What is this site?

My name's Bennett Cain and I've worked in the east coast production community since 2004. I began as an ENG shooter, became an early adopter Digital Imaging Technician (DIT), and gradually transitioned to full-time post production. I’m now Director of Production Services at HBO (Warner Bros Discovery), running the Verification Lab—a boutique post facility for advanced QC and archival mastering.

This project began as a Blogspot site called "HD Cinema" in 2006 when the industry was rapidly transitioning from film acquisition to digital. In those days the focus was tape-based HD and the transitional technology between traditional ENG videography and digital cinema. After the paradigm shifted, the blog existed for several years as "NegativeSpaces.com," which was then focused more on DIT-centric topics such as on-set monitoring, color science, and digital dailies.

In this latest incarnation I’ve expanded to encompass all technical aspects of the photographic/filmmaking process, through finishing, and then on to delivery and archival—from camera to end-user media product and everything in between, it’s all of interest.

As of 2023 this site is no longer being actively updated and should be considered an archive.

Thank you for reading and please touch base if you feel inclined.