P3D Re: "Titanic" in 3D

["Franklin Londin" <swan@xxxxxx>]

Tom,

My compliments on your site!

I was an animator on the film and I have also
played with the images to create stereo. My technique
was to interlace two frames from sequences that
had a horizontal moving camera. I used a Crystal Eyes
field sequential display system that I had left over
from my work on T2-3D. I gasped in amazement when I
tried it and found that it worked. I even went into
my archives from Fifth Element and found stereo
where I hadnt imagined there being any. Upon reflection
the fact that stereo information exists in every film
ever shot with a horizontal moving camera now seems
so obvious.

Was that your method?

I was jaded for a long time being a "3D"
animator because the final product is projected upon
a flat film or TV screen. Now after coming to stereo
photography, as a result of T2-3D, I am more satisfied
and fulfilled by the added dimension. Stereo has
put the D back in 3D!!

By the way you should try interlacing some of the Titanic
dock shots which are my favorites.

And for those of you who have noticed my name in the credits
- thanks for your eagle eyes!

With regards to previous posts:
I have tracked down some stereo footage but it was not taken
during the filming of the movie. I have not found out if
Jim Cameron shot stereo during his dive shoots.

By the way we at Digital Domain used stereo reconstruction
to extrapolate camera data for the film. We have some
incredible tracking software that used stereo pairs to
get camera info into our computer generated environments
so we could place the miniature ship onto computer generated
water, and cg people onto the ship as well as to lock
smoke coming out of the stacks, etc etc.

Come to think of it I will try to arrange an article for
Stereo World and SCSC newsletter.

Cheers
Franklin Londin



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