Independents' Day 2015 Adaptations II: The Artist’s Hand

Columbus Moving Image Art Review 23 Spring 2015 June 19th Friday 8pm

Columbus Moving Image Art Review 23 Spring 2015 June 19th Friday 8pm

The Columbus Moving Image Art Review (CMIAR) will host its 23rd quarterly local moving image screening event on Friday March 20th from 8pm to 9:30pm at Hagerty Hall 180. CMIAR is a screening event for artists residing in Columbus, Ohio and surrounding areas. CMIAR was developed by two local moving image artists who wanted to create a way for the seventh art of film to return to the presentation medium of the cinema house. CMIAR 23 will be programmed with moving image work from Ohio State University Students, Staff and Alumni, CCAD Students and Faculty, and local Central Ohio filmmakers. Admission is free and open to the public. Light food and drinks will be provided. CMIAR is sponsored by the OSU Film Studies Program and Nicolettecinemagraphics.
CMIAR 23 Artists: In Screening Order
Derek Stewart – Dinosauria 7:30/min
Matt Swift – Les Formes et les Couleurs de la Reine Elizabeth 15:00/min
Eric Homan – The March to Delicate Arch 2:00/min
Eric Homan – Desert Ghost Art: Goldwell Open Air Museum 1:30/min
Steve McGuire – Mas Bagua Amix 4:35/min
Danielle Belgiovane – Mistranslated – 11:00/min
Nicolette Swift – The Making of Paul Hamilton’s Blue Beautiful Skies – 4:00/min

City Lights Columbus – Selected for 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition

Matt’s City Lights Columbus will be the first video art to show at the
Zanesville Museum of Art. Opening for the 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition is
June 11, 2015.





City Lights Columbus – Selected for 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition

Conference Video Services

Conference Video Services

Nicolettecinemagraphics often works with companies in Columbus, Ohio
to provide audio/visual services. Over the next few days we will be
spending time at the Ohio Attorneys for Justice working for Armstrong
& Oakley providing presentation video coverage.




The OAJ conference is a large conference providing attorneys in every
type of law practical advice on new trends in office management to new
issues within specific case law.




As far as Nicolettecinemagraphics is concerned, we are recording
presentations at the conference for local court reporter firm Armstrong
& Oakley. We occasionally work with them not only for events but
also for video depositions. These types of gigs are fairly easy as far
as video setup, but we always have a great time because we learn so much
from the lawyers and the cases we are documenting.

Slow Ascent at Sahar International Short Film Festival

Last night our film Slow Ascent showed at the Sahar International Short Film Festival. 
Although we were unable to be at the festival we are honored to have
been selected.  For more information on Slow Ascent follow the blog at https://slowascentfilm.wordpress.com/blog/

Matt’s Review of The Last

Recently Matt was able to enjoy a press screening of The Last: Naruto the Movie.  His review can be found here. https://film-studies.osu.edu/moviereviews-thelastnarutothemovie

The Current State of DVD and Blu-ray Authoring

Encore may no longer be part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, but that doesn’t mean that it is completely obsolete.  I still get calls for authoring DVDs and Blu-Rays; they are necessary for festival submissions and display loops.  People still have their DVD players and they feel comfortable with the format.  Even I can’t resist the control with menus and chapters.  Some other codecs and formats will now allow embedding that control, but until we have a standardized format some people will still want their DVD or Blu-Ray.

While Blu-Ray has not become as popular as DVD, it is still a format that some people want for their memories.  Although, it has been out for a few years there are still some kinks that are slowly being worked out.  The discs seem to not be as reliable before burning – I’ve bought spindles that were over 50% coasters.  Sometimes Encore will not export to Blu-ray, when this happens I build an ISO and use CDBurner XP to bypass the issues with Encore.  Overcoming the growing pains of a newer media is always tricky and one has to learn tips and tricks to make their software work with their drive and their discs.

As for what I would call intangible formats or digital files, yes they will replace discs, but they are not there yet.  The videographer would have to learn the format that the customer needs.  My phone needs a different size and format than my TV or photo frame and while my computer will handle anything, I can’t guarantee that my client will have the software to play the footage.  Does the client want their video online or downloaded to their portable device?  There are many possibilities to navigate at this time.  Recently, I added a Western Digital Live device to my entertainment center.  This box will handle multiple formats, including ISOs.  That’s right, I can author a fully functioning DVD and export an ISO that my box can read.  It functions like the disc, without the hassle of the disc.

While the physical disc may be on its way out, a packaged digital file that functions like a DVD is going to be the future.  The future may not be ISO files, but the only way to replace the disc is to create something similar.