FROM: jrchristopher2007@yahoo.com
TO: 3D Force and Friends of 3D
RE: 3D Force meeting – Sunday, October 24th, 3pm-6pm, in Burbank
DATE: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Fellow 3Dreamers:
November is a month for 3D Thanksgiving. Since October had five Sundays, the first 3D Video Task Force of November is this weekend.
The AFI International Film Festival features Sony Technology Learning Center’s 3D Bootcamp and Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary, CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS. Final Cut Pro Users Group celebrates its 10th anniversary. Stereo Club of Southern California holds a monthly Movie Night, in addition to its regular meeting. South Bay Filmmakers think Super 8. Events new to the Force Calendar include NewFilmmakers L.A.’s monthly movie nights and Greater Los Angeles Writers Society’s bi-weekly screenwriters workshop.
See this week’s Events Calendar, below, for details.
Also included is November’s Celebri3D Birthdays, with belated Birthday wishes to the Force’s Paul Taylor (11/02) and Brian Gardner (11/07).
**** 3D Video Task Force Meeting, November 14th ****
A collective of industry professionals and longtime hobbyists who share expertise and resources to encourage and develop independent video projects, the 3D Video Task Force meets the second- and fourth-Sundays of the month, in the Burbank/Glendale area. Our next Force meeting will be:
Sunday, November 14th, 3pm-6pm
Video Symphony, 266 E. Magnolia Blvd (at San Fernando Road) in Burbank
Adjacent to the Town Center and AMC Theatres. Plentiful free parking (at 239 E. Palm Street and in adjacent structures), but anticipate Sunday crowds at the local shops and theatres. There are a dozen IMAX or Real D 3D screens within immediate walking distance.
For entry assistance, the direct-line to Video Symphony’s on-duty Tech person is 818-749-5942.
Bring your scripts, project proposals, progress reports and queries for our 3D Think Tank. All 3D Force meetings are free and open to the public.
Agenda items include Ethan Schur’s 3D book-in-progress, progress reports on current & upcoming 3D projects, 3D Force web-links, Force projects-in-progress check-list, upcoming industry panels & events, 3D home theatre technology and new 3D channels from ESPN, DirecTV, Discovery, HBO & BSkyB.
Please submit Agenda item requests, in person or by email, anytime before the regularly-scheduled meeting. Late requests accepted as time permits.
Video Symphony specializes in vocational training for the post-production industry. More information available at www.videosymphony.com.
Currently playing in 3D at AMC Burbank: MEGAMIND (Imax & Digital 3D); SAW 3D (Digital 3D); JACKASS 3D (Digital 3D). Discount admissions before noon (WARNING: 3D surcharge).
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Look for more information on 3D-TV, 3D Blu-Ray discs, 3D home projectors and newly-announced 3D theatrical releases in the next 3D Force News Update and Events Calendar.
Any news or events you wish to share with the Force? Please forward to:
JOHN ROBERT CHRISTOPHER
3D Video Task Force
(818) 863-9315
jrchristopher2007@yahoo.com
**** This Week’s Events Calendar Highlights & Late-Additions ****
(Unless otherwise noted, all events are FREE & open to the public)
*11/10-South Bay Filmmakers, Manhattan Beach (Free)
*11/17-L.A. Final Cut Pro User Group, Hollywood (Admission fee)
*11/18-NewFilmmakers L.A. Movie Night, Hollywood (Admission fees)
*11/18-Stereo Club of SoCal Meeting, Pasadena (Free, membership available)
*11/20-GLAWS Screenwriters Workshop, L.A. Valley College (Free)
*11/21-Stereo Club 3D Movie Night, Downtown L.A. (Admission fee)
Monday – November 1st – 11:59pm-5am
SOMETHING’S HAPPENING with Roy of Hollywood
“Don’t Touch That Dial” – Old-Time-Radio classics
Hosted by Force’s friends, Bobb Lynes & Barbara Sunday
90.7, KPFK-FM – Also available online, up to 90 days.
Online archives: www.kpfk.org
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Thursday – November 4th thru 11th – Various
AFI International Film Festival
Movie premieres, filmmaker Q&A’s
*11/10-10am-Sony 3D Technology Center 3D Bootcamp
*11/10-7pm-CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS 3D
Mann’s Chinese & Egyptian, Hollywood, CA
Free, tickets required. Rush lines available.
