December 3rd to be 3D Day in Madrid

SGO to host a 3D Day with speakers who worked on Prometheus, The Amazing Spiderman and Asterix & Obelix: On Her Majesty's Service

The venue will be the Academia de Cine in Madrid Spain and SGO, the company behind Mistika, will showcase the stereoscopic finishing tool’s involvement on this year’s biggest 3D movies.

Delegates will also get the opportunity to watch the latest trailer of The Hobbit, a few weeks before the release date of December 14th.

Stereoscopic Supervisor, Leo Vezzali who used Mistika on The Amazing Spiderman and Prometheus, will talk about his views on 2D to 3D conversion. European colourist, Sergio Ochoa will talk about his work on Asterix & Obelix: On Her Majesty's Service, and Lead VFX Stereographer, Paco Ramos at BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting Corporation) will also present his views on stereo 3D and the broadcasting business.

If you would like to attend the SGO 3Dday, you can email before 27th November 2012 to reserve your place at both day and night events.

The full agenda is as follows:

3.15pm Registration Opens
3.30pm Introduction by Sofia Pensado, SGO's Marketing Strategies Manager
3.35pm Borja Adsuara from RED.es – Introduction to Spanish performance-leading Technology
3.40pm The trailer of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit
3.45pm Welcoming words from Miguel Angel Doncel, CEO of SGO
3.55pm Mistika Wizardry in 3D, facing challenges in Prometheus & The Amazing Spiderman, including a bit on 2D to 3D conversions by Leo Vezzali, VFX/3D Stereoscopic Supervisor from Identity FX, L.A.
4.40pm The magic of how Mistika overcame production and post challenges on Asterix & Obelix: On Her Majesty's Service by Sergio Ochoa, Colourist at Digimage, France
5.25pm 3D Broadcasting Business Models by Francisco Ramos, Lead VFX Stereographer at BSkyB
6.10pm The End of the Afternoon session followed by The SGO 3D Party @ 7pm at Sala Tempo, C/ Duque de Osuna 8. 28015, Madrid

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