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Variety Bits and Bites: ETC, 3D training, ICT

[Variety]

S3D Campus in Paris will hold a training program on producing and selling a 3D feature or documentary. June 13-14 Program includes a chance to pitch projects to the Dimension 3 marketplace aud. The program is free; applications are due by April 15. … In a restructuring, London-based 3D Visual Enterprises has acquired 100% of Meduza Systems of Irvine, Calif. Meduza is a maker of modular 3D cameras. 3D Visual Enterprises had been Meduza’s financial, marketing and distribution arm. The combined company will take on the Meduza moniker and continue to have offices in London and Irvine. Chris Cary is CEO of the new Meduza and the executive team includes consultants Matt Whalen (imaging and color scientist) and Al Mayer (chief mechanical engineer and program manager).

 

USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab will hold its first Innovation Summit on March 30. Among sponsors for the event are Apple, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and DirecTV. … The Entertainment Technology Center at USC has appointed three new board members: Bryan Ellenburg of Paramount, Don Eklund of Sony and David Wertheimer of Fox. Wertheimer is a former CEO and executive director of the ETC. … USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies, Icon Imaging Studio, Lightstage LLC and House of Moves worked together on a new pipeline to create digital doubles for “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.” … Digital Domain Institute, a collaboration between the visual effects studio Digital Domain and Florida State U., began classes on Monday. DDI is still in temporary digs in West Palm Beach.

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