Info & RSVP: www.AFI.com/AFIFEST
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Wednesday – November 10th – 7pm-10pm
South Bay Filmmakers monthly meeting
Q&A: Pro8mm’s Phil Vigeant on future of Super 8 filmmaking
Member networking, project updates, member Q&A
Second Wednesdays, monthly
Beach Cities Masonic Center, 1535 Artesia Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Free admission & parking, open to the public
Info & RSVP: http://www.southbayfilmmakers.org/
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Saturday – November 13th – 1pm
Greater Los Angeles Writers Society lecture
Speaker: Richard Walters, UCLA Screenwriting Program
L.A. Valley College, Monarch Hall, 5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen CA
Free and open to the public
Info: ideas@lavc.edu
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Sunday – November 14th – 3pm-6pm
3D Video Task Force meeting
Networking, project updates & Think Tank sessions
Video Symphony, 266 E. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA
(across from the Town Center & AMC theatres)
Free and open to the public
Unrestricted free parking at 239 E. Palm St. & adjacent structures
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Wednesday – November 17th – 6:30pm-?
Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group
Presentations, Q&A and networking
10th Anniversary celebration, final meeting of 2010
Industry Q&A: TBA
Barnsdall Art Park Gallery Theater, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA
Admission: $5 (RSVP required)
Info & RSVP: www.lafcpug.org or (323) 644-6272
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Thursday – November 18th – 5pm-?
NewFilmmakers L.A. monthly screenings
*5pm-Documentaries
*6:15pm-Short Subjects Program #1
*7:30pm-Short Subjects Program #2
*8:45pm-Feature: WATCH OUT FOR SLICK
Receptions between & after screenings
Sunset Gower Studios, 1438 N. Gower St., Hollywood CA
Admission fees vary. Memberships available
Info, tickets & submissions: www.NFMLA.org
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Thursday – November 18th – 7:30pm-10pm
Stereo Club Of Southern California monthly meeting
3D photography competition & exhibition
Armory for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA
(South of the 210 freeway, 1 block east of Fair Oaks)
Free, annual membership available. 3D glasses provided..
Info: www.la3dclub.com
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Saturday – November 20th – 4:30pm-6:30pm
Greater Los Angeles Writers Society Screenwriting Workshop
Read & critique original screenplays-in-progress
Moderated by Dan Watanabe & Frank Zanca
L.A. Valley College, Monarch Hall/#104, 5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen CA
Free and open to the public, annual membership available
GLAWS membership required for script submission
Info & RSVP: email Dan Watanabe, watanabedan-glaws@yahoo.com
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Sunday – November 21st – 7:30pm-11pm
SCSC 3D Movie Division monthly screening
Program TBA
General Admission: $10. Parking fees also charged.
(Discounts for SCSC members & USC students)
Downtown Independent Theater, 251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA
Info & RSVP: www.la3dclub.com
**** 3D Movies in local Theatres ****
Now Playing:
MEGAMIND (IMAX & Digital 3D)
SAW 3D (Digital 3D)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (Digital 3D)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Digital 3D) (El Capitan)
JACKASS 3D (Digital 3D)
DESPICABLE ME (Digital 3D)
HUBBLE 3D (IMAX 3D – California Science Museum & IMAX Digital)
ULTIMATE WAVE TAHITI 3D (California Science Museum IMAX 3D)
MUMMIES 3D (California Science Museum IMAX 3D)
BRIJES 3D (Digital 3D/Mexico only)
THE HOLE 3D (Digital 3D/Great Britain & European markets)
Upcoming 3D releases:
11/19 – HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS Part 1 (3D release delayed)
11/24 – TANGLED (aka/RAPUNZEL) (Digital 3D)
11/24 – NUTCRACKER 3D (Digital 3D)
12/10 – CHRONICLES OF NARNIA Voyage of Dawn Treader (Digital 3D)
12/17 – YOGI BEAR (Digital 3D)
12/17 – TRON LEGACY (IMAX & Digital 3D)
12/22 – GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (Digital 3D)
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Now on 3D Blu-Ray and DVD:
