YouTube updated their 3D support!

YouTube has updated their support for 3D videos and in the process simplified the tags needed to enable 3D viewing.


http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=157640


The new way is simply to add this tag if you have a Left|Right framepacked file: yt3d:enable=LR


Thanks to Sophie for sending this along to me.  Now I have to go and edit the tags on all of my 3D movies as the old tags are deprecated and won't work.

Hire good, skilled crew for productions

Just a note for upcoming productions.  Make sure you hire good, skilled crew members.  Especially key crew such as the property master and head of construction.

That's something to get fired for.

Telecom T600 presentation

I gave a presentation today in the T600 lecture series about the development of the 3D class at IU.  The presentation was basically two parts:

• What 3D in the movies means
• What the 3D class is designed to do (get students jobs in 3D)

Here are the slides, they won't make much sense to folks not in attendance, but then again, they might.  The presentation was recorded and here is the recording for your enjoyment.

Some movie books I like

So I'm looking at my bookshelf and thinking about some discussions we've been having in 3D class about knowledge and where to find it.  Listed below are some books that I like and suggest if you're looking for something to read.

• 3D Movie Making: Stereoscopic Digital Cinema from Script to Screen by Bernard Mendiburu
• Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know by Jennifer Van Sijll
• Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Movie Set by Tony Bill
• The Hollywood Economist by Edward Jay Epstein
• The Screenwriter's Workbook (Revised Edition) by Syd Field
• Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder

I've read and used all of these books and value them for creativity and developing knowledge.  I have several more books ont he bookshelf that will probably be added to this list as I read through them.

Sintel 4K DCP is complete

HD frame from the production

The DCP version of the 4K Sintel at 8 bits per color is packed and checked.  This is an InterOp packed Digital Cinema Package and is playable in any DCI compliant digital cinema.  It is not keyed or encrypted and is re-released according the the CC 3.0 license of the original.

ftp://burro.avl.indiana.edu/pub/Digital_Cinema_Packages/Sintel-8bpp_SHR_S_EN-XX_51-EN_4K_BF_20110218_AVL_OV

This is a directory containing six (6) files.  You'll need all six of them for the DCP to be valid. There is also a TAR archive available for ease of downloading.  If someone wishes to mirror the DCP, please do so and enjoy.

Most modern D-Cinema media blocks can read a USB hard drive or thumb drive formatted for: NTFS, HFS+, and EXT3 filesystems.  You can't use FAT32 for this as the largest file, the video essence, is far larger than the 4 GB file size limit under FAT32.

When the 16-bpc version is available, I'll pack that into a DCP as well.

Nice job everyone, it's a good story and very well done.

Chris

p.s. There are other 4K-mono and 2K-3D DCPs in there as well, enjoy.