I just had a chat with David Maas of FMX and he has passed on some interesting 3D session information for anyone who will be in Germany from May 5th to 8th, 2008. FMX is the primary European meeting of the digital community and is located in Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany.
Right to the point, here are the 3D sessions that all take place on May 7th:
Wednesday May 07
Bertha-Benz-Saal
11:00 - 12:00
The Business Case for Digital 3D Cinema Exhibition
Charlotte Jones, Analyst, Film and Cinema, Screen Digest www.screendigest.com
12:00 - 13:00
3D-Filmproduction - From Technology to Creativity
Alaric Hamacher, CEO, Virtual Experience www.virtual-experience.de
14:00 - 15:00
A Journey in Stereo: A Case Study on "Journey 3D" And What A Stereo Film Means for VFX
Chris Harvey, Facility Supervisor, Frantic Films www.franticfilms.com
Bret StClair, VFX Supervisor , Meteor Studios www.meteorstudios.com
15:00 - 16:00
The Use of Stereoscopic Depth as a Storytelling Tool
Marc Empey, CG Supervisor, Walt Disney Feature Animation www.disney.com
Robert Neuman, Stereo Lead , Walt Disney Feature Animation www.disney.com
16:00 - 17:00
Glorious Detail: The Magic of 3D Stereo Production
Debbie Denise, Executive Vice President, Sony Imageworks www.imageworks.com
Rob Engle , Stereographer , Sony Imageworks www.imageworks.com
17:00 - 18:00
Creating Believable Characters: Motion Capture on the Virtual Set of "Beowulf"
Parag Havaldar, Sony Pictures Imageworks www.imageworks.com
18:00 - 19:30
Stereoscopic screening of "Beowulf"
The other non-3D sessions look really interesting too - looks like an awesome show! Let me know if you are going...
Coraline is an exciting new animation coming out in the latter half of 2008 starring the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane and Keith David. The story revolves around a little girl who discovers a secret portal to a parallel but slightly different universe. The animation in this film is striking and of course by adding in that third dimension we are really going to be in for a treat.
Check out this awesome new teaser clip from Neil Gaiman.
Neil Gaiman, author of the fantasy novel Coraline is extremely happy with how the 3D movie is progressing. Gaiman told SCI-FI Wire that as the movie is being previewed for audiences - they were going "absolutely nuts". Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and Keith David lend voices to the Stop Action 3D pic that focuses on a girl who discovers a way to get into an alternative universe.
It's "the best stop-motion thing I've ever seen..." The author also heaped praise on the director saying Henry Selick is "doing something that is going to be revolutionary with Coraline.”
Focus Features is distributing the 3D film for the holiday season next year.
This one should be a fun trip!
Disney today announced that the previously named "American Dog" will be released as "Bolt" on November 26th, 2008 in about 1500 3D theaters. The announcement continues Disney's ownership of the Thanksgiving movie-going market. Their 2D "Enchanted" took the top spot this Thanksgiving with a $35 million haul on the weekend.
John Travolta and Susie Essman lend their voices to the characters - for a description of the movie see the 3D movie list link at the end of the post. It also continues there confidence and vision for a very strong 3D movie industry as this comes on the heels of the recent Tim Burton / Disney collaboration announcement for the features
"Alice in Wonderland" (2010) and
"Frankenweenie" (2011). As with the other major studios, they are betting the bank on 3D.
For a
COMPLETE list of 3D movie releases whether planned, rumored, in production or in theaters,
click here.
Looks like we have more to look forward to in January of the new year than just U2's new 3D movie.
Spielberg, Katzenberg & Cameron (It doesn't get any bigger than that) are hosting a forum for filmmakers about the potential of 3D and further opportunities that exist in January, 2008.
I expect the forum to be full of surprises and potential announcements of rumored and future projects. Pragmatically, there will be discussion about how it is impossible for pirates to camcorder a 3D movie and how that alone will save the industry boatloads of cash. Gaming tie-ins, theater conversion rates, higher ticket prices, etc will be the talk of the table.
I love how the big guys stick together even though there are obviously competitive juices flowing (remember Katzenberg sliding back the release date of Monsters vs. Aliens due to Cameron's insistance of a Memorial Day release of Avatar?). This goes to show you that while business is business, a united front is needed to effect change and change we are definitely seeing. For the better I might add.
I will have updates for you from this forum as I receive them!
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I just had a chat with David Maas of FMX and he has passed on some interesting 3D session information for anyone who will be in Germany from May 5th to 8th, 2008. FMX is the primary European meeting of the digital community and is located in Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany.
