Video: Compositing for a 3D documentary – VFX elements that work in stereo

The 3D VFX pyramid fly-in shot that our compositor’s been working on to test techniques for our first 3D documentary is good to go.

Again, you’ll need the good old red-cyan goggles for this:

Our compositor, Jakub Kuczynski, explains elements in the shot:

And compares working on 3D VFX versus 2D VFX:

This shot will be part of the 3D demo I plan to show broadcasters next week.

Now all I need to do is find a 46-inch JVC monitor to show it on …

VFX compositing for a 3D documentary: compiling a demo

As we prep to shoot our first 3D documentary, our compositor, Jakub Kuczynski, is getting ready to produce 3D VFX for the show.

We use these photo-real visuals in the explosive demolition series Blowdown, which we’ll be filming the next episode of, mostly for:

1) Locators – help orient the audience and show where the crew is working at a particular point.

2) Disaster scenarios – show the audience what will happen if different aspects demolition plan go wrong.

3) Dynamic structure shots – fly-overs, fly-throughs, fly-ins … allows audience to experience the strength, grandeur and engineering prowess of structures that Controlled Demolition Inc. implodes.

Here are two examples from previous shows: Super Stadium and Spyship:

Locator VFX: RCA Dome. Indianapolis, Indiana

Disaster scenario VFX: Hoyt S. Vandenberg. Key West, Florida

As part of this process, Jakub’s generating sample 3D VFX shots so we can assess them and so I can take some on my trip to meet with broadcasters the week after next.

We’ll combine the 3D VFX clips with some of the 3D test footage we’ve shot so I can give the broadcasters a solid visual idea of what we’ve developed so far.

One of Jakub’s shots – a fly-in to pyramids.

Why I’m including this in the 3D demo:

Look forward to the final.