Category: S3D studio

In Side – stereoscopic 3D puppet animation

In Side is a short puppet film made using stereoscopic technology. It tells the story of Jan, trapped in a world of his own limitations. Only the abstract world of the labyrinth, which he enters as a result of enigmatic events, forces him to truly confront himself, which becomes the seed of a new, real life.

The S3D Studio explores S3D technology and the incredible potential of stereoscopy, finding new artistic standards in the medium. In addition to its unique precision in recording 3D shots, the film also explores issues not previously addressed in 3D films, including the use of shift-tilt lenses, shooting through distorting objects, the possibilities of maximizing editing speed while maintaining viewer perception, and many others.

Piotr Matysiak – head of the S3D Studio. A graduate of geography. He began his adventure with film in 2006 as the director of the film 53:15 Berek. In 2014, he graduated in cinematography from the Polish National Film School in Łódź. During his studies, he made several short films. He is currently completing his doctoral studies at the same university. Director and cinematographer of feature films, documentaries, animations, and producer of dozens of commercials and television programs. He is a licensed scuba diver and underwater photographer. His passion is stop-motion animation. He is a co-founder of the Visual Narratives Laboratory, where he runs the S3D Studio. He is the cinematographer for the film In Side and the cinematographer for the S3D Studio project.

Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi – born in 1896 in Cracow. A graduate of psychology at the University of Warsaw and animation at the Film School in Łódź, a doctoral student at the Film School in Łódź; in her short films, she takes an innovative approach to traditional animation techniques, creating mesmerizing, poetic worlds. Her films have won numerous awards at international film festivals, including the prestigious Annecy Festival. Co-founder of LeLe Production.

meet In Side team

In Side premiered in 2023 at the 13th STOPTRIK International Film Festival in Maribor.

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The shooting of the film ‘In Side’ has wrapped up

We’re thrilled to announce that the filming of ‘In Side’ movie & research project, as a part of S3D Studio works, is finally completed. Big thanks to the whole team and everyone who supported us during those last three years. The editing process is already done and we move on to the post-production.

The premiere of the ‘In Side’ project is planned for Feb 2023.
Keep your fingers crossed & follow the next stages!

BEHIND THE SCENES: 2021 in the S3D Lab

In the past year, the S3D Studio team had the pleasure to work on new stereoscopic issues. This time was full of new challenges for members of the team. Another year of work on the “In Side” project has shown that the system of cyclic laboratories is beneficial for the realized project because it allows for careful pre-production of particular stages and precise preparation of assumptions. Our work was in a two-session system and we realized two research sessions (12 shooting days) directly after each other. The first shooting period took place in July, the second in September and the last in November. An important element of our work was to produce a trailer for the film “In Side”, which had its premiere during a visual seminar at the Film School in ?ód?. From the point of view of stereoscopy, the biggest novelty this year was the start of work on the creation of virtual scenery.
In 2021, we shot over four and a half minutes of material consisting of about seventy shots. The result of the workshop is over nine minutes of research material. The footage was shot in stop-motion puppet animation technique using a motion control robot (Animoco). The research team of S3D Studio focused their work on the following stereoscopic issues: convergent vs. parallel convergence, use of non-standard lenses (shift- tilt, baby lens, fisheye, macro lenses, etc.), the issue of fast editing, changing the camera’s positioning, the use of the camera’s lenses, the use of the camera’s lenses, the use of the camera’s lenses, the use of the camera’s lenses, the use of the camera’s lenses, etc. ), quick editing, changing the base, convergence during the shot, spatial effects interpretations, sense of depth vs. foreground, vertigo effect, use of macro imaging, CGI and transparency, selected editing issues (interstices and wide planes), floating window, multiring, shooting through distorting media, and out of focus vs. sense of depth. In the middle of the year 2021, the team of the S3D Studio has expanded with the postproduction department, which is supervised by dr. Piotr Napieralski, lecturer at the Technical University of ?ód?. Together, we worked on modeling and texturing the virtual decoration extension and cleaning the footage.
The year 2021 is the third year of the S3D Studio. The gradual discovery of successive stereoscopic creations before our eyes arouses our constant curiosity and delight. The year 2022, apart from the planned six shooting sessions, will focus on the issues related to the postproduction of the image and the work summarizing the entire research project.

IN SIDE film trailer

 

S3D Studio in New York

Justyna Ruci?ska from Pracownia S3D vnLab will take part in a forum entitled Aspects of Effective Storytelling as part of the fifth edition of Animation Nights New York Best of Fest. The meeting will be attended by animation creators and representatives of companies such as LAIKA or Deloitte Consulting. The think tank will focus on the tools used by animators and their impact on the story being told. It will also discuss the role of screenwriting, editing, cinematography, music and voice acting in creating engaging content in animation.

ANNY Best of Fest is an annual festival featuring animation screenings, VR presentations, panel discussions and industry meetings in a dedicated VR space. This year, the event will take place from November 13 to 20.
We warmly encourage you to participate in the festival.

More information can be found at: ANNY Best of Fest

 

The film shoot for In Side is underway

We are beginning another research session of the S3D Studio. Apart from the regular post-production work with the team from the Technical University of Lodz, we are starting shooting the next scenes of the IN SIDE movie.

