Had to work this weekend, but I can’t complain. This weekend involved heading over to Europe in order to work with our friend Arnaud Paris at LocaRed in Paris. LocaRed specializes in RED rentals, production, and post production…and, the reason we’re here, stereoscopic filmmaking. The folks at Element Technica were kind enough to get one of their stereo rigs express shipped to France in time to film this weekend for the Introduction to Stereoscopic course at fxphd. Don’t expect the rig to be something you easily can carry around on your shoulder with two RED cameras. But you probably wouldn’t be doing that anyway. The rig is extremely well-built…incredibly solid and rigid which means the cameras won’t move as much independently of each other. This leads to better original acquisition.

We’re here covering on-set issues regarding stereo…cameras (we used RED), lenses, on-set monitoring, alignment, rigs, and more. But the best part was that Arnaud thought it would be a great idea to put the rig in the back of a truck and drive through Paris filming a motorcycle out the back. Who was I to complain? Driving and filming past the Louvre, through Place de la Concorde and then along the Seine? Life is good…

Tomorrow….more fun in France, including filming the plates for Daniel Smith’s killer NUK203 Nuke and Stereoscopic course.