As Youtubes 3d-sharing capabilities have improved, we share you the high quality version of Karisma Films 3d pilot.

On a perfect day in Autumn was shot a studio session music video for a finnish pop-group Nro 83. The song is titled “Velipoika” (Brother) and when the band was playing we shot what we got in the cosy but small studio space. With such a nice scenery outside we added some colory shots and sympathetic action. The video was shot at Astral Studio, Tampere. Video was shot and edited by Markus Kosonen. More informatio about Nro 83-band here. Track recorded by Lauri Heikkilä.

The latest Karisma Films fiction production Sydänjuuria (eng. Heartstrings and “Arno” as working title) has finished shooting and continues to the post. The story is a drama about a bio-researcher Arno (Ismo Kallio) who tries to save his terminally ill wife Helmi (Tiina Rinne) with an alternative medicine. Familys doctor son Pyry (Mikko Reitala) does not share Arnos view on treating his mother – then, something unseen happens.

The film is directed by Outi Hartikainen and it is a joint production with Tampere University of Applied Sciences/Art, Music and Media. (TTVO).

The films premiere is scheduled on March 2012.

Finland – IIHF World Champions 2011. Finland´s national ice-hockey team made it and beat Sweden 6-1. The one and the only Championship victory for Team Finland was from 1995. In this video, you can see the way to celebrate in Finnish way.

Watch Karisma Films first 3D-project on Youtube 3D-plugin and red/cyan glasses. You can also select different viewing method.

Directed by: Tommi Moilanen & Markus Kosonen
Produced by: Markus Kosonen/Karisma Films
3D Director : Riku Naskali/Stereoikkuna.fi
Recorded by: Lauri Malin/Matrixtor Studios
3D-audio mix: Tomi Pietilä/TomFloor Productions 5piste1.fi
Assistant director: Tomi Kuusisto/Karisma Films
Light: Iiro Peltonen & Hannu Koivuranta
Make-up: Outi Hartikainen
Format: HD 3D

4th annual FILMINI Short Film Festival was held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Karisma Films producer Markus Kosonen was taking part of the Production  Master Class and the Jury for selecting award films. Here is the link for The Festival Jury introduction and the awarded films. Finland was nicely regarded  with two awards, both for the short animation Benigni.

Hello, lucky owners of the NVidia 3D Vision systems. Here is a treat for you – a pilot video of the upcoming WARP 3D movie. In the full glory of the HD 3D. Yes, full HD till the last pixel.

It’s a pity how much of the video content currently available in the 3D Vision format (read – none). So we decided to release this freely. Download, enjoy. Just remember, that’s not a movie, that’s not a trailer. That’s a pilot video, which hopefully will allow us to create the rest of the movie.

So, here’s how you can watch it.

Download the video tracks (266mb each):
Left eye: http://www.karismafilms.fi/warp/3dvision/WARP_preview_L.m2t
Right eye: http://www.karismafilms.fi/warp/3dvision/WARP_preview_R.m2t

Download the soundtrack (21mb):
http://www.karismafilms.fi/warp/3dvision/WARP_preview.wav

Use NVidia 3D Vision video player or Stereoscopic Player (which is basically the same):
File -> Open Left and Right file -> select video tracks -> select Audio -> Separate audio file -> and select the wav soundtrack. Now click Ok, then activate the full screen.

Enjoy the show.

And yes, you can download only one eye, open it in the same way in Stereoscopic player, attach a soundtrack, and enjoy the glorious 2D HD version of the video. But hey, that’s a 3D movie after all. If you just knew all the effort behind bringing the “gimmick” of stereo to live.

The pilot video is also available in digital cinema package format – DCP. We can send it to you upon request, if we decide it’s really worth it.

One more thing. This 3D video is shot and optimised for the big screen. I’ve checked it also on Acer’s 24” 3D monitor, and it looked just great. But beware of downscaling it to the lower resolution. You’ll loose the precious stereo depth. In 3D size (of the screen) does matter.

/Alex Savin, the dude who directs this show

Check out more production stills from the WARP 3d project here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karismafilms/sets/72157623678766730/

And the stereoscopic anaglyph photos can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karismafilms/sets/72157623580714999/

Karisma Films successfully completed the first days of shooting new 3d sci-fi short movie. Project is titled “WARP” and targeted to hit the screens this year.

Photography by Alberto Campi, http://www.albertocampiphoto.com/

A new video is released today for your amusement. Edit and music by Alexander Savin, the original material is provided by folks from Tampere Skydiving club. Made for the Skydiving club and Linnanpallo – the hot air balloon company from Hämeenlinna.

Enjoy the show!