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We’re really excited to announce that our award winning 3D short film  “FourPlay” is one of the 10 finalists who will have their work included on a Sony 3D Blu-ray disc to be distributed free with 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.

Our 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. We 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 the organisers at 3D World, Sony and 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!

In other exciting news our 3d music video for The Raw I’s song “Gloria (The Death of Me)” has now had over 7,500 views across the various 3d video channels and been featured in the press and in online blogs.

The style of the video was inspired by the hologram 1990’s arcade game “Time Traveller” and took over six months to complete. It is believed to be the first stereoscopic 3d music video to be made in Scotland. With the majority of post production work done in After Effects the stereoscopic workflow and mastering stereoscopic paralax was key to getting the video completed and receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback.

Would you like to see the 3d music video?

Our Stereoscopic 3d Video Channels on YouTube and Vimeo have been going crazy of late and the number people watching (and subscribing) to our videos has been fantastic. Following being a featured partner on YouTube and appearing on the iGoogle.co.uk homepage really gave us an opportunity to show our 3d videos to a far wider range of people and the feedback has been overwhelmingly good. So thanks to everyone who’s watched our videos and don’t forget if you think they’re any good please do send them onto a friend.

So in total we’ve now got:

• Over 120 3d videos online
• Over 350,000 views of our 3d videos
• Over 1000 subscribers
• And really great feedback that makes it all the more worthwhile.

We’ve also started making many of our videos available for download in a side by side HD format that most 3d TV’s, Nvidia 3D Vision PC’s and other stereoscopic player systems can watch in all their glory. More videos are being added weekly, so make sure you bookmark us and keep coming back for your 3d fix!

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…

Amazon have confirmed the upcoming availability of the 3D Blu-ray version of Monster House joining Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as the rather limited range of 3D blu-ray discs available to purchase.

There does need to be some effort put into clarifying the format of the 3d blu-rays though as currently available anaglyph versions are also generally listed as a 3D Blu-ray. The other news is that Disney’s A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey will be released in November. Ice Age 3, Garfield’s Pet Force 3D, Clash of The Titans and a rumoured November release for Avatar on blu-ray should be on your Christmas list for 3d enthusiasts too!

Check out Amazon for 3D Blu-rays.