Digital Video - April 2008 - (Page 10) DV UPDATE NAB PREVIEW / FEST CIRCUIT size. It’s nowhere near Moore’s Law. What this means is that every year it’s easier to create and distribute rich media content. And that’s an unstoppable trend.” Adobe’s Media Player is being offered in direct response to this, as it brings a level of command and control to the Web’s content management battlefield, arming users with the ability to protect their assets while monetizing them in the marketplace. “When you look at the primary challenge facing the industry, it’s not about capture or editing or delivery, it’s about that workflow toward consumption.” Could there be a “lite” consumer-grade version of Media Player on the distant horizon? “When I think about what the Media player is trying to do, at the heart of it is providing the best, most enjoyable experience possible while viewing content on the Internet,” Hayhurst says. “It should be as easy as using your television in terms of finding and viewing the content you want. Until those pieces are in place, that’s job one. From there, we can take that technology to a lot of different places. An infinite number of places.” Looking at where the digital production and delivery business — and thusly NAB — is going from his perspective, Sony Electronics’ Ott uses the EX1 camcorder as a symbolic indicator: “Three years ago, we looked at the market; that’s the reason it does 1080i and 720p and doesn’t address standard def. Working at the time with the major NLE makers, we knew that they would have the capability to easily convert an HD image to SD.” In essence, why saddle a product with legacy baggage as the market is moving forward, given that the interoperability between production and post tools can fill the need? Indeed, any developer or manufactured who continues to work 10 dv april 2008 MAKE THE ROUNDS FIVE TOP EVENTS FOR THE ASPIRING INDIE’S CALENDAR EVENT 5th Annual Eerie Horror Film Festival VENUE DEADLINE PROGRAM FEES GIVE IT A SHOT? The horror! Eerie always has an impressive draw of genre vets. Erie Playhouse Regular — April 1; in Erie, Late — June 1 Pennsylvania, October 8-12 www.eeriehorrorfilmfestival.com Sporting horror, science-fic- Entry: $40-55 tion and suspense categories for shorts and features, the Eerie Horror Fest provides opportunity and exposure to filmmakers working in these often underappreciated genres. 5th Annual Poppy Jasper Film Festival Morgan Hill, California, November 14-16 Shorts: Earlybird — March 31; Regular — April 30 www.poppyjasperfilmfest.org This shorts-only (30 min. or $25-$30 less) festival unspools in the quaint town of Morgan Hill, just south of San Jose in the Santa Clara Valley, with defined categories including comedy, doc, science fiction, drama, creative media, social commentary and others. Maybe the trophy design will include the poppy jasper, the rare gemstone unique to Morgan Hill. (Well, one can hope.) 5th Annual Century City Cell Phone Fest Century City, California, June 30July 31 Final — March 31 www.centurycitycellphonefest.com Shorts of the mobile kind First entry $45; between 15 seconds and 3 each additional minutes designed specifi$35 cally to play on cell phones or made using cell phones. Top 30 submissions get played on the Web and on thousands of cell phones through the GoTV mobile network. The prizes are cool, including a possible distribution deal. Cell phone screens are kind of small so frame accordingly. 3rd Annual Zompire: The Undead Film Festival www.zompire.com Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon, May 9-10 Regular — March 15; Late — March 31 This one’s pretty specific— $30-$45 dealing with zombies and/or vampires and basically all things undead in both short and feature lengths. You really can’t go wrong with zombies, but the vampire/zombie genres are so popular that it’s tough to reinvent. Can you inject fresh blood? 10th Annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival Downtown Birmingham, Alabama, September 26-28 Earlybird — April 1; Regular — May 1 Features, shorts, docs, ani- $30-$50 mations and children’s programming — new films for a new audience. www.sidewalkfest.com Filmmakers and film-lovers mingle among the six venues, including the restored Alabama Theatre, a 2,200seat palace built by Paramount in 1927. The cast-iron award sculptures are designed by resident artists of Birmingham’s historic Sloss Furnaces. Compiled by Douglas Bankston. To have a film festival or event listed, e-mail information to dbankston@nbmedia.com. www.dv.com http://www.eeriehorrorfilmfestival.com http://www.poppyjasperfilmfest.org http://www.centurycitycellphonefest.com http://www.zompire.com http://www.sidewalkfest.com http://www.dv.com
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