AUGUST 9, 2003

Fellowship Hall (under Sanctuary) * new location

Join us for an informative discussion on the future of filmmaking: Film vs Digital formats.  How has digital video revolutionized the art of filmmaking?  Can you tell the difference?  How has it affected story ideas, budget, time, art direction, DP's, sitcoms, hour longs, features?  We will discuss this and more as well have on hand a Sony F900 plus show samples of both film and digital projects to test if your artistic eye can discern the difference.  

MICHAEL TOAY - Born in Omaha, Nebraska and transplanted to the mid-west, Michael grew up in central Ohio. He attended College at Southern Methodist University in Dallas where he graduated Cum Laude and earned a Bachelor's degree in Radio / TV / Film production. While in Dallas, he wrote and produced segments for sports and corporate television programming for ProServe Television and Westcott Communications. Currently, he works for Plus8digital, a production camera rental house specializing in High Definition and Digital Cinematography. 

*** Plus8digital is proud to be the exclusive provider of HD cameras, lenses, monitors and VTR's for the production of Star Wars: Episodes II &IIIas well as HD Cameras for the final season of "Touched by An Angel" and "Reba" among others. ***

KEN GARFF is an award-winning director of photography and digital imaging specialist. He shootscommercials, non-fictiontelevision and special venue films. He served as director of photography on Mandalay Media’s Sahara, the film that launched the high definition broadcasting on PBS. Ken is an advocate of 24p digital cinematography and has shot high definition for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and the Discovery Networks. His commercial clients include Bank of America, Harley Davidson, Honda, Land Rover, Proctor & Gamble and Suzuki. His most recent work includes the opening titles of The Young and the Restless and the PBS documentary American Valor set to premiere in November. To complement his work as director of photography Ken has formed In24p Creative, providing HD consulting, cameras and post.

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