Still from Horrid Henry (Novell Entertainment / Vertigo Films, 2011)

Novell Entertainment / Vertigo Films · 2011

Horrid Henry

Horrid Henry peering through a pair of binoculars

Horrid Henry's big-screen debut, shot in native stereo with every splash made bigger in 3D and the shoot kept fast enough for a young cast.

What it was

Novell Entertainment's Lucinda Whiteley and director Nick Moore asked for a film that made the gross-out comedy more fun for small children in stereo, and the colour palette and the nature of the film gave plenty of room to do it. Vision3 shot it natively, with Chris Parks as stereo supervisor and Matthew Smith as stereographer.

Technical approach

Younger actors mean shorter, high-intensity shooting days, so the team developed ways of working that kept the native stereo rigs from slowing the set and left Nick Moore free to make the film as he intended. Matthew Smith also supervised the post production.

On camera

Everything on camera

In their words

  • The fact that it was shot in native 3D is immediately apparent with objects having a realism and a solidity that only comes from genuine 3D.

    AVForums, Steve Withers · Read ↗

  • The production design makes good use of the added depth to create layers and overall this is a well shot 3D movie.

    AVForums, Steve Withers · Read ↗

  • "Keeping in mind Horrid Henry's comic strip origins we're intentionally using 3D card-boarding as a creative tool, working to bring some of the layered feeling of cartoons to life on the big screen."

    TechRadar, Adam Hartley · Read ↗

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