Digital Video Origination Vs. Film Origination: A Comparative Test

René: Villeneuve has been the Director of Technical Services and Informatics at the National Film Board of Canada since April 1997. He heads the integrated technical motion picture and television production facilities of this Canadian government cultural agency and is also responsible for its Informatics division. — Villeneuve was trained as a still photographer but quickly shifted to audiovisual production. As a freelance technician, he went from multimedia work to television production before joining Kodak Canada in 1978. In 1981, as film laboratory manager at Sonolab, he introduced a new video duplication facility. Leaving Sonolab for the National Film Board of Canada in 1986, he was initially chief of the Visual Effects Department, and in 1988, he became the assistant director of technical and production services. A member of the SMPTE since 1978, Villeneuvw has held a variety of positions at the Section level (including secretary-treasurer and chairman) and was Canadian Governor from 1994-95. He also participated in organizing the 1984 SMPTE Television Conference held in Montreal and was involved in the Mini-Conferences organized by the Toronto-Montreal/ Qucbec-Ottawa and Rochester Sections from 1978 to 1992. He is also a member of the BKSTS.