Video: DreamWorks: 3D Testing Ground

Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation CEO, talks with Forbes.com's Kym McNicholas about the 3D technology in use on the big screen/movie screens that will soon reach consumers for the in-home market.

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Film-making, Digital Effects and Video Techniques

By now you've heard of, and/or seen 'Avatar' the digital, 3D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning 'Titanic' director, James Cameron. This film follows a war veteran named Jake Sully (actor Sam Worthington), who gets called to the depths of space to take up the job of his slain twin brother for the scientific arm of a mega-corporation looking to mine the planet of Pandora for a valued ore. ~ Synopsis, MSN Movies

It's a visually stunning film, created with a mix of live-action performances and computer-generated effects. One of my favorites, Adobe software, was used to make the movie 'Avatar'.

• Check out this video featuring Jon Landau, Producer of 'Avatar', and see how Adobe software was used throughout its production.
• Hear how these Adobe customers approached film-making, digital effects, pre-visualization, and a variety of video techniques using Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium for the movie.

The Evolution of Halo & Before Combat Evolved - featuring Halo 3: ODST

This video features "The history of all the Halo games and some other things. The strange game you see at first is Halo, the game, on Macintosh computers before Halo Combat Evolved." ~ ForgeOracle

Halo 3: ODST is visually stunning animation technology! The design and technology skill level this game reflects are off the charts. View more of ODST: http://www.bungie.net/Projects/odst/default.aspx.

Viewing this brief video was my first visual exposure to Halo, and being an artist, an animation fan and designer, visuals such as this catch my eye. I've heard of Halo long prior to this viewing, however, I had not viewed any Halo products prior to this viewing. And, as I mentioned the design, animation and other skills utilized to create the product are impressive. Per a designer's eyes it's simply stunning!

Now, it would be absolutely wonderful if this level of animation technology skill were applied to some, if not all, of the war stories of the Creator's Bible, depicting good winning over evil. I would buy and watch that again and again!!! Now, that I've seen a bit of Halo: ODST I'll learn more about its history and overall storyline; it may be about good versus evil, too.

I love cartoons & animation! I'm a true fan of Disney, Pixar and I like DreamWorks, too! Recently, I discovered Animation Magazine, which covers the business, technology and art of animation. Also, checkout their Animation Magazine TV.

"DreamWorks Animation SKG is releasing all of its films in stereoscopic 3D, more than doubling the amount of data storage capacity required to store its movies.

The move to 3D animation also requires the company's IT shop to migrate away from tape-based storage systems to disk systems in order to keep archived films online for animators to use as references for sequels, which is the company's mainstay." Excerpt by Lucas Mearian, Computerworld.com. Read more: DreamWorks: 3D Movies to Double Data Storage Requirements

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