SMPTE has successfully completed a 60-day crowd funding campaign for its Moving Images documentary. The project is currently ranked as the seventh most funded verified non-profit film project on Indiegogo.
Through interviews with top filmmakers, historians, entrepreneurs and engineers, Moving Images will explore the development of motion imaging technology from turn of the 20th century through the present day, as well as examining what the future might bring. The documentary will investigate the influence that art and science have on each other.
The growing list of corporate sponsors for the project includes Ad-ID, Alliance Video & Post Inc, Blackmagic Design, Canon, Codex Digital, DSC Labs, Ewing-Foley Inc, FotoKem, Image Matters, IMax, Maxell, Modern VideoFilm, Signiant and Sundog Media Toolkit.
‘We have seen individual contributions from all over the world, and the diversity of support for this documentary has been very gratifying,’ says Peter Ludé, chair of the SMPTE documentary committee. ‘Though many donations have come from SMPTE members, a surprising number were from non-members which indicates that this project has meaning to a broad audience. Giving has come from all quarters, from students planning to enter the field to the very companies helping to define the future of the motion-imaging industry.’
Moving Images is one of the Society’s many activities planned to celebrate its centennial in 2016. The first segment is now in production with Randall Dark, producer; Howard Lukk, director; and Travis LaBella, director of photography. During the 2015 NAB Show’s Technology Summit on Cinema, produced in partnership with SMPTE, attendees will have the opportunity to watch an exclusive preview of the documentary.
‘We’re confident that support for Moving Images will continue to grow, and we look forward to showcasing the results of our work during the preview screening during the 2015 NAB Show,’ Ludé adds.
The Indiegogo campaign lasted 60 days, with a total of $66,382 now raised through Indiegogo and additional funds donated directly to the Society. mContributions mat still be made directly via SMPTE’s website. In coordination with the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA), the ‘perks’ originally offered on Indiegogo will be honoured until 14 February in order to allow attendees of the HPA Tech Retreat to participate.
