Blue Ocean Film Fest does 3D
Tim Burton’s feature-length animated version of his college film short “Frankenweenie” will be shot in flat 2D and converted to 3D, according to Disney producer Don Hahn. Hahn also discussed the $50,000-per-minute 2D-to-3D conversion of “Beauty and the Beast” and showed 3D footage from the French documentary “OceanWorld 3D” that Disney licensed for domestic theatrical [...]
Piranha DP Leonetti, 2D-to-3D
Cinematographer John Leonetti has tackled projects such as “The Mask” and “The Scorpion King,” and will soon take on “Arabian Knights” in 3D, but the 42-day shoot of “Piranha” last year in 100-plus temperatures on a lake in anamorphic film that would be converted into 3D presented some unique challenges for the movie’s DP. In [...]
Tron takes over Con in San Diego
Disney managed to turn Comic-Con into what it was aptly dubbing Comic-Tron on the first two days of the annual four-day gathering of the world’s most rabid fans of fantasy in all forms of media. The much-anticipated Disney 3D movie “Tron Legacy,” the sequel to the 28-year-old groundbreaking film about a videogame developer (Jeff Bridges) [...]
All-Star 3D: DirecTV leadoff hitter
DirecTV got a major league start on its original 3D production this week with its 3D broadcast of the 2010 All-Star Game at Angels Stadium in Anaheim on the n3D channel Tuesday, July 13. The satellite service showed it can deliver all the customary VIP schmoozing opportunities by haivng Yankees manager Joe Girardi visit at [...]
ESPN 3D Derby grand slam
The most memorable shot of the 2010 Home Run Derby at Angels Stadium Monday was not a blast over the fence by an all-star slugger but a line drive directly towards the lens of a 3D camera on a pole behind the pitcher. Actually, there were a couple of hits like that that caused everyone [...]
Long live the King in new 3D ride
The King lived up to Kong-sized hype when hundreds of media and VIPs were provided the world’s biggest 3D experience situated in a jungle between a T-Rex and cinema’s biggest ape during a preview of the new Tram Tour attraction that opens at Universal Studios Hollywood on July 1. You can experience some of the [...]
Disney world of HiDef color, 3D
Many new major makeovers at the Disneyland Resort begin this weekend (June 11-13) with the most expensive show ever produced at the park and continues next year with a 3D update of Star Tours and the move of the Disney Wonder cruise ship to the port of Los Angeles from Florida for seven-night Mexican Riviera [...]
Talkin’ King Kong 360 3D
Talk about making lemonade out of lemons; Universal Studios Hollywood is making a banana split out of burned bananas with its new King Kong 360 3D attraction opening the first week of July. The newest three-minute diversion for riders of the park’s iconic 45-minute behind-the-scenes tram ride Studio Tour features two giant curved movie screens [...]
Dolby 7.1 Toy Story 3 debut
Although home theater Blu-ray owners feel like they have been enjoying 7.1 channel sound for some time now, “Toy Story 3” will be the first major studio theatrical release to be mixed completely in Dolby‘s Surround 7.1 from the very first stage of design to final mix when it premieres in theaters June 18. That [...]
Nvidia’s PC vision: 3D
Nvidia is quietly becoming the company driving the initial and most progressive 3D experiences for videogaming and PCs. In Taipei near Computex 2010 this week, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang told an audience, “This is the beginning of the 3D PC revolution. It’s been 10 years since there’s been a revolutionary change in gaming graphics,” according [...]
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