HD EXPO

Panelists - HD EXPO - Midwest- May 18, 2006

Speed Dating with Industry Experts

DAVE ANDERSON, HD CINEMATOGRAPHY MANAGER, Roscor

Dave Anderson is the HD Cinematography Business Unit Manager at Roscor, based in Mt. Prospect, IL. He specializes in high definition technologies and his business has been nearly exclusively HD for the past six years. Dave has helped many customers transition to HD, and conducts technology and training seminars to educate the production community. Anderson comes to Roscor with over 20 years of industry experience, having held positions in production, television news and sales & marketing. He is a Sony veteran, handling direct sales of high-end camera and VTR systems, and was instrumental in the rollout of HDCAM and HDCAM SR. Dave is a SMPTE member and ITVA chapter past president. Roscor is a leading supplier of HD production and post-production systems, television and media technologies, and systems integration

Tom Fletcher, Vice-President of Marketing for Fletcher Chicago

Tom Fletcher, Vice-President of Marketing for Fletcher Chicago, has been instrumental in developing Fletcher Chicago as one of the nation's leading High Definition and standard definition equipment resources. Tom has five national EMMYs for their application of robotic cameras in Sports Broadcasting and is world renowned for his dedication to the advancement of HD acquisition having presented at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC), National Associations of Broadcasters (NAB), Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE).

He served on the NATPE HDTV Steering Committee and the US Organizing Committee for the International Electronic Cinema Festival (IECF) and was President of International Television Association (ITVA) Chicago Chapter in 1991-92. He formerly served as Vice President of Professional Equipment Rental Association (PERA).

Steve Lampen, Multimedia Technology Manager, Belden Electronics Division of Belden CDT

Steve Lampen is Multimedia Technology Manager for Belden Electronics Division of Belden CDT. He has worked for Belden for fifteen years. Prior to Belden, Steve had an extensive career in radio broadcast engineering and installation, film production, and electronic distribution. Steve holds an FCC Lifetime General License (formerly a First Class FCC License) and is an SBE Certified Radio Broadcast Engineer. On the data side he is a BICSI Registered Communication Distribution Designer. His latest book, "The Audio-Video Cable Installer?s Pocket Guide" is published by McGraw-Hill. His column "Wired for Sound" appears in Radio World Magazine.

Jim Martin, Production Consultant, Bird Bonette Stauderman Inc.

Jim Martin has spent the last 37 years in the broadcast production business. He’s a graduate of Syracuse University in communication design and holds a masters degree from Michigan State in communications. For over 33 years Jim held various positions within the creative department at Foote, Cone, and Belding, rising from art director and broadcast producer to become director of broadcast production, director of advertising services, and (with commercials produced in 20 countries to his credit) executive producer on global production. His guide to broadcast production for FCB clients is updated annually.

Jim has represented FCB both on the 4A’s National Broadcast Production Committee and on a National Association of Broadcasters advisory panel on new technologies and HD. He’s widely consulted on the conversion of content from analog to digital video. He served as tech advisor for Scottish Enterprises North American introduction of new software called Scene Stealer (3 D photo modeling) and the University of Edinburgh’s Virtual Environment Center’s Virtual Clone (reality figures).

Martin is a board member of Mobius, which annually reviews and acknowledges the best broadcast work produced globally. He holds seminars with clients and agencies to help them better understand the broadcast production process and improve production effectiveness and value.

Jim currently has two television programs airing nationwide. He lectures regularly on visual communications at symposiums and at universities, and this year is conducting a seminar on the production process at Northwestern in their art and technology program. He’s also analyzing production process procedures and explaining production cost management to large television advertisers for Bird Bonette Stauderman Inc., a prominent global advertising production consulting firm.

Brian McGraw, President and CEO, Cinequipt

Brian McGraw: President and CEO. He has been with Cinequipt since 1980 and has had extensive training in camera and optical systems in the USA and Europe. Brian has literally grown up in the business, starting to learn the craft 35+ years ago from his father (and our founder), Bob McGraw, and taking on more management responsibilities over time. Today, as President and part owner, Brian oversees all operations.

Cinequipt is in the business of providing digital cinema and motion picture film equipment for rental and sales. We specialize in the rental and sales of high end film and video cameras, lenses, video recorders, lighting, grip
and support equipment for the professional user. These customers include broadcast, commercial production, theatrical, industrial and independent film makers.

David P. Otey, CPBE, Engineering Manager, SignaSys
Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer

In his previous capacity with the national office of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, David P. Otey was one of the architects of the current 2 GHz Broadcast Auxiliary Service relocation plan. Now employed by SignaSys, Otey serves as Engineering Manager for SignaHelp, the company’s training and services operation. He has been instrumental in the design and rollout of the nationwide training plan for Digital Electronic Newsgathering (D-ENG), part of the coordinated effort (funded by Sprint Nextel) to transition all U.S. television broadcasters to digital technology in narrower microwave channels. His expertise in helping broadcasters manage the conversion from analog to digital technologies arises from years of boundary-spanning work in transport systems for both broadcasting and telecommunications. His articles have appeared in TV Technology and other industry publications.

With the accelerated deployment of D-ENG and related technologies in the field comes new opportunities for live acquisition in HD. SignaSys, chosen to integrate this year’s edition of NAB-HD at the recent NAB Convention, is an industry leader in integrating the latest digital video technology for HD broadcasting and multicasting. Let David answer your questions about the requirements and opportunities for live backhaul of HD video.

RICK THOMPSON, D.C.S.

Rick Thompson began shooting in High Definition in early 1999. Prior to HD, Rick and partner, Joyce Thompson, produced work on film for commercial and corporate clients, and documentary programming. They owned Arriflex 35mm and 16mm camera packages.

In early 1999 the Thompsons purchased a Sony 700 series HD camera. Less than 2 years later, they were among the first in the nation to take delivery on the Sony F-900. Today they no longer own any film equipment and are working exclusively in HD, shooting projects nearly every week. Their current HD system is the Sony F-900/3 and is equipped with a full studio package, multiple HD monitors and lenses, an investment comparable to a high end 35mm camera system.

Thompson has trained with Sony’s top High Def guru from the beginning when HD first came into our market place. He estimates around 250 HD projects in the last 7 years. He is testing new looks monthly and pushing the technology to and sometimes beyond what it supposedly is capable of.

Rick Thompson works as Director/DP or as director of photography, partnering with other directors. He is a member of the Digital Cinema Society. Thompson is represented by Evie Silvers of Silvers Reps, Inc at 312-636-9785 or email at evsilvers@aol.com.

Bob Zeichner, Broadcast Sales Representative

Bob Zeichner has served the motion picture/television industry for nearly forty years. He is a graduate of the esteemed Pratt Institute where he earned a BFA in Filmmaking. Bob supervised a film department for PBS station WPSX in the 1970's, then overhauled and maintained motion picture cameras and optics at Victor Duncan, Inc in the 1980's. For the past twenty years, Bob has been selling broadcast television equipment since 1986 when he opened the Michigan office of Roscor Corp. His passion for image making has been an unbroken thread since childhood. An internationally respected, award-winning fine art photographer, Bob has written technical articles for View Camera and Photo Techniques as well as a number of on line e-zines. He is member of the Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans, the Texas Photographic Society and a fellow of the Art Photography League. He has been a memeber of the Detroit section of SMPTE for over 15 years, has served as Secretary/Treasurer and is currently a section manager. He has lectured on the topic of Camera Optics for both SMPTE and SBE.