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Flying Monsters 3D Takes to the Skies at the California Science Center IMAX Theater
By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Sep 17, 2011, 09:40
Film showcases 3D and CGI technology to immerse audiences in a prehistoric world.
Film showcases 3D and CGI technology to immerse audiences in a prehistoric
world.
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(Los Angeles) From ancient to modern times, there has been speculation that
there were once "flying monsters" – huge reptiles with wingspans
bigger than anything on the planet today. But could creatures this extraordinary
really have existed? On October 7, 2011, the California Science Center IMAX
Theater will explore this question and more with the opening of Flying Monsters
3D, a new adventure film from Atlantic Productions, in association with Sky
3D, and distributed by National Geographic Entertainment. The film uses 3D and
CGI technology to immerse movie-goers into a prehistoric world inhabited by
pterosaurs, flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet. Flying Monsters
3D was produced by filmmaker Anthony Geffen and narrated by renowned naturalist,
Sir David Attenborough.
"3D is a wonderful way of seeing the world as the pterosaurs did,"
said Attenborough. "Pterosaurs are the most unlikely of creatures, but
they dominated the skies for millions of years, and now this film will enable
us to fly in 3D with them, the largest flying creatures the world has ever known."
Two hundred and twenty million years ago, dinosaurs were beginning their domination
of Earth. But another group of reptiles was about to make an astonishing leap:
Pterosaurs were taking control of the skies. The story of how and why these
creatures took to the air is more fantastical than any fiction – and one
of the greatest mysteries in paleontology. How did lizards the size of giraffes
defy gravity and soar through prehistoric skies? Driven by the information he
finds as he attempts to answer these questions, Attenborough starts to unravel
one of science's more enduring questions, discovering that the marvel of pterosaur
flight has evolutionary echoes that resonate even today.
Applying the same state-of-the-art 3D CGI technology that was used in Avatar,
Flying Monsters 3D also employs pioneering scientific techniques that reveal
new details about pterosaurs. The groundbreaking film is already earning accolades,
including an award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
and a nomination for Best 3D Program by the 2011 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film
Festival.
From discovering pterosaur embryos that show they might have flown from birth
to figuring out how a creature the size of a giraffe could possibly fly, Flying
Monsters 3D examines questions that have intrigued scientists for more than
two centuries.
"It's almost as if this animated 3D technology was created to tell our
story. With a pterosaur's eye-view of a hyper-real prehistoric Earth in 3D CGI,
our audience will see the challenges of survival, including courtship, flying
and hunting," said Geffen.
Schedule as of October 7, 2011:
Flying Monsters 3D – 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.
Born to be Wild 3D – 11:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Arabia 3D – 1:30 p.m. plus an additional show at 5:30 p.m. Saturday &
Sunday only
Resources:
http://www.flyingmonsters-movie.com
http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/
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