AES San Francisco 2012
Sound for Picture Session Details
Saturday, October 27, 9:00 am — 11:00 am (Room 130)
SP1 - Post-Production Audio Techniques for Digital Cinema and Ancillary Markets
Chair:Brian McCarty, Coral Sea Studios Pty. Ltd - Clifton Beach, QLD, Australia
Panelists:
Lon Bender, Soundelux
Jason LaRocca, La-Rocc-A-Fella, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Brian A. Vessa, Sony Pictures Entertainment - Culver City, CA, USA
Abstract:
Cinema sound has traditionally been limited in fidelity because optical soundtracks, used until recently, were incapable of delivering full-bandwidth audio to the theaters. As Digital Cinema replaces film in distribution, sound mixers are now delivering uncompressed lossless tracks to the audience. These three top sound mixers will discuss the changes and challenges this has presented to them.
Saturday, October 27, 11:00 am — 1:00 pm (Room 130)
SP2 - Reconsidering Standards for Cinema Sound—Alternatives to ISO 2969
Chair:Brian McCarty, Coral Sea Studios Pty. Ltd - Clifton Beach, QLD, Australia
Panelists:
Keith Holland, University of Southampton - Southampton, UK
Floyd Toole, Acoustical consultant to Harman, ex. Harman VP Acoustical Engineering - Oak Park, CA, USA
Abstract:
For over eighty years ISO 2969 (aka SMPTE S202) has been a cornerstone of the film sound reproduction "B-Chain." Like the RIAA curve, it was originally implemented to compensate for defects in the delivery medium. Groundbreaking acoustical research, led by Philip Newell and Dr. Keith Holland, has exposed shortcomings in the standard as well as the testing methodology used in the standard. This panel will examine the implications of these standards as film rapidly shifts to Digital Cinema delivery, as mixing rooms being used become smaller and as full bandwidth soundtracks and newer formats like 3-D audio are now delivered to theaters for reproduction.
Saturday, October 27, 3:30 pm — 6:30 pm (Room 130)
SP3 - New Multichannel Formats for 3-D Cinema and Home Theater
Co-chairs:Christof Faller, Illusonic - Uster, Switzerland
Brian McCarty, Coral Sea Studios Pty. Ltd - Clifton Beach, QLD, Australia
Panelists:
Kimio Hamasaki, NHK - Tokyo, Japan
Jeff Levison, IOSONO GmbH - Germany
Nicolas Tsingos, Dolby Labs - San Francisco, CA, USA
Wilfried Van Baelen, Auro Technologies - Mol, Belgium
Brian A. Vessa, Sony Pictures Entertainment - Culver City, CA, USA
Abstract:
Several new digital cinema formats are under active consideration for cinema soundtrack production. Each was developed to create realistic sound "motion" in parallel with 3-D pictures. This workshop presents a rare first opportunity for the proponents of these leading systems to discuss their specific technologies.
