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SWAN LAKE ON ICE -3D SHORT FILM EDITED by FATBARS using FCS 2

One of the largest Digital Imaging Exposition in Hong Kong is coming to town, Canon Expo 2007.  The key highlights of this expo includes the ice rink stadium, ice skating performance of Swan Lake on Ice by the Imperial Ice Stars and the 3D high definition movie of Swan Lake on Ice. This 3D high definition movie of Swan Lake On Ice was conceived and shot by Hong Kong famous 3D cinematography, Henry Chung. We had featured Mr. Henry Chung several times in our newsletter. But what makes this 3D movie extra special for us is because of Fatbars' role in its production workflow.


We proudly present Fatbars' first ever edit and title animations for a 3D short film, done entirely in Final Cut Studio 2 - Swan Lake On Ice


When this opportunity came to edit Henry Chung's 3D short film for Canon Expo 07, it was too good to miss. Fatbars' Post production took to the challenge to participate in this exciting event, by editing and creating motion graphics for this amazing 3D short film, all within Final Cut Studio 2!  This rich experience took our production skills to new heights, given us an invaluable opportunity to learn about 3D film making from one of the best. Fatbars' very own award wining art director, Samantha Goh edited the entire Swan Lake On Ice Short film on Final Cut Pro 6. "It has been a wonderful learning experience for me, not only as a part of the post production but also an Apple Certified Trainer. It is this kind of experience accumulated throughout our production career, that makes what we do at Fatbars unique. By sharing our experiences with our students in our training classes."


This is especially true when Samantha created Swan Lake On Ice’s title animations within the 3D world of Motion 3. "The abilities to create 3D particle environment in High Definition format with such ease, truly put Motion 3 as a valuable tool for all motion graphics designers. Very exciting, very cool." cited Samantha.


All the cameras for this awesome project are from Canon and are all HDV. Together, there were a total of five HDV cameras: two XL H1s, with two wide-angle lenses and two XL-G1s. And one XL-A1 was designated for "the making of" segment of this project. The additional camera set up, gave Henry the ability to have less re-takes as he was shooting from two different angles with stereo 3-d at the same time.


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Two cameras placed in a calculated distance were used to shoot the same live performance, giving that extra 3D depth to the film. As the shooting time for the film was very tight, there was no room for any errors. Henry Chung had to make every minute and every shot count. After bringing in all the footage shot by both cameras, one of the important steps in our workflow was the synchronization of the edit for each scene from both cameras. Frame to frame accuracy is a must. An anaglyphic composite using Shake was created to check the scenes and individually adjusted to give the best possible 3D result. Then sent back to Final Cut Pro to reassemble into 2 separate clips. Both films, one each for the left and right eye, will be synchronized and separately played out into 2 Barco High definition projectors, creating one 3D movie. A 6m wide screen was especially built by Canon for this expo. For us at Fatbars, what was really valuable was to see first hand, why certain shots worked better than others in 3D. And experience the difference between seeing our 2 Dimensional work becoming 3 Dimensional on the big screen.


Swan Lake on Ice 3D short film will debut at the Canon Expo 07 at the Hong Kong Convention Centre from Nov 23 to Nov 25.In addition, you will also meet special guests like Henry Chung who will share his experience and tips of 3D cinematography and photography in the making of Swan lake on ice. Don't Miss it.


You can also see the performance of the Imperial Ice Skaters -Swan Lake On Ice in Hong Kong. Audiences and critics were united in their praise, with the show receiving nightly standing ovations. Swan Lake on Ice will be performed to Tchaikovsky's glorious music by 25 World, European and National Championship skaters, who between them have won over 200 medals. Catch them at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 27 November.


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