audiences into the tale being presented.
Then, there was Douglas Trumbull, whom I interviewed the day before receiving his award - SMPTE’s most prestigious, the Progress Medal, acknowledging his work in visual effects, stereoscopic 3D, and high-frame-rate cinema, and spoke of his current work to enable stereoscopic 3D with his 120-frames-per-second Magi system that uses a single-camera/single-projector “lens-to-lens” approach to achieve realism. Hollywood is finally listening to him.
Ang Lee consulted with both Trumbull and Cameron for their knowledge and expertise on high frame rate filmmaking for his most recent achievement “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” The film, about a young U.S. private returning home for a victory tour following a battle in Iraq, was produced for a 3D presentation in 4K with a high frame rate of 120 per second. There are only two theaters in the United States capable of showing the film – one in New York and the other in Los Angeles. The film will be re-structured so that it can be shown in theaters without the
technology.
Although I won’t be around for SMPTE’s Bicentennial, I can only imagine that entertainment will be fully interactive holographic experiences, as portrayed in today’s cinematic presentations and television programs. And SMPTE will be there! GO SMPTE!