The New School – Documentary Studies

The Certificate in Documentary Media Studies is a one-year, full-time, graduate-level program for students who want to begin or advance their career in the field of documentary video or filmmaking. The program offers students small classes and intensive studies in documentary history, theory, and practice while they produce, direct, and edit an original documentary in New York City – the documentary capital of the world.

Documentary Media Studies Graduate Certificate Program
2 West 13th Street, room 1216
New York, NY 10011
Main: 212.229.8903
Fax: 212.229.5357

http://www.newschool.edu/docstudies/

SMPTE, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, has revealed the industry leaders and innovators who will be honored at the Awards Gala that will be part of this year’s interactive remote SMPTE 2020.

Scheduled for November 11th and 12th during the Society’s annual technical conference and exhibition, the online celebration will recognize business, technical, and creative leaders and students who have made substantial contributions to the ongoing advancement of media and entertainment technology. SMPTE Fellow elevations will be conferred November 10th.

Read the full article on Below the Line, which lists the honorees, by clicking this link.

Phase 4 production guidance is available on the Film Permit website. All production activity, whether it requires a Film Permit or not, must comply with New York Forward Industry Guidance.

For more information see, please refer to the State Department of Health’s Interim Guidance for Media Production During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Please review the guidelines and FAQ before submitting permit applications. The Film Office is operating remotely, so please allow additional time for Film Permit processing.

The above paragraphs contain links to the various FAQ – just mouse over the relevant words.

Content creators are increasingly moving workflows to the cloud — from editorial to promos to visual effects enabling remote and work from home capabilities – and Microsoft’s Azure is a platform that enables this, the company pointed out.

The Microsoft Media & Entertainment team has created a set of technical webinars in which it is showcasing how to empower creative teams to accelerate content production using Azure tools for editing, rendering, VFX, storage and management.

Read the full article on the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance site.

The Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) plans to launch 3 different codecs in 2020, its last being HEVC (H.265/MPEG-H) back in 2013. Prior to that, AVC (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC) was launched in 2003. Both codecs have become an integral part of image capture and final delivery.

The new MPEG codecs include Versatile Video Coding (VVC), Essential Video Coding (EVC), and Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC). Will any of them benefit creators? Let’s dive into each and find out.

Read the full article on the No Film School site.

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