Friday, February 20th, 2009

Future of Animation

Henry Selick, Director/Writer of the new stop-motion animated 3-D adventure CORALINE. © 2008 Focus Features LLC. All rights reserved. Photo: Kelvin Jones

Forget the old red and blue glasses -- 3D animation has gotten an upgrade. We'll speak with the inventor of the 3D system currently used in some modern theaters about how the technology has changed and hear from filmmakers, including "Coraline" director Henry Selick, about the art of making animations jump off the screen.

Guests

Henry Selick
Director, "Coraline"
Supervising Director, LAIKA
Portland, OR

Lenny Lipton
Inventor, Stereoscopic vision system
Chief Technology Officer, RealD
Los Angeles, CA

Jim Mainard
Head of Production Development
DreamWorks Animation
Glendale, CA

Related Links

• RealD
• Dreamworks Animation
• Coraline movie

Segment produced by:Flora Lichtman

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