Presentation on What the 4K! / CineGrid at the Holland Animation Film Festival for the 4th CineGrid workshop in San Diego. 7 december 2009, La Jolla, CA.
4. HOLLAND ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
• mayor annual Dutch
animation film festival
• 100’s of films
• 1000’s of visitors
• visionary director
• lots of support
• good viewing conditions
• relevant audience
• abundance of side events
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6. HOW DID WE GET THERE?
• desire for a Dutch post-production and
viewing facility for Higher Education
• SURFnet & Waag Society teamed up
to get Zaxtar 4K Video Server & Eyevis
4K screen EYE-LCD6400-4K
• it turned out to be too difficult to
make it work (!)
• fortunately there was a working
option: NTT 4K JPG 2000
decoder by KEIO University
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EYE-LCD6400-4K
7. CO-PRODUCTION
• film selections by Robin Noorda & HAFF
• collecting & checking the material:
Waag Society: Tom Demeyer
• encoding by UvA, Ralph Koning
• site-survey, preparation of scripts & operation
of the JPEG 2000 decoder: SURFnet:
Gerben van Malenstein & Michael Rave
• venue & communication: HAFF
• projector: Hulskamp Audiovisueel
• panel production & moderation by
Frank Kresin
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14. FINDINGS
• we need strict technical standards for
viewing conditions
• it’s hard to find material that will satisfy &
convince makers and what makers like, is
often different from scientists
• network-to-venue is still a bottle-neck
• problems with the sound: selection of
surround channels
• you need a lot of co-production
• with a lot of support you can get things done
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15. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
• More workshops are called for
• SURFnet & Waag Society will go to
education soon
• We need work on the pipeline, with NFTA -
help wanted
tekst
• HAFF has asked for follow-up..
Red End 15
Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest
CineGrid @ HAFF
My name is Frank Kresin, been to CineGrid for the fourth time now, seen it grow
My personal goal: how to make this technology useful for society & the arts
Coincided with the decision of SURFnet to build a 4K production facility
Holland Animation Film Festival production
- started with a dream by Robin Noorda: networked premiere of their film: Red End
- initial enthusiasm by USA & Japan
- turned out to be too complicated, network-wise: end-point
- lesser goal: 4K premiere of Red End
- with an additional workshop for animation artists
Results:
- turned out to be film block of 7 films, totaling 70 minutes new material (!)
- workshop by 10 participants
- over 200 visitors at mayor Dutch Animation Film Festival
- discussion amongst 11 film makers, venue holders, film funds & Film & TV academy
- lots of enthusiasm
Workshop
- Hands-on workshop for animation film makers
- By Robin Noorda and Bethany de Forest
- 10 animation film makers
- using photo still camera's (12MP)
- experiments with lenses, material, effects, layers & post production
- final post-production on SURFnet & Waags production facility
‘What the 4K!: Films’ consisted of the following films:
Leader Holland Animation Film Festival 2009, van Motomichi Nakamura – 38”
Red Thread 4K Workshop van Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest - 3’
Red-end and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society, Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest - 15’
Chase (teaser), Adriaan Lokman - 1’30”
Handelingen, Maarten Isaäk de Heer - 12’
Hemels Licht, Jan Karel Lameer - 5’
Not a Test, Jan Karel Lameer - 2’
#37, Joost Rekveld - 30’
Pannel reactions:
- public: wauw
- film makers: enthusiastic, new medium
- venue directors: no real driver. no content, no new value
- film funds: skeptical. it's all about the story, not technology
- NFTA: this is the future, at least for (post-)production. we need a pipeline
- good discussion; food for more
Discussion - amongst them Harry Schreurs & Cees de Laat
More understanding
Future:
BUT
we have to take the people who make things VERY seriously
they know what they want and they know how to make things
inspiration & facilitation is key - if so, we can bring this forward