American Cinematographer - February 2009 - (Page 39) ground fog that was added in post. By layering several 2-D fog elements in proper 3-D alignment, he created a believable illusion of full depth. One theory our work upheld was that scenic flats would reveal themselves in 3-D. We had to move painted backgrounds significantly farther from the set, even when seen out a window. Fortunately, we were in a big building. Stop-motion’s characteristic lack of motion blur sometimes caused a stuttering effect in 3-D horizontal motion, especially in fast camera pans. This was over and above the effect in traditional 2-D film projection. Oddly enough, it creates less readability than if the motion had natural blur. The visualeffects team added motion blur to several shots that especially needed help. My advice to anyone starting out fresh with 3-D is to seek counsel from a veteran of 3-D production and experiment when you have enough experience to be conversant. Equally important: watch dailies on a full-size screen with a real 3-D theater projector. All through production, we worked in sRGB color space, so it made some kind of sense to work from that familiar territory (converted to Rec709) in the 2K digital intermediate. Technicolor Digital Intermediates accommodated, responsibly warning us that it was a smaller, different gamut than film. Colorist Tim Peeler lent his practiced eye through successive grades for RealD 3-D, 2K D-Cinema, film emulation and home video. (The film will be projected in Dolby 3-D in some markets.) With deep respect, I salute the Coraline crew for successfully shooting the most ambitious and technically challenging film in the stop-motion genre. Working responsibly and with professionalism, everyone produced consistently beautiful work. Ed. Note: A more detailed account of this production will be posted on www.theasc.com/magazine in February. I TECHNICAL SPECS 1.78:1 4K Digital Capture, Digital Stills Princeton Instruments MegaPlus EC11000; Nikon D80; Red One Tamron, Sigma and Nikkor lenses Digital Intermediate Printed on Kodak Vision 2383 39 http://www.theasc.com/magazine http://www.kinoflo.com http://www.kinoflo.com
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