Making of Journey to the Center of the Earth


with:


3D UPDATE:
The 3D Pipeline and Workflow


Panelists:


Moderator:

  • Marty Shindler,
    CEO, The Shindler Perspective

HOW TO PREPARE PITCH PACKAGES
FOR THE SMALL SCREEN:


Presented by:

  • Neal Israel,
    Writer/Producer/ Director
    (Bachelor Party;
    Television: Clueless, Hidden Howie, About a Girl).

PERFORMANCE CAPTURE:
Is It Live-Action or Animation?


Panelists:

  • Kenn McDonald,
    Animation Supervisor
    (Beowulf, Open Season, Polar Express)
  • Corey Turner,
    Technical Animation Supervisor
    (I Am Legend, Beowulf, Monster House)


Moderator:

  • Buzz Hays,
    Senior VFX Producer
    (Beowulf, Open Season, Monster House)

A GUIDED TOUR OF NEW INTERNET
ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORMS:
What’s Out There and What’s Worth Watching


Presented by:

  • Susan Zwerman,
    Chair, DGA AD/UPM VFX/Digital Technology Committee
    (VFX Producer:
    The Guardian, Around the World in 80 Days, Fat Albert).

IN THEATRE 2 - ALL DAY

Screenings of Tests and Demos of the
Latest Digital Camera Equipment


IN THEATRE 3 - ALL DAY

The 3D TV Viewing Experience for Your Home

EXHIBITS AND HANDS-ON DEMOS
  • Antics Previs
  • Apple
  • ARRI
  • Avid
  • Band Pro Film & Digital Inc.
  • Cinnafilm
  • Clairmont Camera
  • DALSA
  • Deluxe
  • Eyetronics
  • IRIDAS
  • OOOii
  • Panasonic
  • Panavision
  • PlasterCITY Digital Post
  • RED
  • S.Two
  • Technicolor Creative Bridge
  • Thomson Grass Valley/Technicolor

DGA Members,

RSVP and Programming information to this event was published in the July and August issues of DGA Monthly and is available online on the Members Only Website homepage.


Non DGA Members,

If you are interested in attending Digital Day, please contact the DGA Special Projects Department at 310-289-2088.


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