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Despicable Me

• “Despicable Me” Production Setup – Infrastructure • Storage, renders • Hardware pipeline • Predicting stereo overhead requirements – Tools • Core development – Render engine – Asset management – Stereo add-ons for commercial software • Stereo review – Dailies – Final approvals

Roll trailer….

The first rule of Despicable Me: • "Make the stereo funny”

The hard part: • No matter how cool the concept of "Stereo" is, there is resistance.

The hard part: • No matter how cool the concept of "Stereo" is, there is resistance. • People don't know how it will affect their jobs or work.

The hard part: • No matter how cool the concept of "Stereo" is, there is resistance. • People don't know how it will affect their jobs or work. • No artist wants to lose their creative control to anything, much less stereo

The fun part: • Involving everyone in the process, helping people to think in stereo.

The fun part: • Involving everyone in the process, helping people to think in stereo. • Developing tools so everyone's experience in stereo is similar to their experience prior to a stereo production

The fun part: • Involving everyone in the process, helping people to think in stereo. • Developing tools so everyone's experience in stereo is similar to their experience prior to a stereo production • Making it STEREO

Production • What do we want to achieve? – It should look cool – Can't let the shot be about the effect – Make the stereo naturalistic or in a way that promotes the story – Use stereo in a way that 'pluses' the shot or sequence without blowing the first conditions – It needs to be funny

Production • Animation – Need to see the stereo, but you can’t make them do more than they are used to doing. • Rendering – Only want to render what it absolutely necessary • Comp – Left eye until it’s perfect, then right eye, then…

Editorial • Without cutting in stereo, you lose the potential for creativity in enhancing a cut in an informed way. • Make it work in 2 D and don't worry about it too much. Modify the stereo if there is a problem during stereo reviews. • Trailers - no control at all, except possibly requesting a cut or different shot.

The Floating Window • Works great, but: • what does it mean if it's not projected properly? • What is the reality of the thousands of theaters correctly projecting the DCP with the correct framing?

Viewing • Look at it on a big screen if you can • If you can’t, be ready to redo shots when you get to the DI • testing stereo - if it's a kids movie, get some kids to look at it – during production!