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A key address at the Screen Africa technology conference at MTA on Wednesday 20 July will be discussions on both the acquisition and post production of 3D content. A practical workshop showing delegates the complexities of shooting this format will take place, as well as a discussion covering the post production requirements.

Local 3D experts Marius van Straaten, Stefan Nel, Russel Bowden and Shaun De Ponte will be in attendance, as well as world renowned post production expert Roland Brown, Chair of the UK Digital Television Group. “We are going to present a cost effective complete solution for all 3D projects from pre-production through acquisition to post,” says Nel. “South Africa is only recently venturing into 3D production although we have serviced large international 3D projects. The future of leading edge technologies is 3D.”

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“I think that with the likes of South Africa’s Emily and Graham Wallington, Bowden and Nell amongst others we are up to speed with international 3D trends,” says van Straaten. “Media Film Services did a great job on Judge Dread with 3D support. In some areas we are world leaders. Look at the Wallington’s from Wild Earth (http://www.wildearth.tv/about-we), they are world leaders in 3D streaming of wild life and have very high website retention rates.”

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