Pictorvision Eclipse Earns Academy Award
Pictorvision (Van Nuys, CA, USA) designed the revolutionary Eclipse stabilized platform. Eclipse represents a milestone in the advancement of aerial camera platforms as it incorporates proprietary patented XR Motion Management technology that enables the most advanced steering, stability and pointing and tracking capabilities ever designed. This explains why it has been chosen for the shooting of many blockbusters, including Air Racers 3D that will be released on April 5, 2012.
Scientific and Technical Award
Michael Lewis, Greg Marsden, Raigo Alas and Michael Vellekoop were among the 30 honorees to take the stage at the 2012 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Award ceremony, hosted by “Resident Evil” star Milla Jovovich, and held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA. They picked up an award for the design and implementation of Pictorvision’s Eclipse, the electronically stabilized aerial camera platform that was used on five of the 2011 top 10 highest grossing live action films.
Accepting the AMPA 2012 Award, Michael Lewis credited now deceased aerial technician Gary Childs, for his many contributions to the project and larger than life personality. Both Lewis and Vellekoop also thanked Mark Chamberlain, current Chairman of PV Labs, Pictorvision’s parent company and past president and CEO of Wescam, for his encouragement and investment in new technology for the cinema business. All 4 recipients were part of the same team who pioneered aerial stabilization for cameras 35 years ago.
Helicopter mounted 3D cameras
Air Racers 3D will be released soon in IMAX 3D (check it on IMDB). A large part of the film was shot by David Nowell from the PictorVision Helicopter. Read more here on PictorVision about the shooting that included two Red cameras and 10X zoom lenses for the stunning shots (rather unusual in IMAX productions).
Royalty free aerial footage
Answering the growing demand for 3D elements for television and film, Artbeats, a leader in the production of high quality stock footage, offers Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) stock footage library including shots by PictorVision Eclipse since January 2011.
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