Encounters Festival 2009

Date: November 18 2009, 13:30-15:30pm | Location: Showcase Cinema de Lux Bristol

It’s not just the likes of Pixar and Dreamworks that are excited about Stereoscopic 3D. Interest is spreading across a range of media, and with serious backers like BSkyB, Sony and Blitz Games all creating product for the medium it won’t be long before images will be leaping out of your screen whether you are a gamer, telly addict or avid cinema-goer.

Skillset will explore the issues surrounding the second coming of the third dimension in Stereo 3D, Take Two: This time it’s personal at this year’s Encounters short film festival. With a panel comprising Andrew Oliver, chief technical officer of Blitz Games; Stereo 3D guru Phil Streather, CEO of Principal Large Format; Simon Robinson, chief scientist of The Foundry; and makers of Stereo 3D software, Jan Rogowski, co-founder Red Star Animation and Vicky Godfrey, co-director of SquareZero, we will explore the commercial and technical reasons for 3D’s resurgence, the challenges this presents to film-makers and animators and the technical and conceptual skills needed to create engaging Stereo 3D.

The session will include short presentations and a roundtable discussion. More details are available at the Encounters site.