PDI Presents

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PDI Presents: Industry leader Pacific Data Imaging gives a cutting-edge look at digital filmmaking. Richard Chuang of PDI will address the hot topic of digital characterization including an insiders glance at Batman & Robin and The Peacemaker. Added attraction: Iain McCaig, James Baldwin, Jill Jurkowitz and Allison Chase will show their exciting new all-digital, independent film The Face. Film of Special Digital Interest: Gutter Punks. Part of Cinequest's goal is to show how digital technologies are influencing the independent as well as the studio filmmaker. A case in point is Gutter Punks, playing in Cinequest's Maverick Documentary Competition section. The producer, Ted Baldwin, is the owner of 3rd Coast Digital Films, and the film utilizes the latest digital imaging technology to bring the explicit story of homeless teens vibrantly to the sc reen. The digital camera used for principal photography provided the "night eye," portability, and continous shooting necessary to capture the immediacy of t he film's subjects. The film also utilized cutting-edge digital post-production hardware and software.