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December 07, 2007: THE DRM GAME
Digital Rights Management (DRM), the control, tracking, and pay structure for distribution of digital media from music to movies, TV shows and games, is a hot-button issue for students, business people, and the creators of content alike (among other things, it's closely related to the ongoing WGA writers strike). How do media companies enforce restrictions on download and distribution of music and movies? Why have Apple's iTunes and the group Radiohead achieved such success? Join us at the ARTS Lab Garage this Friday when ECE Professor Greg Heileman leads the audience through a game that simulates the DRM decision-making process to show which activities work for media companies, and which behaviors will likely lead to prosecution.

November 30, 2007: FULLDOME: THE STATE OF THE MEDIUM
Fulldome — large-format, immersive, crazy-resolution, digital dome theater — is a young, powerful and rapidy diffusing medium. And New Mexico above all other places is a major focal point for fulldome production, education and research. In this show-and-tell, ARTS Lab Immersive Media Director David Beining describes and demonstrates the state of fulldome technology, market, productions and programming. To demonstrate state of fulldome production, clips from DomeFest and other programs will be screened in the gDome. Please note this workshop is not a ‘how-to’ on dome production, rather an overview on the fulldome industry, technology and what’s being produced for distribution. Look for how-to workshops in the spring semester.

ARTS Lab Immersive Media Director David Beining explains what that means and explores content creation and qualities for this new media environment.

November 16, 2007: PROPOSING A PROJECT to ARTS Lab
Can students, staff and faculty get access to these facilities?

Are they available to outside organizations and commercial productions?

Are ARTS Lab staff available for work on UNM and other projects?

The answer to these questions is yes, but for specifics on proposing a project to ARTS Lab, using the space and more, we invite you to attend our next ARTS Lab Friday session when ARTS Lab Program Coordinator Eric Renz-Whitmore will go over the project proposal form, cost structure and more.

October 26, 2007: STUDIO LIGHTING FOR GREEN SCREEN APPLICATIONS
This Interactive demonstration with ARTS Lab's Abraham Dean will cover the basic approach to Illumination concepts and specific challenges involved with lighting for the chroma key process. This session will be conducted in the studio environment of the arts garage. and will feature a realtime chroma key system. The concepts covered can be applied to film and video projects, experimental art, and the visual effects pipeline. separation of foreground elements and on set actors is an essential step in the digital film making process, this demo will help provide a successful approach to this increasingly common production technique.