Partnering with our friends of the LA Guild of Puppetry, we bring you
PUPPETZILLA 3-D

An afternoon of 3-D Puppet Movies and the 2012 LA Puppet Slam!!!

MAY 27, 2012

2 to 5 p.m.

Be thrilled! Bemazed! Bexcited! Bemused!

The Downtown Independent
251 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, 90012

3-D Puppets, 3-D Movies, 3-D Entertainment!

If you are interested in performing a short live puppet piece at this event, please contact Christine at lagopemail@aol.com.

Join the LA 3-D Club for an outing to the Annenberg Space for Photography’s Digital Darkroom on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 11am. The exhibit features 17 artists from around the world exploring the intersection of art and technology. Several works by 3D artists, including club member Claudia Kunin, are showcased. There is also a 3-D short film titled “The Art of 3D,” featuring many familiar faces! Digital Darkroom closes at the end of the month, so this is a great opportunity to attend.

On Sunday, April 22, the LA 3-D Club will hold a “3-DIY Open Screen”. We invite you to bring your own stereoscopic video on hard drive, flash drive or optical drive, to add to the potluck of 3-D content. We are able to play many file based formats – avi, wmv, xvid, mov, h264, Proshow exe, etc., and most 3-D formats – parallel, cross-view, over/under, L/R dual streams, etc. at resolutions up to 1080p HD (with some bandwith limitations). In addition we have the capability to play DCI compliant digital cinema packages (DCPs). Caveat – while we will do our best to play all content we receive, we make no guarantees, as there are so many file variables to deal with. Content is shown on a “first come, first served” basis, time permitting (sign in at the theater).

$5 at the door for current LA3DClub members
$10 at the door for non-members (admission is waived with USC Student ID)

Club members who bring new content to screen get in free.  (Content must not have screened at a prior LA 3-D Club event)

3-D Open Screen and Trailer Park
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 5-7pm

Downtown Independent Theater

251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Note: Paid parking is available at many parking lots in the adjacent area and street parking is free on Sundays. The theater is also only several blocks from the MTA Red Line.

If you have not had a chance to see this beautiful 3D film, or want to experience it again, here is your chance.

The film is playing at the theater throughout March. Click here for showtimes.

Downtown Independent Theater is located at 251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Note: Paid parking is available at many parking lots in the adjacent area and street parking is free on Sundays and weekdays after 6pm. The theater is also only several blocks from the MTA Red Line.

The Los Angeles Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH and the LA 3-D Club proudly present…

Stereoscopic 3D Showcase

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

2pm, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Downtown Independent Theater

251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA

The selection begins at 2:00 and is free and open to the public.

Calendar for 2012
Closing Date for all entries … February 5, 2012
Selection … February 19, 2012
Report Cards emailed by … March 1, 2012
Catalogue posted and emailed by … May 7, 2012

Showings
San Diego Stereo Club … March 28, 2012
Stereo Club of Southern California … April 19, 2012
Other clubs as they can be scheduled … TBA
National Stereoscopic Association Convention … July 2011

Only One Section:
Electronic-Digital

Hollywood Chairperson
Ed Ogawa
8763 Reading Ave
Westchester CA 90045, USA
ed5ogawa(at)earthlink.net

Selectors
John E. Hart, Sunland, CA – stereo exhibitor
David Kuntz, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA – stereo exhibitor
Barry Rothstein, Long Beach, CA – stereo exhibitor
Alternate: Bob Kneisel, Pasadena, CA – stereo exhibitor

Awards
The PSA Stereo Division Gold Medal
Hollywood SCSC Silver Exhibition Medal
Hollywood SCSC Bronze Exhibition Medal
Honorable Mention Ribbons