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“Deus Ex Homine” is NVIDIA’s “Best 3D Video of 2011″

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:49:52 +0000

NVIDIA has chosen “Deus Ex Homine” as “Best 3D Video of 2011″:
http://www.3dvisionlive.com/content/best-3d-video-2011

“Sorting through the hundreds of 3D videos uploaded to 3DVisionLive.com during the past year to choose our favorite was just as challenging, if not more so, than the one posed by our Best Image of 2011 selection.

We looked at all sorts of criteria, from page view metrics to our Highest Rated and Most Watched filters, and in the end it came to us choosing the video we felt was the most ambitious, compelling, and technically excellent, which also turned out to be the video that the 3DVisionLive.com staff watched the most and shared the most with family and friends. Our choice for the Best 3D Video of 2011 is none other than Peter H. Chang’s Deus Ex Homine, which is a stunning compilation of motion-controlled time-lapse photography taken in our stomping grounds in the San Francisco area.”

DEUS EX HOMINE – San Francisco Stereoscopic 3D Moco Time-lapse Film

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:46:02 +0000

This was a stereoscopic 3D motion-controlled (moco) time-lapse test for an upcoming project, so ideally it should be viewed in S3D.
Here is the 2D version with some behind-the-scenes photos.

DEUS EX HOMINE – San Francisco 3D Moco Time-lapse from Peter H. Chang on Vimeo.

Here is the 3D version. To view properly in 3D, hover over the 3D button in the bottom right corner of the video and select “Change Viewing Method…” Pick from several anaglyph (colored glasses) and stereo modes. Side-by-side works well for 3DTV’s. If your 3DTV doesn’t automatically detect the side-by-side input, go into the 3D menu and manually select it. HTML5 stereo view requires NVIDIA 3D Vision.

Blu-ray 3D (1920 x 1080p24 to each eye) and 4K 3D (4096 x 2160p24) are also available upon request.

Brad Kremer and Stewart Mayer of camBLOCK flew out for three days of shooting at the end of March. It rained the entire time they were in town so we were confined to interiors, which turned out to be a bit of a blessing in disguise since those shots turned out to be some of the more impressive ones in 3D.

After the weather cleared, I shot for an additional nine days around San Francisco with assistance from Simon Christen, Noah Hawthorne, Christopher Fuzi, Robert Mooring, Josh Golz, and Paul Leeming.

Canon 5D Mark II’s were used in both parallel and beamsplitter configurations for true, native stereo capture at 5.6K resolution RAW. The camBLOCK and Dynamic Perception were used for motion control.

There were some major technical hurdles with both capture and post, but once we saw the results in 3D, it was well worth it.

Special thanks to Jeremy Mayer (the typewriter sculptor), Cisco Systems, Gather Restaurant, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, The Millennium Tower, The Port of Oakland, and the San Francisco Film Commission for giving us access to some great locations and subjects on short notice.

Edited by Peter Chang
Color correction and grading by Brad Kremer
Produced by Peter Chang and Christopher Frey
Music by Michael McCann “Icarus” from Deus Ex: Human Revolution

LIGHTSCAPES premieres on Discovery HD Theater June 21 at 7:30 AM ET / PT

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:11:26 +0000

Lightscapes is an episodic, half-hour experiential television series airing on Discovery HD Theater that captures famous buildings and landscapes around the world as they are transformed by stunning, large-scale lighting displays.

Captured in stunning 4K HD with both real-time and time-lapse cinematography, the unique Lightscapes visuals are accompanied by an instrumental soundtrack, drawing inspiration from the highly acclaimed feature film Baraka and the HD Theater television series, Sunrise Earth.

The first episode was filmed at Japan’s most sacred Shinto site, The Grand Ise Shrine, on November 3rd, as part of re-dedication ceremonies for Uji Bridge (rebuilt in 20 years cycles, starting 1,300 years ago), which coincided with “Bunka no hi”, the holiday that celebrates Culture & the Arts.

Subsequent episodes are being filmed at various locations in Europe, America, and throughout Asia.

LIGHTSCAPES premieres on Discovery HD Theater June 21 at 7:30 AM ET following a half-hour edition of Sunrise Earth, with a repeat at 10:30AM ET.

4:30/7:30 AM PT

5:30/8:30 AM MT

6:30/9:30 AM CT

http://lightscapes.tv

Discovery HD Theater Press Release:

http://press.discovery.com/media/ugc/press/DHDT_Lightscapes_Release_.pdf

http://press.discovery.com/us/dhd/programs/lightscapes/