New Workflows in Filmmaking

Speakers from USC ETC, Beeble/Xgrids, and Netflix's Eyeline Studios present three new technologies reshaping how media is made and by whom.
About this Event

This will be an in-person event at The Clubhouse in Santa Monica, one of Los Angeles' newest venues, which is quickly becoming a hub for those pushing the limits of how technology is used in their creations.

This event focuses on how traditional workflows are changing and what people using these new technologies have to say. What are the advantages of using them, and what are some of the drawbacks? If you've been interested in finding out more about these new tools and techniques, this is the event for you.

Conrad Curtis will talk about the difficulty of keeping current when things are constantly changing. He'll give some tips you can use, and as an example of technology we want to keep abreast of, he'll look at the XGRIDS PortalCam, which recently became the first product to win four NAB Product of the Year awards in a single year. The XGRIDS camera enables physical environments to become structured spatial data that's usable across production, simulation, and AI-driven applications.

Erik Weaver and the team from the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at USC will talk about how AI inverts the traditional pipeline using their work on the shorts, "The Bends" and "Pathways" as examples. They used the usual craft heads in their AI workflow, augmenting them with AI and using responsible AI.

Finally, we'll get a look at technology being developed at Netflix's Eyeline Studios. They'll give us a look at the technology that they are working on, the Vista4D, which uses Gaussian Splat technology to allow filmmakers to re-frame a shot after it's been filmed!

Schedule

6:30 - 7:30 -- Social Hour - grab some light refreshments and network with the speakers/attendees
7:30 - 7:40 -- Introductions
7:40 - 9:30 -- Presentations

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Registration

All LA ACM SIGGRAPH members are admitted free of charge.

• Non-member admission is $20, and if you become a member for just $40, your admission is free.
• Chapter Membership helps cover our expenses. You may the chapter for $40/year. We accept online payments.

Parking
There's plenty of street parking available. All metered parking in the area is free after 6 pm, and there is non-meter parking on Euclid, one block East of the venue, if you expect to arrive before 6 pm.

Public Transport
There is a Metro station at 17th & Colorado, just a short walk away from the venue. The Waymo station is also very close.

Special Thanks

Andrew Cochrane, Chris Ellerby, and the team at The Clubhouse, all the amazing speakers, and the members of the Executive Council of LA ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter.