Advanced Technology for Cinematography
From REMAP
Project Team: Pablo Gutierrez, Jonathan Friedman, Vids Samanta, Heemin Park, Vanessa Holtgrewe, Alessandro Marianantoni
Faculty: Fabian Wagmister, Jeff Burke, William McDonald, Jason Brush, School of Theater, Film and Television
Faculty: William Kaiser, Mani B. Srivastava, Gregory Pottie, Stefano Soatto, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Network Sensors for Film Applications
The purpose of this project is to research and develop a network sensor system that collects real time data, on a film set, which contains relevant information for the film production workflow.
The main components of this Sensor Network System are:
- - Sensors.
- - A Wireless Network of host nodes.(Motes)
- - A wireless Base or Gateway.
- - A computer + software, to visualize & capture data.
Each sensor is attached to a host node, combination called “sensor node”.
The sensors considered are:
- Light Sensor: Measures the Intensity and the Color Temperature of the light. ILLUMIMOTE
- Position Sensor: Measures the physical space location, orientation and inclination of the sensor.
The system aims to provide novel feedback data to the cinematographer, which can be used during the production or the post-production phases. High-level engineering is provided to the film industry’s production workflow, conecting the lab to the field's action world.
Motivation
Emerging technologies are revolutionizing film post-production and distribution, offering new creative choices and more flexible tools. Can they do the same for the daily process of filmmaking? At the heart of cinema, image-making and storytelling still involve real actors in real spaces, with directors and cinematographers, their crews, cameras, and lights. Their process can benefit from these increasingly powerful and adaptable tools. More... This project is supported by the Intel Research Council.
