3D Content Hub supplies film to the Education Sector

Press Release: Interactive 3D teaching software provider 3D-Hub is expanding its online library of 3D content after a number of world-leading distributors and producers agreed to make a selection of their titles available for download. This expansion is good news for teachers looking for new and exciting 3D videos to use in the classroom with 3D-Hub’s media player.

3D Content Hub, National Geographic Entertainment and Principal Media have all agreed to provide 3D content, adding to the many titles already available on the 3D-Hub website.

Exclusive Interview with Michael Watchulonis: 3D Paranormal Investigation Series – Anomaly

Michael Watchulonis is the co-executive producer and director of a new 3D paranormal investigation series called Anomaly with investigative journalist Jack Kassewitz.  In this interview, Michael candidly shares his experiences of doing the near-impossible:  shooting a 3D series, in the dark, on a paranormal topic, as a skeptic.

 1. Why produce a 3D series?

We’re pretty proud that Alligator Kingdom, MicroPlanet, and Fire Ants: The Invincible Army are among the most widely distributed independent 3D films on the market.   We thought the time was right to expand into series production.

Dave Cole of Beampath brought the paranormal idea and the 3D night vision camera systems to us along with some test footage.  We were very impressed.  The visuals were very cool, had good stereography and the screen presence of the host (Jack Kassewitz) was strong. When we took a look at the history of these locations and the reports of paranormal phenomena, the stories grabbed us.  We just had to dig in and explore them in 3D with Anomaly. 

From BBC’s research lab

Today in London I met Alia Sheikh who presented this technology. I thought you may be interested to have a look at what developments other than 3D and 4k are possible. What do you think. (watch videolink) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22315685

3D Content Hub launches a large 3D VOD package

(Melbourne/Cannes) International 3D distributor 3D Content Hub introduces an offering of more than 30 films to its partners and new platforms in an effort to overcome the gridlock in the industry. The content package consists entirely of stereoscopic (native) 3D productions and includes award-winning short films as well as TV-length documentaries. The move is intended to be a major statement to sceptics who maintain the myth of a 3D-content shortage. The Australian-based distributor attended MIPTV to negotiate with various clients.

Exclusive Interview with Achtel Pawel on his Award-winning Revolutionary New Housings: the DeepX and 3Deep®

Exclusive interview with Achtel Pawel, a wildlife filmmaker with a passion for underwater cinematography who has just won the Innovation Award for his cutting-edge underwater 3D film cameras at the prestigious StudioDaily Prime Awards in Las Vegas. We caught up with him to find out more about this innovative underwater camera system. 

What made you start making underwater camera housings?

The introduction of large, high resolution sensors really showed up the short-comings of traditional underwater housings; by placing wide angle lenses designed for land use behind dome and flat ports, the optical performance was being greatly compromised and we were missing out on the improvements in quality available for shooting on land. All commercially available housings use wide flat or dome ports. These ports may have been adequate for small 2/3”, high definition sensors, but they cannot provide even the same high definition optical quality when the physical size of the sensor is larger. The limitation of the underwater imaging was the port hole, which decreased the optical performance well below the capabilities of large high-resolution sensors causing a range of problems: distortions, chromatic aberrations, astigmatism and image plane curvature, to name a few. As an inventor with a Master’s degree in structural engineer and a passion for underwater imaging, I wanted to do something about it. I decided to design and build a housing using optics that would not limit the quality of my underwater images. I also thought that other underwater film makers should have a better option that what was available on the market.

Press Release: Aussie Filmmaker’s Invention Wins Major International Award

Competing with Canon, Sony and other multinational companies, Tasmanian film-maker, Pawel Achtel, has just won top prize at a prestigious international award ceremony, held in Las Vegas overnight. With the Oscars over, the latest inventions in the film industry – the products used to make the movies – take centre stage each year at the huge NAB trade show in Las Vegas, USA. It’s the world’s most prestigious annual show of film and TV technology. And this year two of the nineteen finalists for best invention in film production were the creations of Achtel’s small, Australian company. In an industry dominated by large multi-nationals, his company has produced the most innovative underwater filming system in years – revolutionary new housings: DeepX and 3Deep® for shooting in 2D and 3D underwater.

Interview by Jon Schnitzer:”The Croods” Q & A with “Captain 3D” of DreamWorks

According to Phil “Captain 3D” McNally, the  new 3D movie “The Croods” is “the most ’3D’ movie DreamWorks Animation has ever produced.”  

Phil “Captain 3D” McNally

Phil “Captain 3D” McNally (Yup, he legally changed his name to Captain 3D!) is DreamWorks Animation’s Stereoscopic Supervisor; which means he’s the 3D genius behind the magic at DreamWorks Animation. Captain 3D has worked on some of my favorite 3D movies including “How To Train Your Dragon”.  Whenever Phil comes out with a new 3D movie I have to see it on the BIG screen because I know it will be cinematic, dramatic, epic and emotional.