Dear All,
It feels the right time to introduce myself to this blog and explain why we are approaching Open Source for Film Production, which I have been researching and working on now for nearly a full year, and still it is a subject that needs a lot more explaining and development, but that is why I am now involved, it is exciting and could revolutionise the industry over the coming years.
I have a background starting in cameras (assisting and focus pulling) then graduating up the ranks to Camara Operating for F1, BBC Dramas then 2nd Unit Cinematography for Feature Theatrical Productions.
During this time I also started and ran privately a camera rental house supplying digital cameras plus an onset/location company providing location post and digital camera workflows.
This culminated just recently with a 2-3 year stint at Technicolor as their locations digital dailies supervisor, looking after projects such as Jupiter Ascending, Mortdecai and The Man from UNCLE.
During this long time servicing and working I have seen a few changes and re-iterations of the current digital workflows and it has struck me over time how much we do rely on proprietary systems for most delivery. Quite rightly as they do deliver, for VFX to DI to onset LUTs and more.
I then made contact with Apertusº in Vienna, who were funding and developing an Open Source 4K camera. I went to see them and was immediately struck by how little Open Source, for both software and hardware, is utilised by the Film Production community.
Certain single elements are there, Blender for 3D, DCP creation, but nothing has been created and developed to service an entire production workflow for shooting films digitally.
It is quite a broad subject with a wide scope and in this blog entry a little short as the subject has many more strands to it, such as sensor processing, transcoding, VFX, DI and colour, LUTs and more, plus add in the actual cameras themselves then we have a very deep set of requirements needed for the entire Productions pipeline and workflows.
But by approaching the subject now, and also introducing and researching ethical approaches to feature film production, I am hoping that we can create a community of like minded contributors who would like to see Open Source for Film production become stronger and a more realistic proposition as it continues to thrive and develop.
Thank you for reading,
Daniel Mulligan
January 27th 2015
It feels the right time to introduce myself to this blog and explain why we are approaching Open Source for Film Production, which I have been researching and working on now for nearly a full year, and still it is a subject that needs a lot more explaining and development, but that is why I am now involved, it is exciting and could revolutionise the industry over the coming years.
I have a background starting in cameras (assisting and focus pulling) then graduating up the ranks to Camara Operating for F1, BBC Dramas then 2nd Unit Cinematography for Feature Theatrical Productions.
During this time I also started and ran privately a camera rental house supplying digital cameras plus an onset/location company providing location post and digital camera workflows.
This culminated just recently with a 2-3 year stint at Technicolor as their locations digital dailies supervisor, looking after projects such as Jupiter Ascending, Mortdecai and The Man from UNCLE.
During this long time servicing and working I have seen a few changes and re-iterations of the current digital workflows and it has struck me over time how much we do rely on proprietary systems for most delivery. Quite rightly as they do deliver, for VFX to DI to onset LUTs and more.
I then made contact with Apertusº in Vienna, who were funding and developing an Open Source 4K camera. I went to see them and was immediately struck by how little Open Source, for both software and hardware, is utilised by the Film Production community.
Certain single elements are there, Blender for 3D, DCP creation, but nothing has been created and developed to service an entire production workflow for shooting films digitally.
It is quite a broad subject with a wide scope and in this blog entry a little short as the subject has many more strands to it, such as sensor processing, transcoding, VFX, DI and colour, LUTs and more, plus add in the actual cameras themselves then we have a very deep set of requirements needed for the entire Productions pipeline and workflows.
But by approaching the subject now, and also introducing and researching ethical approaches to feature film production, I am hoping that we can create a community of like minded contributors who would like to see Open Source for Film production become stronger and a more realistic proposition as it continues to thrive and develop.
Thank you for reading,
Daniel Mulligan
January 27th 2015
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