In the coming weeks, we will try to register, among others, stereoscopic representations in the so-called vertigo effect or optical deformations (created in irregular refractive media) different for the right and left eye.

This film shoot session will last until November 25th.

S3D Studio at StopTrik IFF

This Sunday you will have an opportunity to listen to Piotr Matysiak, the head of S3D Studio, who will talk about the secrets of making IN SIDE film and about the difficulties and challenges in creating using the S3D technique during StopTrik IFF.

The presentation of the project will take place during the “Trik Show” discussion on November 7th at 12:00 p.m. in Pop’n’Art. You are welcome!

StopTrik is an international film festival devoted to stop motion animation. Its program includes screenings of animated films, discussions, and meetings with filmmakers.

More information about the event can be found at: STOPTRIK IFF

 

S3D studio halfway through the project

Another “lab” (September 6-21) of the research programme of S3D vnLAB Lab has ended. The team has already completed half of the planned shoot under this project.

During the latest research session (September 17), an open visual seminar of the S3D vnLAB studio was also held, which attracted great interest. The seminar was available “live”, and thanks to the cooperation with the Multimedia Service Department of the ?ód? Film School, the production and transmission took place also on Zoom and Vimeo platforms.

WATCH THE SEMINAR

Among the guests (“live” and online), in addition to the lecturers and employees of the School, there were also representatives of, among others: PISF, SFP, SPPA, ?FC, ?ód? Polytechnic, ASP ?ód?, ASP Kraków. As part of the meeting, in addition to the presentations of studio members and its activities, footage filmed as part of the research from the beginning of the project was presented.

There was also a screening of the trailer for the IN SIDE film (in 3D version) which is being produced as part of the project, the 2D version of which already has had nearly a thousand views on the school VIMEO profile.

See the film IN SIDE trailer in 2D

As promised, we also present you the trailer of the film “IN SIDE” in 3D version (SBS)

Link to download the trailer of the film IN SIDE in 3D

There will be more footage of the S3D Studio and the opportunity for another meeting in November in the building of the New Media Centre.

 

New scenography, new world

The next research session of the S3D vnLab Visual Narrative Laboratory team is underway. The team is shooting in a new scenography – the protagonist will face the search for a solution in completely surprising circumstances.

During the two-week set, the team will work on a scene about fighting against time. The team will focus on the main cinematographer-stereographic assumption, which is operating on the limits of stereoscopic parameters and strong introduction of so called foreground.

This is the fifth meeting of the project and the first in 2021. The work will also be accompanied by extensive documentation of the laboratory task on spatial dependencies and relations of objects to each other in the stereoscopic image.This experience the team of the laboratory will share soon.

The activities undertaken in the S3D vnLab are aimed at developing standards for working with stereoscopic images in stop motion productions and adapting them to the needs of dramatic narration in film works, as well as expanding the possibilities of visual expression in S3D works. The result of the 4-year project will be a stereoscopic animated film in stop motion with the working title “In Side”. There are also plans to create a textbook on stereoscopy in animated film.

The S3D vnLab design team includes: Piotr Matysiak – studio manager and cinematographer, Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi – director, Mi?osz Hermanowicz – stereographer, Bartosz Kotarski – animator, Agnieszka Miko?ajczyk – puppeteer, Marcin Jasi?ski – set designer, Marta Chy?a-Janicka – scriptdoctor, Justyna Ruci?ska – deputy studio manager and production manager, J?drzej Hejduk – production assistant, Tomasz ?aptaszy?ski – still photographer, as well as Ma?gorzata Gontarska – communications specialist and Miko?aj Zacharow responsible for the production. Miko?aj Zacharow responsible for technical support and motion control.

The next session will take place at the turn of June and July.

 

S3D Studio

The workshop aims to explore the artistic and dramaturgical possibilities of registering stereoscopic images in “stop motion” techniques. Activities will include a series of innovative experiments aimed at exploring and expanding the cinematic language dedicated to stop-motion animation in the context of the third dimension. As part of the four-year research program, an animated (puppet) short film and a textbook focusing on stereoscopic techniques and systematizing the possibilities and difficulties associated with stereoscopy will be produced. The studio will hold competitions for both artists interested in participating in the research project, as well as producers, institutions and universities wishing to realize S3D projects under the auspices of the studio.

Studio Manager:

Piotr Matysiak, pmatysiak@vnlab.org

Animoko – Training

In January we had the pleasure to host Fabrizio Rocchi, who on behalf of Mark Roberts Motion Control company conducted a training on the use of Animoko.

Motion control devices are commonly used on film sets. A unique model of such a device recently arrived at the studio. The motion control robot, which is at the studio’s equipment, is one of eight similar devices found around the world and the only one in Poland. Animoco was created by Mark Roberts.

The machine is great for guiding the camera during puppet animation. The challenge is to translate the movement that we want to perform in the language of the motion control device. This involves operating in the x,y and z axis ranges. This has more to do with mathematics than with film production.

Since the device is unique, knowledge in this area can only be acquired from the source. For this purpose, we were visited by Fabrizio, an engineer working at Mark Roberts, who knows best the capabilities and limitations of the device he co-created himself.