Digital Stereoscopic 3D commercial (India’s first) executed from concept to exhibition in 9 days.
Project details:
- Project: Whirlpool 3D Commercial
- Client: Whirlpool
- Product: Whirlpool Proton 3door refrigerator
People Behind:
- Senior Brand Manager: Neelima Burra (Client)
- Agency: Draft FCB Ulka – Delhi
- GM Draft FCB Ulka: P.Shridhar Iyer
- Creative: Mukesh Kumar
- Production house: Tellywise
- 3D Team: Media Renewal Trust
- Producer: Bindu Akash
- Director: Shiva (Tellywise)
- DOP: Rathinavel
- Art Director: Kiran
- 3D Technical Head: Jijo Punnoose (Director of India’s first 3D film “My Dear kuttichattan”)
- 3D Stereographer: Nambiyathiri
- 3D Stills: Jainul Abdeen
- DIT / 3D Encoding & Playback: G.Balaji
- Post Production: Red Post
- Online: Nawaz (Red Post)
- CG: Shafi (Red Post)
- MRT Team: Tony Adrial, Jai Sankar, Kamaldas, Santosh, Robert, Abinandhan, Preethi
Equipments used:
- Camera: Two Red ONE
- Genlock: Black Magic Sync Generator Mini Converter
- 3D Rig: Custom made MRT 3D Rig
- Rig Type: Beam Splitter (side by side)
- Converters: AJA HI5 (HDSDI to HDMI converter)
- Projectors: QUBE E-Cinema HD Projectors (2 Nos.) [For Live 3D] / Optima 720 HD Projectors (2 Nos.) [ For Stereographer]
Camera specs:
- Software version: build 21.4.1
- Resolution: 4K 2:1
- Frame guide: 16:9
- Frame Rate: 24 fps
- Connectivity: USB (Master / Slave) [ Between Two Red One] / XLR (Jam Sync) [ One camera TC out to Other Camera]
Hardware Used:
- Computer: MacPro 2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 3 TB HDD / MacPro 2.53 GHz, 3 GB RAM, 2 TB HDD / MacBook Pro 15″ 2.4GHz, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB
- Display: 24″ Apple Cinema Display (2 Nos.)
- Converter: Matrox Triple Head 2 Go (2 Nos.) [ side by side projection]
Software Used:
- Operating System: Mac OS 10.6.2, Win XP & Win XP (64 bit)
- Edit: Avid Media Composer 4.0.5
- Compositing: Adobe After Effects CS4
- 3D Convergence: Adobe After Effects CS4
- 3D: Autodesk Softimage
- Online: Avid DS Nitris
- File Type: R3D / DPX Linear
Final Delivery:
- Resolution: 720p 24fps (HD delivery) / 1080p 24fps (digital cinema delivery)
- 3D format: side by side
- Location: Atlantis Hotel, Dubai
- Projectors: Christie 1080i Projectors (2 Nos) [Linear Polarized]
- Silver Screen: 40 feet
3D Stereoscopic:
- Type: Passive
- Polarizer: Linear Polarizer
- Glass: Linear Polarizer
From Idea to Exhibition Timeline:
- Day1: [23 Feb,2010] Conceptualization
- Day5: [25 Feb,2010] Test Shoot
- Day6: [26 Feb,2010] Commercial Shoot Day
- Day7: [27 Feb,2010] Edit
- Day8: [28 Feb,2010] Compositing & 3D Animation
- Day9: [1 Mar, 2010] Online
- Day11: [3 Mar,2010] Exhibition

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