3D FLIC is a two-year academic/industry partnership that will expand capacity for 3D film production in the GTA and Ontario. With over $1.4 million in support from the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and in-kind industry and institutional support, it is the largest single project funded in the fourth round of funding from the OMDC’s Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund.

3D FLIC promises to develop practical solutions to create better production technologies and processes for 3D film to benefit the film industry as a whole. In this unique convergence of academia, industry, art and science, academic research will translate into applied knowledge for the film industry.

Presentation highlights include:

• preview of The 3D Camera Company’s new Hawkeye 3D stereoscopic camera and demo 3D footage on a 46” 3D monitor
• demo of 2D to 3D conversion research by Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)
• demo reel from Starz Animation Toronto
• the science behind 3D perception and the geometry of stereoscopic vision, within S3D filmmaking: York’s Centre for Vision Research and Future Cinema Lab

WHAT:             3D FLIC project overview and demos

WHO:               Karen Thorne-Stone, President and CEO, OMDC

                        David Choat, Vice-President, Human Resources, OCE

                        Stan Shapson, Vice-President Research and Innovation, York University

Ali Kazimi, 3D FLIC filmmaker, Dept. of Film and Future Cinema Lab, York University

Laurie Wilcox, 3D FLIC vision researcher, Dept. of Psychology and Centre for Vision

            Research, York University

                                               
WHEN:             Friday, April 23 at 2:30pm, speakers at 2:40, demonstrations and refreshments at 3:00
                       

WHERE:           Cinespace Studios 30 Booth Avenue, Toronto  | Map

The 3D FLIC team includes: York University (Future Cinema Lab in Faculty of Fine Arts and cross-Faculty Centre for Vision Research), CFC Media Lab, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Computer Animation Studios of Ontario, Cinespace Film Studios, 3D Camera Company, Creative Post Inc., Starz Animation Toronto, PS Production Services, Side Effects Software, Saw VII Production Canada, Inc.

Made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and by the Ontario Centres of Excellence.

For further information, please contact:

Amy Stewart
Publicist, Faculty of Fine Arts, York University

416-650-8469 | amy.stewart@yorku.ca