Innovations Spotlight Day – Saturday, September 20, 2025 – Fort Worth, TX
Innovations Spotlight Day - Saturday, September 20, 2025 - Fort Worth, TX
World Cafe Session – GSCA International Conference 2025
World Cafe Report - GSCA 2025 Conference Purpose of the Session The World Café brought together industry participants to explore the future of the giant screen and immersive cinema sector. Using facilitated rounds of conversation, participants identified emerging themes, key opportunities, and collective priorities. The session culminated in a “Harvest Wall” of insights, built into clusters to reflect shared priorities for the industry. Structure of the Session Multiple Rounds of Discussion: Participants rotated tables, ensuring a cross-pollination of [...]
Open Space Session – GSCA International Conference 2025
Open Space 2025: Where the Future Gets Written The GSCA International Conference 2025 opened with a session unlike any other. Instead of panels or PowerPoints, the very first gathering put the agenda into the hands of members. Using the Open Space method, participants chose the topics, formed their own groups, and dove into the conversations that mattered most to them. The result? A dynamic, buzzing kickoff that set the tone for the rest of the conference—and reminded us that the future of the giant screen [...]
Direct View LED in 2025: What’s Real, What’s Next, and What It Means for Giant Screens
Direct View LED in 2025: What’s Real, What’s Next, and What It Means for Giant Screens Session Recap Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025 Session Leader and PowerPoint Presentation: Paul Fraser, Blaze Cineworks Session Goals To thoroughly introduce delegates to LED, including its potential to transform theatrical exhibition in general, and Giant Screen cinema in particular. To not only educate theater people, but to inspire content producers, post-production specialists, and distributors to imagine how they will adapt to LED as a transformative display technology. Watch Video [...]
State of the Giant Screen Industry, Q4 2021
Presented by GSCA Executive Director Tammy Barrett, this is the third installment of the State of the Giant Screen Industry survey, designed to assess the current status, challenges, and outlook across all sectors of the industry—including theaters, producers, distributors, and related businesses. The 2021 survey captures the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, trends in content and programming, marketing practices, financial performance, and confidence in the future. With insights from 30% of GSCA member organizations, the presentation revealed steady recovery, shifting expectations, and a clear [...]
State of the Giant Screen Industry, Q3 2020
GSCA’s first-ever industry-wide survey and presentation, led by Paul Fraser of Blaze Cineworks, provided a baseline snapshot of how theaters, producers, distributors, and suppliers were navigating the COVID-19 crisis. With nearly 50% member participation, the survey captured real-time challenges, shifting strategies, and cautious optimism—marking the beginning of GSCA’s data-driven approach to understanding and strengthening the giant screen industry. Key findings included sharp drops in attendance, reduced show schedules, and evolving expectations around content formats like 3D and 20-minute films. The presentation also revealed broad support [...]
State of the Giant Screen Industry, Q2 2021
Presented by Paul Fraser of Blaze Cineworks, this session offers a high-level look at the results of GSCA’s spring 2021 industry survey. With input from over 100 members across all sectors, the survey captured insights on theater reopenings, film production and distribution delays, evolving programming strategies, and overall optimism about the industry’s future. The presentation also highlights the challenges and silver linings brought by the pandemic—and what lasting changes may be on the horizon. Download Presentation PDF
Embracing the Immersive Future
Embracing the Immersive Future Presented at the 2024 Filmmaker Symposium Moderator: Michael Daut, Michael Daut Productions Panelists: Dani LeBlanc Dan Neafus Kate McCallum Dan Tell Ryan Wyatt Description: Currently giant screen technical specs live around 4K resolution and 24 fps. There are some exciting exceptions, especially in the immersive dome world. The advent of LED domes and the impact of the MSG Sphere on the cultural Zeitgeist has changed audience expectations and the ways they consume entertainment outside the home. In this session, we will [...]
Demystifying Data
Demystifying Data Presented as a Webinar on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Moderator: Ryan Holota, Saskatchewan Science Centre Presenter: John Morey, The Morey Group Description: In a world increasingly driven by data, understanding how to collect and interpret data is crucial for making informed business decisions. This session aims to demystify data science for non-technical professionals, providing practical insights and easy-to-implement strategies. Introduction To Data Collection Why data is important Common Terminology Types Of Data Finding Data and Data Sources Getting Started Importance of defining goals [...]
Digital Immersive Giant Screen Specifications (DIGSS) V 2.0
DIGITAL IMMERSIVE GIANT SCREEN SPECIFICATIONS (DIGSS) V 2.0 Work is currently underway for DIGSS 3.0. If you are interested in participating in this update, please contact Tammy Barrett Giant Screen Cinema Association Executive Director. Introduction This is the third formal revision of the DIGSS 1.0 document that was the result of the Digital Immersive Screen Colloquium for Unified Standards and Specifications (DISCUSS), a three-day meeting organized by the White Oak Institute in Marblehead, MA, in June 2010. DISCUSS brought together a panel [...]