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music video for the official FIFA World Cup song. Sony Music presented Waka Waka in its 3D pavilion at the World Cup games in South Africa and used the clip for point-of- sales worldwide for its Bravia 3D TVs.They also provided post on the Lady Gaga 3D music video, Alejandro. “We’re having a lot of fun with stereo 3D,” says Steele. “You get to learn all sor ts of new things. Especially as a compositor, you’re constantly modifying elements in 3D space now — you’re working on real dio- ramas, not just a canvas.That’s a new and exciting experience.” GOD AND PHYSICS Odd Machine’s (www.theoddmachine. com) Seth Henrikson served as DP on a re- cent shoot f or the Or igin Enter tainment documentary with the w orking title , God and Physics. Exploring astrophysics, intelligent design and the origins of the universe, it fea- tures inter views with Nobel laureates, NASA scientists and other big thinkers, and is slated for release on Blu-ray disc. Initially Henrikson was sk eptical about shooting the interview segments in 3D, but he “quickly became a believ er. When I looked at the dailies, it felt like the people were in your living room with you.” He used a P+S Technik Freestyle stereo 3D camera rig designed for Steadicam use but config- ured it on a tripod and outfitted it with a pair of Silicon Imaging SI-2K Minis. “We were the first crew to shoot with the rig, and it was m y first time with the cameras,” he reports.Well-known stereogra- pher Keith Collea was on set to advise him; Origin Entertainment executive producer James Volk headed up the production and post production team in Los Angeles. Editor Warren Lam at Origin says, “there continued on page 53 Oasis Imagery’s Scott Barbour: “You can’t do 3D post well unless you do 3D production well.”