San Francisco SIGGRAPH and Sony present
Electronic Theatre Screening

Friday, February 29, 2008

The San Francisco chapter of SIGGRAPH and Sony are pleased to announce the screening of the entire 2007 Electronic Theatre. The show will be introduced by SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival Chair Paul Debevec and shows in full high definition on an amazing Sony SXRD 4K projector courtesy of Sony Electronics. The Electronic Theatre is the premier computer graphics film and video showcase that is part of the Computer Animation Festival each year at the SIGGRAPH conference. The conference was held in August 2007 in San Diego and as usual the Electronic Theatre was one of the favored events.

6:30 – 7:00 pm – Doors open, snacks and refreshments available
7:30 pm Introductions
7:45 pm Electronic Theatre screening
 
WHERE:            San Francisco State University
                        Coppola theatre  http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/
                        1600 Holloway Avenue
                        San Francisco, CA. 94132
                        1.415.338.1441
                        http://www.sfsu.edu/
Directions:            http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/text/tocampus.html
 
FREE – San Francisco SIGGRAPH members (Please bring your membership card)
FREE – San Francisco State University faculty and students (Please bring Student
or Faculty ID)
 
$5 – All other students (Please bring ID)
$7 – General public
 
Please register via Acteva:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=153490
 
FEATURED DONORS:

San Francisco State University - http://www.sfsu.edu/

Peach Pit Press - http://www.peachpit.com/about/index_detail.aspx

And our newest Donor:
XY3D is a Palo Alto - based 3D modeling and animation house.  http://www.xy3d.com
 
Don’t miss out on the fabulous opportunity to join our San Francisco SIGGRAPH Chapter.  The numerous benefits include networking opportunities, first to hear of industry news and who’s hiring, working along side and rubbing shoulders with industry professionals, free to chapter events, respect from your peers, just to name a few.

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