3-D Showcase – Call For Submissions

When: March 13th, 2012

Where: Downtown Independent Theater

251 South Main Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Time: 6:30-7:30 pm Social Hour, Screening starts at 7:30 pm

What: An informal non-competitive screening showcasing the works of local stereoscopic 3D artists. This event will focus on members’ work from both organizations.

Price: Free for members of LA ACM SIGGRAPH and LA 3-D Club, $20 for visitors, and $40 for new and renewing members of LA ACM SIGGRAPH. To encourage participation, non-members whose films are chosen get free admission for themselves and a guest.

How you can get involved: Submit your best 3-D Stereoscopic work for our informal, non-competitive animation screening. Pieces should be no longer than 5 minutes in length and should be a digital format.

Formats:   Our preferred method of submission is via Youtube’s 3-D player. Email us the URL to your uploaded Youtube video. You may upload your work to youtube as an unlisted video if you do not wish to make it visible to others. Instructions for Youtube 3-D can be found at la3dclub.com/youtube/. Movies may be submitted for consideration on DVD/Blu-ray, Flash Drive, or Hard Drive, as well as through FTP via the LA SIGGRAPH website (email vice-chair@la-siggraph.org for instructions).

The following 3-D layouts are accepted:         The following resolutions are accepted:

Side-by-side (squeezed or full)                                       SD (720×480)

Over/Under (squeezed or full)                                       HD 720p (1280×720)

Separate L/R                                                                       HD 1080i (1920×1080)

Interlaced L/R                                                                     HD 1080p (1920×1080)

XGA (1024×768)

SXGA+ (1400×1050)

The following file compressions are accepted:

MPEG4,XVID,h264,WMV,MPEG2

The theater is DCI compliant, so we can accept 3-D DCPs for projection. These should be submitted on NTFS formatted flash or hard drives.

All submissions are due March 5^th, 2012. If mailing is preferred – please include a self-addressed stamped envelope should you want work returned. The address is:

Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH

PO Box 6038

Burbank, CA 91502

Attn: Sharon Eisenberg Vice-Chair

There are no entry fees. Members of the Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH Council will notify accepted entrants via email. Those artists whose works are chosen to appear in the animation screening will receive free admission to the event. Persons of all ages may submit work and attend the event.  Entry forms are currently being written and will be available on November 1st. They should be included with each submission.

For more information: Contact Sharon Eisenberg, Chapter Vice-Chair at vice-chair@la-siggraph.org