Concurso Cortos en 3D Estereoscópico

To help promote the launch of its new 3D BRAVIAs, Sony is looking for a range of stereoscopic content to go on its in-store demo Blu-ray disc and to be made available to all purchasers of a Sony BRAVIA 3D TV. Intrigued by the prospect of 3D TV? Then check out Sony’s 3D World section for more information.

What to enter

We’re looking for stereoscopic 3D shorts made to work with active shutter technology (ie NOT red-blue anaglyph). Each video sequence should, preferable, be around 5-10 minutes in length. However, if you have a shorter sequence (that’s suitably impressive) we’ll still be willing to consider it for inclusion

In terms of content, we don’t mind if it’s character animation, a VFX sequence, motion graphics or a particularly cool arch-viz flythrough. The key factors are that it’s of a professional standard, has good quality stereo 3D, and is suitable for family viewing!

How to enter

The competition is open to anyone capable of producing a stereo 3D video sequence – be it a new short from scratch or re-rendering an existing project in stereo 3D. The closing date for entries is Friday 9th July 2010.

You’ll need to render two sequences as single stream progressive scan 1920×1080 24fps (using any codec that plays back on a current non-3D PlayStation 3) with stereo sound – one for right eye, one for left.

For initial judging, the the video should be arranged as two, side-by-side, horizontally compressed 960×1080 images, left eye image on the left. The 960×1080 images will then be expanded to fill the 16:9 1920×1080 screen for viewing. You’ll need to use a composing package to combine the two sequences into one piece of footage.

Winning entries selected for inclusion on the demo Blu-ray disc will need to be delivered as two sets (left eye and right eye) of 1920×1080 TIFF or TARGA frames and a 48KHz Wav file for the sound (stereo or surround).

To enter the competition, send your stereoscopic movie on CD or DVD to the following address: Rachel Batchelor, Sony Europe, The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey  KT13 0XW.

Your entry must clearly state your name, address, telephone number and email address. (Unfortunately we are unable to return original entries.)

All entries should be sent by 9 July 2010.

NOTE: You may well want to render in this format right at the beginning to avoid the need for re-rendering later on.

Competition terms and conditions and rules apply.