Panasonic BT-3DL2550 PROfiles: Florida State Goes 3D - Page 1

Florida State Goes 3D Seminole Productions Adopts AG-3DA1 3D Camcorder for Football Coaching Analysis & Recruitment Videos Seminole Productions, the video production unit of Florida State University's Department of Communication, purchased a Panasonic's new AG3DA1 Full HD 3D camcorder, which it has implemented in the groundbreaking application of shooting 3D recruitment video and coaching analysis footage for the current Seminoles' football season. Seminole Productions has been a quiet pioneer in 3D sports production, having shot 3D highlight videos for recruits and alums for the past five years. Executive Director Mark Rodin explained that, prior to buying the 3DA1, he had been using parallel rigs equipped with HDV camcorders. "It wasn't an easy rig in terms of setting alignment and convergence," Rodin said, "and post was taking way too much time. But along the way, the football coaches began to see the value of 3D for video analysis. They liked the spatial axis, the potential to see better to evaluate players' techniques and drills." "From my perspective, the proof of concept for 3D coaching video was the camera. I wanted to turn around practice in 3D video within an hour, which I certainly couldn't do with the HDV camcorders and the requisite post. The camera needed to be simple, and you had to be able to set alignment and convergence quickly. We've found all those assets in the 3DA1," Rodin said. Rodin worked with a pre-production model of the 3DA1 during football training. "We had the camera hooked up to Panasonic's BT-3DL2550 3D monitor, and the coaches could see the benefits instantaneously. And I immediately realized tremendous timesavings in post. I started out working Continued on back