David Attenborough’s vision in amazing 4K 3D!
That’s true. He didn’t travel to the Southern Atlantic for the shoot (although he had been there twice before) but it was David’s driving force that made the creative project possible. “The whole film is David’s vision. He’s worked on absolutely every aspect of it, from the script to the cutting room,” says Anthony Geffen, CEO of Atlantic Productions, producer of Penguins 3D.
Filmed primarily in 4K 3D, Penguins 3D, premiered in American theaters on May 24 (Memorial Day weekend) and will be featured in select cinemas throughout the summer. “To be at the cutting edge—when you know you are doing something that no one has done before—is exciting and a great privilege. I feel hugely privileged to have started my life on 405 black and white [U.K. television] and to finish on 3D,” Attenborough states in an interview.
“No one has attempted this kind of high-quality 3D film of the Antarctic before, let alone tried to take underwater footage there, because the technology poses such tremendous challenges,” says Geffen, who worked for many years at BBC Television. “3D cameras are extremely heavy. It takes four people just to move one camera! They’re also highly sensitive to moisture, which is a ridiculous hazard for filming in extreme weather or underwater. And they don’t come with a zoom, which is a pretty essential tool for most wildlife filming. So we had to adapt the technology. We pushed it to a new level, taking specially designed 3D stereoscopic equipment that could withstand the demands of filming in the Antarctic,” says Geffen.
More of this story at C2meworld.com.
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