DXARTS 545 - Digital Stereoscopic Cinema

SCHEDULE

Week 1: Intro

[4/4] Stereo HD System

Week 2:

[4/11]

Screening Due: Grand Canyon Adventure 3D at IMAX (http://www.pacsci.org/imax/)

Reading due: Lipton, Foundations of Stereoscopic Cinema (http://www.stereoscopic.org/library/) Chapters 1-3

Week 3:

[4/18]

Reading due: Lipton, Foundations of Stereoscopic Cinema (http://www.stereoscopic.org/library/) Chapters 4-8

Chris Ward/Lightspeed Design (presentation.)

Week 4:

[4/25]

Presentation: Ewa Trebacz

Week 5:

[5/2]

Readings due:

What Is High Definition (first reading in Packet)

Cardboarding (last reading in Packet, pg.64 to end)

Dimensionality in Dance (first reading after interviews in Packet)

Perception and Imaging (immediately after dance reading, pgs 186 to 202 in Packet)

Week 6:

[5/9]

Readings due:

The Art and Science of Digital Compositing (after Perception and Imaging in Packet, pgs 223 to 261)

The Great Art of Light and Shadow (on eReserve)

Week 7:

[5/16]

Presentation: Stephanie Andrews

Readings due:

A Handbook of Stereo Photography (on eReserve)

Intermedia Stages of Virtual Reality in the Twentieth Century (on eReserve)

Week 8:

[5/23]

Presentation: Heather Raikes

Screening due: IMAX Wild Ocean 3D

Readings due:

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/28/la_loie.html

Interviews (second reading in Packet, after High Def, pgs 17 to 156 in Packet. Note, some interviews were not reproduced so pages skip).

Week 9:

[5/30]

Special Note: Stereo Projector offsite/unavailable for this week.

9:30 am - Pac Sci Center: a tour of the projection booth etc.

Readings due:

Spatial Augmented Reality (2nd to last reading in Packet, pgs 33 to 35, 93 to 108)

3D Movies (on eReserve)

Week 10: Final Prep

[6/6]

Final:

June 10th, 1:30 - 4:30 pm