Last week during the annual Cinema Expo conference and trade show event in Amsterdam, where many meetings about digital cinema usually take place, Kommer Kleijn SBC, representing IMAGO within the technical module of the EDCF (European Digital Cinema Forum, www.edcf.net registered the following progress concerning the IMAGO Digital Cinema Frame rate proposals.

During the SMPTE DC28.0 meeting that was held in Amsterdam on Wednesday afternoon 28 July 2006 14h30, and after a presentation of the IMAGO frame rate proposals by Kommer Kleijn SBC during that meeting, the meeting decided to start a study group on the subject of frame rates to study and evaluate these proposals for eventual inclusion into the DC28 standard draft.

This is an important next step of progress for the proposals, after they were approved by the EDCF board in the beginning of June this year.

It means that the IMAGO frame rate proposals are now officially introduced into the SMPTE working process. Although this does in not guarantee their inclusion into the future standard for Digital Cinema, it does mean that the work has started and it also shows the willingness and openness of the SMPTE meeting to consider and study these important questions.

A high number of members present at the meeting, both European and from overseas, volunteered to participate in this study group.

IMAGO acquires a seat in the EDCF board through election of Kommer Kleijn SBC

The next day, Thursday 29 July 2006 was held also in Amsterdam the General Assembly of the EDCF during which this was of course reported and also EDCF had to choose itself a new board.

Kommer Kleijn SBC was chosen to be a member of the board of EDCF representing IMAGO, together with 14 other distinguished members to form the 15 persons board. The term of the EDCF board membership is two years.

IMAGO interests represented at European Commission Digital Cinema Workshop

Friday 30 July 2006 was held in Brussels a Workshop on Digital Cinema at the request of the European Commission. The European Commission organised this workshop to keep in contact with the industry in order to determine its strategies in the field. A description of the workshop is here and the program of the day can be seen here.
Kommer Kleijn SBC participated in this workshop as a member of IMAGO. He presented the IMAGO frame rate proposals and participated actively in the subsequent discussions defending the interests of European Cinematographers by promoting the need of a common world distribution and projection standard and more flexibility in frame rates.

Kommer Kleijn SBC
http://www.kommer.com
VFX Cinematographer
Brussels , Belgium , Europe
Motion Control, Stereography, Digital Imaging, Large Format