3D Music - Concert and Live Performance

Stereomedia has photographed over twenty music concerts in 3D,

beginning in 1993.

We've pioneered and developed special equipment enabling us to become more “invisible” to the audience during “live” performances, but still be able to get the angles we need to bring the live feel & experience to the viewers.

We've photographed more musical shows in Stereo 3D than any other company in the world, and more than a decade before the “Hanna Montana”, "The Jonas Brothers 3D" & “U23D ” concerts.

In live theater, intimacy and rapport with the audience is at it's highest level. However, that same performance photographed and presented in standard 2D, even under the most ideal conditions, can lose much of that intimacy and "presence". This loss of this intimacy will often render an exciting subject flat and lifeless.

 

Stereo3D is the next logical step into reality.

With conventional two-dimensional photography, intimacy, presence and a true sense of reality are very often quite difficult to achieve. Cirque du Soleil "Saltimbanco 3D"Cirque du Soleil "Saltimbanco 3D". Stereomedia leads the world in professional Stereo3D entertainment.

 

Since 1993, we have specialized in live-venue projects such as music concerts and "live" theatrical productions, with future plans of offering "live" and post-produced packages for home entertainment (TV & Internet). Programming is being developed for broadcast via satellite and cable in addition to a "rental" promotion for video stores. Stereomedia pioneered 3D live music capture in the late 90s.

With our specialized equipment and “live” 3D concert techniques make the production run more smoothly, and give the viewer that up close and personal experience of being at a live performance they’re expecting.

 

Here are some concert performances we've captured in Stereo 3D,(all photographed during concerts in paid venues with live audiences--not just in a controlled studio environment.)

 

KISS 3D on Tour

Stereomedia provided the live-to-projection 3D technology for the KISS Psycho Circus Tour. Three 45’ rear-projection screens were placed behind and above the act, and on either side of the stage. Eight 5K video projectors were focused on each screen. (four per eye), to assure maximum brightness and to overcome the pyro and other visual effects that were part of the show. The audience wore simple, lightweight polarized glasses.


Stereomedia also provided the cameras and 3D live Tiger on Green Screen in 3DTiger on Green Screen in 3Dpreviz and technical support for the taping of the segments shot before the tour on a soundstage in Dallas Texas. These segments used the Stereomedia camera on standard camera cranes shooting against green screen for stunning visual effects composite in 3D. Live animals such as a tiger and an iguana were used as subjects.

AT&T "Cirque de Soleil"

LENGTH: 7 minutes CONCEPT: Capture the magic and "live" spirit of French-Canadian Cirque de Soleil troupe performing "Saltimbanco".

PRESENTATION: Projected to groups of 80 persons per showing for three days at trade show.

 

  Click Here to see some of the video we shot for this project on Youtube. You can view with a variety of anaglyph glasses.

Cirque du Soleil Gallery

AT&T "On Tour"

LENGTH: Six-15 minute segments.

Pantera, taped in Stereo 3DPantera, taped in Stereo 3DCONCEPT: Series was designed to bring added realism to "live" concert performances. Groups included: Beck, Blues Traveler, Cirque du Soleil, Cranberries, The Cure, Deftones, Devo, Steve Earle, The Four Tops, Free Range Chickens, Metallica, Pantera, Salmon Blasters, Space Hog, Sting, White Zombie, and others.



The Four TopsThe Four TopsPRESENTATION: Stereo3D visuals were sent to large screens around a number of the concert halls. Private screenings for executives were made using LC glasses and conventional video monitors.

Secret World, Ltd.

LENGTH: 8 minutes

CONCEPT: Photograph selections from the Peter Gabriel "Secret World" Tour in 3D.

PRESENTATION: Stereo3D was presented in two ways: projected onto large screens and direct-view monitors. Presentations were made at a series of W.O.M.A.D. (World Of Music And Dance), Festivals by erecting two tents to create two theaters; one containing a large screen projection, the other with the direct-view monitors. Polaroid glasses were used to view the projected video and LC glasses for the direct-view monitors.