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March/April
1998
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Listen
to the Fireside Chat with Robert Wise & Donn
Cambern
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On March 16, the Guild hosted a
wide-ranging discussion with Robert Wise and Donn Cambern
at the DGA. The talk covered many of Mr. Wise's films and
some of Donn's work as well.
You can listen to the entire
seminar on the web if you have the RealAudio plug-in for
your browser. Check out our Audio
page for more
information.
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Editors
Guild Booth at ShowBiz Expo '98
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Would you like to participate in the
planning for the 1998 Editors Guild ShowBiz Expo booth?
The '97 booth was very successful and we would like this
year's to be as good or better. ShowBiz Expo this year is
June 12 - 14. If you have any ideas to share or just want
to be involved, let us know. We have to start planning
now!
Call Mary Prange, the Guild's Show
Biz Expo chairperson at (310)827-4632 or send an
e-mail
Take Our Daughters to Work Day is on April 23rd
this year. Many studios and workplaces support this
annual opportunity to broaden girls' career horizons so
they can see that girls can do anything! Call (800)
676-7780 for more info. or see
www.ms.foundation.org
The 6th annual L.A. Works Day
is on Saturday, May 16th. It's a citywide day of
community service. More than 4,500 volunteers will give
the L.A. community a new shine by painting, landscaping
and revitalizing 14 public schools. For info. on how to
volunteer, call Lauren Gonzalez at (213)
936-1340.
The 5th Annual Revlon Run/Walk
for Women will be held on Saturday, May 9th.
Organized by the Entertain-ment Industry Foundation, this
event raises funds for the fight against breast and
ovarian cancer. For more information call (310)
395-6779.
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Majors'
Holiday & Vacation Pay
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If you've not already done so, now is
the time to check that you've received all the vacation
and holiday pay you're due for the calendar year 1997. If
you worked for any of the majors last year, any vacation
or holiday pay you accrued but haven't been paid is
available as of March 15th. Phone the studio employer of
record to request it.
If you have any questions, Mike
Breddan at the Guild office can help at (213)
876-4770 x234.
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Mark
Your Calendar Wednesday, May 6th at 7.30
pm
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A unique opportunity for our members to spend an evening
with Robert McKee, renowned teacher of story structure.
In the DGA theater. Exclusively for Editors Guild
members. Look for details in the mail. RSVPs accepted by
the Guild office beginning April 15th.
Don't miss this!
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Spirit
Hi-Res Telecine Installed at Encore Santa
Monica
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Encore Santa Monica has installed a
Philips Spirit DataCine, the first on the West Coast for
commercials use. Film frames are scanned at 2,000 lines
of vertical resolution in near-real time, with a 300-watt
Xenon light source, producing digital data for today's
525- and 625-line video standards, as well as tomorrow's
high def video.
The International Monitor Awards event
of the ITS will be held on July 11th at the downtown
Regal Biltmore.
A one-day UCLA Extension seminar,
"Digital Backlot: an Introduction to Digital Image
Creation for Film & TV," takes place on Saturday,
April 18th at Raleigh Studios. Fee is $135. Other
upcoming short courses include: "Digital Video
Technology" and "Digital Versatile Disk." Online
enrollment and information about other courses are on the
UCLA
website or call (310)
825-9064.
SMPTE will be producing a day-long
seminar, "Charting the Course of TV Technology in the
Coming Decades: from Rasters to Bit Streams," at NAB on
Saturday, April 4th. SMPTE's second annual spring
conference will be held concurrently with ShowBiz Expo,
with four separate sessions and an all-day seminar
entitled "The Nature of Film." For more info: (914)
761-1100 or e-mail
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Quad
Format Optical Tracks at NT Audio
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NT Audio Video Film Labs announced
that they've just purchased their second Sony Dynamic
Digital Sound camera, making it the first facility in the
world to own two SDDS cameras. NT Audio was also the
first post-production facility to provide all available
sound formats on one sound negative - quad format. NT
Audio quad titles include this year's Oscar contenders
'Air Force One' and 'Titanic.'
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