Posts Tagged ‘3d film’

Congratulations go out to the Derek Dickson from Peebles in Scotland for winning our 3D music DVD competition that was launched to coincide with the release of our very first 3d music video.

The fantastic prize pack up for grabs included:

• Hannah Montana’s “Best of Both Worlds Concert” DVD in glorious 3D with a limited edition 3D cover (also featuring The Jonas Brothers)
• A pair of our cool plastic framed anaglyph glasses
• “Gloria (The Death of Me)” 3D music video on DVD with additional 3D glasses – not available anywhere else!

Derek correctly answered that “The Raw I’s” was written on the front of the drum kit in the video “Gloria (The Death of Me)”

Do please subscribe and keep an eye out for future Enhanced Dimension 3D Competitions!

I’m really excited to announce that my award winning 3D short film  “FourPlay” is one of the 10 finalist films that will be included on a Sony 3D Blu-ray disc to be distributed free with Sony 3D enabled TV’s and Blu-ray players!

The Sony 3D World competition had submissions from across the globe including entries from as far afield as Japan to New Zealand, Canada and Mexico. The winning entries were decided by a judging panel including Buzz Hays, senior vice president of Sony’s 3D technology center in California, 3D film director Julian Napier, Lee Danskin, training and development director at Escape Studios, Sony Europe’s Richard Palk and members of the editorial team at Future Publishing’s 3D World magazine.

The prize, as well as being included on the 3D Blu-ray to be distributed to millions of potential viewers, includes as Sony Bravia LX900 3D TV for all of the top ten entrants, with the top three winning a matching BDV-F700 Blu-ray disc home cinema system.

The entry “FourPlay” was an updated version with most of the animations improved or in some cases completely replaced by new animations. The video was also converted to 24p and had to have all the audio re-sequenced in order to match the 24 frame rate. I will update the site when the full HD 1080p dual stream stereo version is available on the Sony 3D Blu-ray disc.

Thanks go out to Matt & Kevin for their help on the project; the organisers at 3D World and Sony; and last but not least the panel of judges!

 The LA3DClub has teamed up with the Downtown Independent Theater to present screenings of independent 3-D movies in Los Angeles.

On Sunday, August 29th, 2010, at 3pm we will be presenting a special FREE afternoon showcase of independent 3-D shorts including Enhanced Dimensions Award winning FourPlay.

Included in the screening will be selections from the recent 7th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival, and the top award winners from previous LA 3-D Movie Fests and competitions. Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of the most innovative 3-D short films from around the world. The screening will be followed by a potluck BBQ reception at the Downtown Independent’s rooftop bar.

In addition to the free afternoon showcase screening, at 7:30pm we will be presenting a special rare showing of the 35mm 3-D feature Rottweiler, and a Q&A with stereo 3-D legends Lenny Lipton and Chris Condon. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146693255355183

3-D Short Film Showcase
Sunday, August 29th, 2010, 3:00pm
Downtown Independent Theater
251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Admission to the event is FREE!

SpeedWedge who sell a great little iPhone interaxial calculation app have an interesting 3D 101 section on their website.

It’s a really good (and free) source of info on creating 3d and the terminology involved. It covers not only the basics of delivery but the concept of convergence or parallel shooting and the effect of all the variables involved. It’s full of great info and gets all the info across in a concise and simple manner.

Their IODCalc app looks like an ideal add on to any stereographers toolkit.. well if you have an iPhone that is.

For more info take a look at the SpeedWedge site.

We’re testing an inexpensive 3d rig we’ve pulled together for a series of tutorials on making 3d on a very tight budget and have our first test shots posted.

Full details of the rig will follow but for the moment we’ve uploaded anaglyph and side by side versions of footage shot of a local waterfall along the river Almond in Cramond, Edinburgh. We’ve used three different inter-axial settings to demonstrate the effect and haven’t done any horizontal shifts in post production – although we have done a little rotation and vertical shifting in order to align the shots. It’s an interesting experiment and hopefully you’ll come back once the series of tutorials is done.

Watch the 3D Waterfall footage on YouTube.

I generally try and stay out of voicing too much personal opinion on 3D – I’m a fan, and a creator, so I’ll be the first to admit I’m coming from a biased perspective. However I’m getting sick of the build it up, then break it down approach that the media takes to things, and to individuals and critics feeling it’s their right to limit the options of others.

So here’s a point in question – I don’t like Wes Anderson’s films. Okay calm down I know it’s contentious, but I don’t. The Royal Tenenbaums … nope. The Life Aquatic… I don’t think so. The Darjeeling Limited… not for me thanks. However I don’t therefore write that Wes Anderson shouldn’t make films and that everyone should be up in arms over the fact he continues to do so. Okay to get to the point from that – I like 3D, I like 3D film, I like the experience, the story and quite often even the cheesy-ness of some 3d films. So myself, and many other who like 3d, are free to enjoy them just as you may be allowed to enjoy Wes Andersons films.

The arguments against 3D films are such nonsense. Here’s a few:

• I don’t want to wear glasses to see a film. Lol, a huge percentage of the general public has to wear glasses, get over it. I mean seriously what a stupid argument.
• It doesn’t add anything to the story, it’s all about the story. Well surround sound doesn’t add anything “to the story” but I can’t recall hearing such hysterical debate about dolby digital, 7.1, etc. I’m not sure HD or 4K actually adds to the story either but it looks fantastic.
• It isn’t as bright. Come on. When have you ever sat in a cinema and said I wish this was a bit brighter – maybe it happens in your world but in mine it’s usually more like… I wish those kids would shut up, I wish he’d stop crinkling that snack wrapper or why did I give Wes Anderson another chance?
• It’s more expensive. Okay I’ll give you that one. So fair enough go see the 2D version and save a couple of bucks there you go. Your choice.

I may be simplifying the argument to a certain extent, but I’m quite astounded at the hysteria abut 3D – it’s not like you’ve been forced to watch this you have a choice. You’re getting yourselves all worked up about this. Calm down – you’ll do yourself some harm if you get so over excited. High blood pressure could damage your sight… then you wouldn’t be able to watch 3D, even if you wanted to.

And actually my final point I think is the most important - you have a CHOICE. You want 2D: fine have 2D. I want 3D and don’t mind paying a little extra for it: no problem give me 3D. Horses for courses. Freedom to choose. What many poor consumers who aren’t involved to this level don’t understand is for example a 3D enabled TV is just a TV – watch it in 2D if you prefer. 3D blu-rays will presumably all have 2D option – just watch one of the streams. 3D movies seem usually to have a 2D version available. So what’s the problem? Switch it on, switch it off. The choice is yours.

What’s your point caller? What is your point?

PS – Sorry about the Wes Anderson stuff…