Hershey's Really Big! 3D Show (found 3D short film; 2002): Difference between revisions

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The short's poster

Status: Found

Date found: 20 Feb 2024

Found by: Ziggy Cashmere

Hershey's Really Big! 3D Show is a 3D short film that was presented at Hershey's Chocolate World visitor center between 2002-2013.^[1] The film was created by Threshold Digital Research Labs, a branch of Threshold Entertainment who would later go on to create Foodfight! Much of the same crew that worked on Hershey would also work on Foodfight! during its early stages as a keyframe-animated film.

Content

Running 12 minutes in length, the film is presented by a real-life host playing the character Professor D.P. Quigley, beginning with a stereotypically boring presentation on the history of chocolate. After being interrupted by Johnny Proctor, a 3D animated cartoon character, Proctor takes the show in a new direction with show tunes, gags, and kitsch 3D effects. After tasting a Hershey's Kiss, he discovers chocolate doesn't need show tunes to be advertised, because it's already amazing.

It is unknown who voiced Johnny Proctor along with the rest of the cast.

Availability

Due to being a film presented exclusively at Hershey's Chocolate World in person, it was never given any sort of home release. After it was replaced by Hershey's Great Chocolate Factory Mystery in 4D in 2013, which was then replaced with Hershey's Great Candy Expedition in 2022.^[2]

A camera recording surfaced on YouTube in 2015 uploaded by A660 56, however, due to it being a 3D film and recorded from a screen, it os of very low quality, cropped, and hardly representative of the film's content.^[3]

In 2024, a full HD copy with pre-recorded lines from the host was provided by a crew member to user Ziggy Cashmere. The monoscopic and stereoscopic versions were uploaded to the Internet Archive that same day.

Short Film

The monoscopic version.

External Links

References

[1] ttps://facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151328840915959.464066.126297675958&type=3 Farewell party

[2] Hershey's Chocolate World Scrapbook

[3] 2015 YouTube upload

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-'''''Hershey's Really Big! 3D Show''''' is a 3D short film that was presented at Hershey's Chocolate World visitor center between 2002-2013.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151328840915959.464066.126297675958&type=3 Farewell party</ref> The film was created by Threshold Digital Research Labs, a branch of Threshold Entertainment who would later go on to create [[Foodfight! (partially found early version of CGI animated film; 2002)|''Foodfight!'']] Much of the same crew that worked on Hershey would also work on Foodfight! during it's early stages as a keyframe-animated film.
+'''''Hershey's Really Big! 3D Show''''' is a 3D short film that was presented at Hershey's Chocolate World visitor center between 2002-2013.<ref>https://facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151328840915959.464066.126297675958&type=3 Farewell party</ref> The film was created by Threshold Digital Research Labs, a branch of Threshold Entertainment who would later go on to create [[Foodfight! (partially found early version of CGI animated film; 2002)|''Foodfight!'']] Much of the same crew that worked on Hershey would also work on Foodfight! during its early stages as a keyframe-animated film.
 ==Content==
-Running 12 minutes in length, the film is presented by a real-life host playing the character Professor D.P. Quigley, beginning with a stereotypically boring presentation on the history of chocolate. After being interrupted by Johnny Proctor, a 3D animated cartoon character, Proctor takes the show into a new direction with showtunes, gags, and kitsch 3D effects. After tasting a Hershey's Kiss, he discovers chocolate doesn't need showtunes to be advertised, because it's already amazing.
+Running 12 minutes in length, the film is presented by a real-life host playing the character Professor D.P. Quigley, beginning with a stereotypically boring presentation on the history of chocolate. After being interrupted by Johnny Proctor, a 3D animated cartoon character, Proctor takes the show in a new direction with show tunes, gags, and kitsch 3D effects. After tasting a Hershey's Kiss, he discovers chocolate doesn't need show tunes to be advertised, because it's already amazing.
 It is unknown who voiced Johnny Proctor along with the rest of the cast.
 ==Availability==
-Due to being a film presented exclusively at Hershey's Chocolate World in person, it was never given any sort of home release. After it was replaced by ''Hershey's Great Chocolate Factory Mystery in 4D'' in 2013, which was then replaced with ''Hershey's Great Candy Expedition'' in 2022.<ref>[https://www.chocolateworld.com/blog/50th-anniversary-scrapbook.html#:~:text=We%20re%2Dinvented%20another%20attraction,visitors%20and%20electronically%20projected%20characters. Hershey's Chocolate World Scrapbook]</ref>
+Due to being a film presented exclusively at Hershey's Chocolate World in person, it was never given any sort of home release. After it was replaced by ''Hershey's Great Chocolate Factory Mystery in 4D'' in 2013, which was then replaced with ''Hershey's Great Candy Expedition'' in 2022.<ref>[https://chocolateworld.com/blog/50th-anniversary-scrapbook.html#:~:text=We%20re%2Dinvented%20another%20attraction,visitors%20and%20electronically%20projected%20characters. Hershey's Chocolate World Scrapbook]</ref>
-A camera recording surfaced on YouTube in 2015 uploaded by A660 56, however due to it being a 3D film and recorded from a screen, it os of very low quality, cropped, and hardly representative of the film's content.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nRhX9gUKA 2015 YouTube upload]</ref>
+A camera recording surfaced on YouTube in 2015 uploaded by A660 56, however, due to it being a 3D film and recorded from a screen, it os of very low quality, cropped, and hardly representative of the film's content.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Y3nRhX9gUKA 2015 YouTube upload]</ref>
+In 2024, a full HD copy with pre-recorded lines from the host was provided by a crew member to user Ziggy Cashmere. The monoscopic and stereoscopic versions were uploaded to the Internet Archive that same day.
-In 2024, a full HD copy with pre-recorded lines from the host was provided by a crew member to user Ziggy Cashmere. The monoscopic and stereoscopic versions were uploaded on the Internet Archive that same day.
 ==Short Film==
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 ==External Links==
-*[https://www.awn.com/news/hersheys-world-goes-3d Release announcement.]
+*[https://awn.com/news/hersheys-world-goes-3d Release announcement.]
-*[https://www.reignsone.com/3d-art Portfolio of Neil Fordice including stills and props.]
+*[https://reignsone.com/3d-art Portfolio of Neil Fordice including stills and props.]
 *[https://bid.vegalleries.com/item.aspx?i=36821111&mobile=0 Proposed poster by Jim Michaelson.]
 *[https://archive.org/details/hersheys-really-big-3d-show-stereoscopic Stereographic version.]
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