"Annie Goes Boating", a 3D film by Noel Paul shot in DepthQ® Stereoscopic, opened to rave reviews March 15th at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Listen to the interview with Noel Paul by Jonathan Poritsky and read his blog post on The Candler Blog Candlercast #15: Talking Indie 3D with Noel Paul. Click "Read More>>" for an excerpt from Jonathan's Blog Post:Candlercast #15: Talking Indie 3D with Noel Paul
by Jonathan Poritsky
As Hollywood enjoys this latest wave of 3D filmmaking, I have long hoped that their innovations would eventually trickle down to benefit the independent filmmaking community. Noel Paul’s short film, Annie Goes Boating, which just had its world premiere here at SXSW, may be the film that proves indie directors are dying to get their hands on the technology. Gone are the flaming projectiles and the prickly protrusions that are commonly found in big budget 3D films. Instead, Noel gives us a gorgeous look at a day in the park.
I sat down with Noel to discuss how he was able to make this film on an indie budget. Once he realized he had access to two Red Digital Cinema cameras, the filmmaker went to work with his creative team to try to hack together a workable 3D rig. However, it wasn’t until he got in contact with Lightspeed Design, whose DepthQ technology is used in a number of 3D applications, that the pieces really began to come together. The result is a 10 minute short that is absolutely gorgeous.
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