Scar (film)

Joan Burrows (Bettis) returns to her hometown of Ovid, Colorado to attend her niece Olympia's (Blanton) high school graduation, but finds herself confronted by her past. Before their graduation is to occur, a young couple goes missing and within a few days a mutilated body is found in the water during a town fish festival. This initiates flashbacks in which Joan's dark past is learned. When Joan was 17, she and her best friend were kidnapped and tortured by a serial killer named Bishop (Cotton). Bishop bound Joan and her friend to an autopsy table where one girl was tortured while the other had the power to make it stop simply by demanding the death of the friend.[1] Joan was able to escape and kill her captor, but was left as the sole survivor of the spree with a scar on her cheek. With the present day's body count rising, questions arise whether Bishop has evaded death or if a copycat killer has arisen.[1]

• Angela Bettis as Joan Burrows
• Kirby Bliss Blanton as Olympia Burrows
• Ben Cotton as Bishop
• Devon Graye as Paul Watts
• Al Sapienza as Delgado
• Monika Mar-Lee as Sandra
• Tegan Moss as Susie Thomas
• Brittney Wilson as Young Joan Burrows
• Bill Baksa as Melvin Gray
• Carey Feehan as Brian
• Kristin Kowalski as April
• Brandon Jay McLaren as Howard
• Christopher Titus as Jeff Burrows
• Emma Duncan as Principal

The production office opened on September 5, 2006 and had a scheduled 25 days of shooting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada beginning October 3, 2006.[2] Scar is the first feature length narrative 3D movie be completed in a completely digital workflow. The production workflow was designed by NHK. Using a 3D camera rig engineered by NTS in Japan (built around two digital high definition Sony cameras) the all-digital workflow was supported by an on-site digital lab. The lab facilitated an HD offline version of the footage so editing could begin while filming. The workflow also included HD 3D dailies and full resolution plates for VFX.

To ensure the alignment of the two stereoscopic video tracks, the post production process for the film was set up so the film was edited and previewed in 720p 3D high definition video (HD). It is among the first 3D full-length feature films to be completed in HD 3D.[3] Scar is the first 3D film released for 3D televisions on Video on demand in the United States. The editing process of Scar was done entirely in HD (720p) and was using an editing method that allowed both stereoscopic video streams to be cut and viewed simultaneously. Proprietary scripts were used to generate 3D previews using a DepthQ 3D projector and CrystalEyes3 glasses.

The postproduction process was done at FotoKem, Technicolor, and Plaster City in Los Angeles. Final stereoscopic adjustments were done in Skip City in Kawaguchi, Japan with NTS (a division of NHK).

The film holds a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 18 reviews.

On May 19, 2007 Scar3D opened at the Cannes Film Market. It has was #1 film at the box office in Russia where it opened in 3D on 296 screens.

• Official website
• Scar at IMDb
• Early Review at Fangoria.com
• Homemediamagazine.com