TOY STORY 3D (Blu-Ray 3D) (11/09/10)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Blu-Ray 3D) (11/06/10)
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (BluRay 3D in Samsung Starter Kit bundle)
Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND (BluRay 3D in Samsung Starter Kit bundle)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE (2009) (BluRay 3D)
STREET DANCE 3D (Anaglyph import DVD & Blu-Ray)
MONSTER HOUSE (Blu-Ray 3D) (09/14/10)
DEEP SEA 3D (Blu-Ray 3D) (Sony promotional bundle)
GALAPAGOS The Enchanted Voyage (Blu-Ray 3D) (Samsung promo bundle)
INTO THE DEEP (Blu-Ray 3D) (Samsung promo bundle)
WORKING FOR PEANUTS (short subject) (Disney 3D Showcase Blu-Ray 3D)
ICE AGE 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (Blu-Ray 3D)
GRAND CANYON ADVENTURE: River At Risk (Blu-Ray 3D)
CORALINE 3D (Blu-Ray 3D))
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (Blu-Ray 3D)
MONSTERS-VS-ALIENS (Samsung Blu-Ray 3D Starter Kit)
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November’s Celebri3D Birthdays:
11/01-Jenny McCarthy; Lyle Lovett; Stephen Crane
11/02-Paul Taylor; Stephanie Powers; Ray Walston; Burt Lancaster; David Schwimmer; k.d. lang; Paul Ford; Marie Antoinette; Daniel Boone
11/03-Kate Capshaw; Roseanne Barr (Freddy’s Dead); Charles Bronson (House of Wax, Miss Sadie Thompson); Dolph Lundgren; Adam Ant; Dennis Miller
11/04-Matthew McConaughey; Ralph Macchio; Markie Post; Loretta Swit; Doris Roberts; Art Carney; Walter Cronkite (SOS Earth); Will Rogers
11/05-Tatum O’Neal; Tilda Swinton (Chronicles of Narnia); Bryan Adams; Sam Shepard; Art Garfunkel; Elke Sommer; Vivien Leigh; Roy Rogers; Joel McCrea
11/06-Emma Stone (Spiderman 4); Thandie Newton; Rebecca Romijn; Ethan Hawke; Glenn Frey; Sally Field; Mike Nichols; John Philip Sousa
11/07-Brian Gardner (Coraline, Meet the Robinsons); Dean Jagger; Dana Plato; Keith Lockhart; Joni Mitchell; Al Hirt; Joan Sutherland
11/08-Tara Reid; Parker Posey (Superman Returns); Bonnie Raitt; Patti Page; Esther Rolle; Margaret Mitchell
11/09-Hedy Lamarr; Lou Ferrigno; Mary Travers
11/10-Brittany Murphy (Happy Feet); Ellen Pompeo; Mackenzie Phillips; Tim Rice (Nutcracker 3D); Roy Scheider; Richard Burton; Claude Rains
11/11-Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic); Demi Moore (Parasite); Peta Wilson; Calista Flockhart; Jonathon Winters (Santa-VS-Snowman)
11/12-Wallace Shawn (Toy Story 3D); Grace Kelly (Dial M for Murder); Anne Hathaway; Neil Young; Jo Stafford
11/13-Whoopi Goldberg; Chris Noth; Jean Seberg; Robert Louis Stevenson
11/14-Brian Keith (Jivaro); Veronica Lake; Rosemary DeCamp; McLean Stevenson; Barbara Hutton; Dick Powell; Aaron Copland
11/15-Ed Asner (Up); Sam Waterston; Petula Clark
11/16-Lisa Bonet; Daws Butler; Burgess Meredith
11/17-Rachel McAdams; Lorne Michaels; Lauren Hutton; Danny DeVito; Martin Scorsese (Hugo Chabret); Rock Hudson (Gun Fury; Taza, Son of Cochise)
11/18-Owen Wilson; Elizabeth Perkins; Sinbad; Linda Evans; Johnny Mercer
11/19-Jodie Foster; Dick Cavett; Meg Ryan (Amityville 3-D); Larry King (Shrek Forever After); Tommy Dorsey
11/20-Bo Derek; Veronica Hamel; Dick Smothers; Robert F. Kennedy
11/21-Bjork; Cherry Jones; Goldie Hawn; Harold Ramis; Juliet Mills
11/22-Scarlet Johanson (Avengers 3D); Mariel Hemingway; Jamie Lee Curtis; Robert Vaughn; Rodney Dangerfield; Hoagy Carmichael
11/23-Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana, Bolt); Salli Richardson; Bruce Hornsby; Johnny Mandel; Harpo Marx; Boris Karloff; Billy The Kid
11/24-Ketherine Heigl; Charles “Lucky” Luciano; Scott Joplin; Bat Masterson
11/25-John Larroquette; Ricardo Montalban (Spy Kids 3D); Christina Applegate; Jill Hennessy; Amy Grant
11/26-Robert Goulet (Toy Story 2); Tina Turner; Charles Schultz
11/27-Robin Givens; Kathryn Bigelow; Bruce Lee; Buffalo Bob Smith
11/28-Ed Harris; Joe Dante (The Hole 3D); Randy Newman (Toy Story 3D)
11/29-Kim Delaney; Cathy Moriarty; Diane Ladd; Howie Mandel; Garry Shandling; Jeff Fahey; C.S. Lewis (Chronicles Of Narnia); Louisa May Alcott
11/30-Elisha Cuthbert; Clay Aiken; Billy Idol; David Mamet; Dick Clark; Robert Guillaume; Ben Stiller; Mandy Patinkin; Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Street Corner Kids 2); Mark Twain; Jonathon Swift (Gulliver’s Travels)
