24 February 2010 - 17H47  

Jarre concerts to be filmed with 3-D Avatar cameras
French musician Jean-Michel Jarre performs at Wembley Arena in 2009. Two concerts next month by Jarre are to be filmed in 3-D with the same cameras used to shoot James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar", the musician said.
French musician Jean-Michel Jarre performs at Wembley Arena in 2009. Two concerts next month by Jarre are to be filmed in 3-D with the same cameras used to shoot James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar", the musician said.

AFP - Two concerts next month by French electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre are to be filmed in 3-D with the same cameras used to shoot James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar", the musician said Wednesday.

In a telephone interview from Belgium, where he is rehearsing, Jarre told AFP he had been contacted by Panasonic, which developed the cameras for the 3-D opus, to film the concerts and record in high-definition sound.

The film of the two concerts in Strasbourg and Liege, Belgium, will be "released in 3-D and 2-D later in the year," he said.

3-D, he added, "is an important a revolution as going from black-and-white to colour".

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