First Annual 3D Advertising Summit Held May 13th

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Mon, 05/30/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

More than 150 industry professionals turned out to hear all about the impact of 3D on commercial production from some of the most experienced practitioners in the business at the first annual 3D Advertising Summit held May 13th at Kerner Studios in San Rafael California. The summit was kicked of with Kerner CEO Eric Edmeades explaining why the studio was hosting the event. “With the ever increasing advance of the 3D format now is the time for the Bay Area advertising community to claim its place as a leader in 3D commercials production ” he said.
 Attendees were then briefed as to the current state of 3D advertising in the cinema by Tony McIlwain vice president of Screenvision and about the basics of how people see 3D by Keith Vidger of Sony Electronics. Next up to speak were noted stereographers Grant Anderson instructor at the Sony 3D Technology Center and Dave Gregory an independent filmmaker both of whom explained how to prepare for – and then execute – good 3D shots and how to best avoid the mistakes that can cause eye fatigue for viewers. 
 The morning wrapped with an opportunity for attendees to get some hands on experience with three types of 3D rig camera systems: A side by side Element Technica rig; a beam splitter Kernercam 3D rig and a Panasonic single body 3D camera. 
 The afternoon sessions focused on post-production techniques as Paul Grimshaw of Spy explained the impact of 3D on post and Greg Maloney of Stereobox explained how 2D to 3D conversion works. Michael Ching of Grantave Productions and John Nicolard of Fotokem shared their experiences on actual 3D projects so that delegates could avoid certain pitfalls themselves.  The formal part of the day ended with the opportunity for attendees to ask questions of all the presenters in a panel discussion Q&A format. Following this the attendees enjoyed a post event reception as business cards were exchanged and relationships were formed.  
 Tim Partridge president of the Kerner Entertainment Group and the Kerner host for the day summed up the event. I could not have been more pleased with how this summit went.  Our presenters shared an incredible amount of information from their own experiences and the turn out was far better than we even had hoped for. The attendees included noted stereographers camera crew directors producers and ad agency staff members primarily based in Northern California but we also had several folks from LA and out of state. There is clearly a need for these kinds of programs to exist and proliferate and we hope to be able to repeat this one again next year.

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