feature 3D
If you’re involved in television production,
sooner or later there will be 3D in your future.
3D, or to be more precise Stereoscopic 3D, is
taking Hollywood by storm and the industry is
now gearing up to bring 3D to television
production, and eventually to the home.
Jim Martinolich, vice president product
management at Chyron, reports.
Impossible to ignore:
3D production is here
attention, now is a great time to find which must be mastered by thehe renewed interest in 3D is
out more about it. director and stereographer. Caredue to improvements in
The driving force behind all this is must be given when composing thetechnology in all phases of
the rush of 3D animated movies scene, the camera angles, transitionsproduction: acquisition,
coming out of Disney/Pixar, and apparent perspective so as toprocessing, distribution and
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Dreamworks and others. They have maximise the realism anddisplay. Many of these
been filling premium priced seats in excitement but minimise unwantedtechnologies will be showcased at IBC
over 5000 3D ready digital screens side effects like eye strain andthis year; a variety of 3D displays in all
Jim Martinolich. worldwide. Competing 3D projection motion sickness. sizes, stereoscopic camera systems,
systems from RealD and Dolby are Animated films have a big3D editing and finishing equipment.
having trouble keeping up with the advantage since they exist as 3DTwo conference sessions will cover
The way it was:
demand for thousands more screens, models in a computer in most cases.the topic both from the technical and
there's no longer
any need to be
and the major studios have many The animator has tremendousproduction side and promise to deliver
frightened by 3D more 3D movie releases in the flexibility in placing the cameras inbeginner’s guides and practical tips.
(3D image courtesy
pipeline for the next several years. It the scene and experimenting withWith this exciting technology at such
of www.3Dimages.
co.uk)
seems that audiences are eager for different views. In fact olderan early stage and getting so much
3D as the next big immersive animated films, such as the seminal
experience and have forgotten the Toy Story, are going back to their
‘bad’ 3D movies of the 50s. New databases and being re-rendered in
techniques have eliminated the 3D many years later. Toy Story 3D is
exaggerated effects once associated due out in October.
with 3D movies and created a Filming live action in 3D, on the
heightened sense of realism that is other hand, requires dynamically
very compelling. controlled dual HD camera rigs such
The basic principle of Stereoscopic as the PACE/Cameron Fusion 3-D
3D video is that two video channels camera system to give the
are produced; a right eye view and a cinematographer the precision and
left eye view, using two cameras to control he needs over the resulting .
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