What happens when a Philadelphia-based film journalist & critic embarks on a one-person campaign to change the way stereoscopic 3D filmmaking is made, distributed, and viewed? And decides to do so by developing a system for converting old, 2D, public domain sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films to his own impressionistic vision of dimensional storytelling?
Not sure yet, but we’re off to a good start.
Hi, I’m Dan Persons, conceiver, developer, and sole practitioner of SpaceBrains3D, a process for converting public domain films that weren’t presented in 3D, but always should have been. This is not the polished, “realistic” 3D that the mainstream studios are dishing out; it’s a little bit raw, a little bit funky. But I like that – I think this particular sense of 3D-ness complements the films that I’m using the technique on.
It’s taken me three years of experimentation to come up with a combination of AI and manual processes that I feel are worthy of being offered to the public. I’ve set up a shop on Etsy, with my first effort, Gammera 3D: The Goodman Cut, available now, and my next release, Carnival of Souls 3D, available soon. And if you use the promo code SEEING3D, you can save 15%.
Cereal at Midnight recently had me on to blather about 3D and my mission to reimagine the process. You can check it out here.
I’ll be updating this topic in the comments below with further news, thoughts, info, haikus, etc. And if you want to comment and ask questions, the floor is open. Gotta get that fixed one day; watch yer step.