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AUDI A3 world premiere shot on Screen Plane rigs

For the Geneva Motor Show 2012 Audi unveilled the new A3 with a 3D film shot on Screen Plane's Production Rig and Steady-Flex.

For this project the Production Rig with two Epics and Angenieux zooms 16-42mm had been fitted into the stabilized Flighthead 5 in a close colaboration with Filmotechnic Europe.

The footage was shot with a Russian Arm and a Speedcar on location and a racetrack in Spain, at speeds up to 140k/h.
The small Steady-Flex-Rig was used with two Scarlet cameras and UPs for interiour static and driving shots as well as for fixed mounted details of the car.

The project was finished in a resolution of double HD 3840x1080.

Dir./DoP: Bertram Kropac, Kropac Media Stereographer: Sebastian Cramer, Screen Plane

Watch the making of on Youtube

2nd shooting period of "Measuring the world" in the jungle of Ecuador completed. Feb. 2012

Even under extreme wheater conditions with heat, high humidity and heavy rains, the 2nd shooting period has been completed just in time.

Like on the European shooting period one Production Rig and two KITE rigs were shooting simultaneously most of the time.

"The three rigs we had on the film, were absolutely reliable, even under extreme conditions in the heat of jungle of Ecuador or the cold Winter of Austria/Germany. I really liked how fast they were aligned and setup. Otherwise we would have not been able to complete such a complex historical drama in only 31 shooting days."

Slawomir Idziak, (DoP "Measuring the world", "Harry Potter", "Black Hawk Down")

Steady-Flex on "Carmen 3D" in Prague.
Jan 2012

With a weight of only 5.7 KG of the striped down rig (including brigdeplates, mirror and the built in cmotion 8 axis controller), it was possible to shoot takes of this musical with a length of up to 5 minutes from Steadicam.

One of the benifits of the Steady-Flex lies in it's balance, as the center of gravity is exactly on the post itself, to allow fast pans without tumbling or hitting the gimble.

Screen Plane provides 3 rigs for "Measuring the world"

After intensive tests of various rigs from different manufacturers DoP Slawomir Idziak ("Black Hawk Down", "Harry Potter") and stereographer Andrzej Waluk ("Battle of Warsaw") have chosen Screen Plane to provide the rigs for the production of "Measuring the world". The project is currently shot on locations in Germany, Austria and Ecuador.

The historic drama is based on the bestseller by Daniel Kehlmann and directed by Detlef Buck. The three mirror rigs are equiped Alexas and Sony F3 cameras. Most setups are shot with 3 rigs filming simultaniously.

"Our project is pretty challenging as the amount of shooting days is very limited for a historical drama of this scale. One of the biggest concerns was, that shooting in 3D would slow down the entire production. After more than three weeks of shooting I must say, sofar we are very good in time and have almost no overtime at all. The rigs of Screen Plane seems to work very reliable, I don't think we would be any faster if the film would be shot in 2D."
Claus Boje, Producer - BojeBuck Film

Kraftwerk 3D Concerts, Sep.2011

Since more than 30 years Kraftwerk is one of the most popular and innovative bands in Germany. Their new concerts combine 3D projections with the live music and are promoted as 3D concerts.

While most of the material are computer generated graphics, Screen Plane shot the live action parts for the show in 3D on a Production Rig with 2 Red cameras.

DoP: Sebastian Cramer, Stereographer: Jan Bernotat

New side mount for Production Rig introduced at IBC 2011

Together with Cartoni Spa Screen Plane has developed a side mount for the Cartoni Lambda Head.

„When Sebastian asked me if we could make a side mount for our Lambda I immediately saw the potential of this configuration.
Camera and lenses can be reached easily and as the Lamda can be varied in the height of the column the tilt range has no limits anymore. And of course it´s nice to have one single configuration which can be used underslung and overslung.
Its actually funny nobody else has asked us for this configuration before."

Elisabetta Cartoni, C.E.O. Cartoni Spa

Italien Feature shoots on Production Rig - July 2011

The biggest italien 3D feature feature this year under stereographer David Bush and DP Marcello Montarsi have choosen the Production Rig as the main rig for their project. The film is currently shot in and around Rome and directed by Fausto Brizzi.

"Together with Marcello Montarsi, director of photography, we looked at and tried out many different rigs before settling on the Screen Plane Production Rig.
Our criteria was to have total stability, ease of operation for the lowest payload and physical size possible, and the Screen Plane fitted the bill better than any other rig.
Since the gear was designed and built by Sebastian Cramer, a highly experienced stereographer, we were sure that it would perform efficiently, and the ease and speed of calibration after several thousand shots have proved that our choice was, indeed, the most effective.“

David Bush, director of stereography
"Com'è bella far l'amore" in 3d

Screen Plane shoots image campaign for AUDI - June 2011

In June a 12min image campaign was shot for AUDI in S3D. All camera gear and the stereoscopic team was provided by Screen Plane. The project was delivered with an image width of 6K at an aspect ratio of 5:1 and produced and postproduced by Topalsson Munich and finished at Bavaria Cinepost.

Production Topalsson GmbH & Co KG, Dir: Kubilay Topal, DP: Emanuel Schwermer, Stereographer: Jan Bernotat / Screen Plane

Screen Plane shoots Red Bull "Flying Steps Project", Nov. 2010

Screen Plane starts first feature - Sep 2010
The new KITE rig has been booked directly on the first 3D feature "One Way Trip" to be shot in Switzerland. Screen Plane is not only supplying the rigs, but is also in charge of the stereographer on this production.

Prod. Hesse Greutert Film
Stereographer: Jan Bernotat

Production Rig on Microsoft commercial.

Screen Plane's Production Rig has been used on the first 3D commercial in Germany for Microsoft.

The film shows a bicycle rider with an orange particle trail performing a parcour track. The Production Rig has been used with 2 Alexas on a dolly, a camera car and a GF-16 crane.

Prod. Comp. E+P Commercials
DoP: Christian Rein
Stereographer: Melissa Byers, Vision3

Watch the clip in 3D on Youtube

Red Bull - World Bodypainting Festival - 3D

Screen Plane provided the stereo rigs and stereo technicians for the World Bodypainting Festival 2010, which was sponsored by Red Bull.
It was one of the greatest jobs we ever shot, to film those half naked girls with the most gorgeous outfits - pure fun!

Prod. Comp./ Dir: Peter Clausen Film DoP: Sebastian Cramer, Stereographer: Jan Bernotat

Watch the clip in 3D on Youtube

Screen Plane shoots downhill in Kitzbuehel

One of the first 3D projects of Screen Plane was a Red Bull film about the Kitzbuehel ski downhill race with a spectacular POV perspective of the skier going down the racetrack on the day of the event.

„When we have been asked to do the job, nobody had an idea how to shoot the POV in 3D, full HD and completly stabilized. After intesive tests, with various body and head mounts, we have develloped and build a compact hand held rig with gyro stabilisation and two little mini cameras in only 3 weeks. The entire recording was in the backback of the skier. The little rig was so cute, that we called it „Snuggle Puggle“ and we still use it for hand held action shots.“ Sebastian Cramer

Prod. Comp/Dir: Peter Clausen Film
DoP/Stereographer: Sebastian Cramer, Screen Plane

Watch the clip in 3D on Youtube