Prime Focus World Provides Stereo 3D Conversion for Sony Pictures MIB 3
Prime Focus World, a leading global technology services company, served as the exclusive conversion partner to Sony Pictures Imageworks for the 3D release of Sony Pictures Men In Black(TM) 3.
January 19th, 2014
Prime Focus World, a leading global
technology services company, served as the exclusive conversion partner
to Sony Pictures Imageworks for the 3D release of Sony Pictures Men In
Black(TM) 3. The film, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, is the
third installment in one of Sony s most recognized and successful motion
picture franchises and the first film in the series to be presented in
3D.
Sony
Pictures Imageworks 3D Visual Effects Supervisor, Corey Turner,
oversaw the entire project and worked closely with Prime Focus World s
senior stereo supervisors Jeremy Nicolaides and John Pierce as well as
with Prime Focus World s 3D Producer Michael Pryor. Utilizing their
global pipeline, Prime Focus World, with the support of Sony Pictures
Imageworks, completed more than 1700 shots by assigning over 800 artists
across three continents to the project, which effectively enabled the
team to spread the job across multiple time zones and work seamlessly 24
hours a day. Director Barry Sonnenfeld and Turner collaborated with
Prime Focus World from the earliest stages of post-production to use the
third dimension as a storytelling tool to further enhance the
theatrical experience.
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