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Susie Beiersdorf and "that rarest of commodities"

The Ken Mason Inter-Society Award recipient for 2019 will be awarded at CinemaCon to Susie Beiersdorf, by Paul Holliman, President of The Inter-Society for the Enhancement of Cinema Presentation (and also Vice President, Sales & Non-Theatrical Distribution at Disney.)

"...outstanding long-term contributions leading to the overall improvement of the motion picture experience..." is the background phrase for this award, and there are plenty of people who will attest to the background work that Susie has contributed over many years.

But her big boss (Jack Kline, Chairman, President and CEO of Christie) proclaimed a nice summation: “In addition to her many professional accomplishments, Susie Beiersdorf has always devoted that rarest of commodities—her personal time—to advance technologies and drive initiatives to enhance the motion picture experience.” 

Update: Photo added 5April, following ceremony:

Nominations Open for Celluloid Junkie’s Top Women in Global Cinema 2019

As Celluloid Junkie gets its nomination list on for this years Top Women in Global Cinema 2019 recognition fest, (https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/nominations-open-for-celluloid-junkies-top-women-in-global-cinema-2019/), and coming off of another year that SMPTE pushes hard on the technical side of Women in Cinema, we note an interesting article on the subject.

If you think women in tech is just a pipeline problem, you haven’t been paying attention comes in strong with data data data about 'natural bias' (among other problems) and some good news in the end. ...and things that can be done more better in the future.

Be Aware: Open Source Considerations

Modern Cinema technology rotates around Open Source code: JPEG, TIFF, AES encryption, the intra- and interwebz tech, among many other tools. 

One of the great aspects is that everyone gets to peek at the code so that if anything untoward is allowed in that it can be caught by the group and changed. This article extols that and other benefits and points out the weakness.  ...and calls for some solutions. 

 The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?

HDR Explained – for the rest of us...

Explained for camera people, but well done for all of us...

Michael Cioni and Aaron Kroger of Panavision pretend that they are uniquely qualified to explain HDR because they aren't PhD graduates – which somehow equates to being simpletons who tripped into their senior management jobs. Yet, they have scrapped together a wonderfully scrappy explanation of HDRs nuance. Fun, rarely obtuse and hijacks ensue, as the movie plug often says.

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