FALL 2008 MOVIE DIVISION MEETING

   The Fall meeting of the SCSC 3-D Movie/Video Division took place in the auditorium of Longley Way School in Arcadia on the evening of September 6, 2008.  Attendees enjoyed a pizza/Subway sandwich meal while the crowd gathered.  The award for the longest commute went to a young lady from Albania.  It was great to see the Westerns again, up from San Diego.

   Outings during the past year were reviewed.  They included a visit to Real D, hosted by Lenny Lipton, a visit to a student Shakespeare Festival in Balboa Park as well as Dennis Brittain showing off his free 3-D software plug-ins on his Samsung 3-D-ready TV in San Diego, a premiere of David Arquette's 3-D short The Butler's in Love at Grauman's Chinese with a reception at the Ambassador Hotel, and a special red carpet premiere of Journey to the Center of the Earth, where Brendan Frasier introduced the cast and crew.  Upcoming events mentioned included the Big Bear Film Festival, where Ghost Car and Ennis House were featured ("The 3-D Theater), and the Paso Robles Film Festival 3-D Expo to take place in November.

   During the sharing session, Ray Zone impressed the group with a 4K Red camera onto which he had mounted a Chris Condon 3-D lens assembly.  We are all anxious to get a look at test footage (can you use that term with digital?) shot with this unique stereo rig.  Ray was also kind enough to record the 3-D content shared with the group using a specially-equipped Mac computer and Eric Kurland's projection equipment.  Eric projected everything with his usual aplomb.

   Shown were: Family Guy (3-D wars by Sean Isroelit), a Robot Monster trailer (a glimpse of a soon-to-be-shot Ray Zone/Eric Kurland production), Wanderlust - a Bjork 3-D video, Ghost Car, Nicodemus by Hunter Senftner, featuring a mime/dancer, a promo for Waiting for Raoul (a teaser for an upcoming feature by Frank Elmore), an Italian scooter promo by Jason Goodman, Ennis House by Tom Koester, Skydiving in 3-D by Eric Deren and a pastiche of interesting sequences from classic 3-D films which had been digitized by Eric Kurland.

   It should be noted that the gathering time for this 3-D Movie Meeting was moved up from the usual 7:00 to 5:00 in hopes of getting long distance commuters home before daybreak.  I can only report that when I drove off at 12:15 A.M. there were still three excited 3-D movie buffs standing outside the auditorium locked in conversation.

John Hart, Chairman, 3-D Movie/Video Division