SMPTE’s Moving Images doc nabs funds to move forward

DetailsMichelle Clancy | 15 February 2015




The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has raised tens of thousands in crowd-sourced funds for its Moving Images documentary.


After a 60-day campaign, it has a total of $66,382 raised on Indiegogo and additional funds donated directly to the Society. That makes the seventh most-funded verified non-profit film project on Indiegogo to date.

The documentary will explore the excitement surrounding the development of motion-imaging technology from the turn of the 20th century through the present, through interviews with top filmmakers, historians, entrepreneurs and engineers.

The growing list of corporate sponsors for the project includes Ad-ID, Alliance Video and 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," said 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."