| PRODUCTION COMPANY: | Relevant Television |
| GENRE: | Factual - Ancient History. |
| COMPLETION DATES: | ARI-KAT I, February, 2004. ARI-KAT II, May, 2004. |
| LENGTH: | 2 X 60 minutes |
| COPYRIGHT HOLDER: | Relevant Television |
| DIRECTOR: | Fernando Malkun |
| PRODUCER: | Fernando Malkun |
| WRITERS: | Walter Broderick, Fernando Malkun. Based on the books “Ils Ont Bâti les Pyramides”, Paris 2002, and “The Pyramids: an Enigma Solved”, New York, 1988, by Joseph Davidovits, Phd. |
| HOST: | Walter Broderick. |
| FINANCIER: | Relevant Television |
| RECORDING FORMAT: | 4:2:2, DVC Pro-50, with two Ikegami HLV75W cameras. Extensive use of portable crane systems, steadycam systems and interval-time recording to produce breathtaking images. |
| EDITING FORMAT: | Edited in native format DVC-Pro50, without transcoding to guarantee fidelity. In 4:3 with 14:9 protection on a Matrox Non-Linear Editing Station |
| DELIVERING FORMAT: | DVC-PRO50, Via SDI to Digital Betacam or Betacam SP, Stereo |
| 3D ANIMATION: | Each program contains 18 minutes of 3D animation with motion-captured computer-generated characters, which recreate the times when the building of the Step Pyramid of Sakkara and the Great Pyramid of Kheops took place. Accurate recreated historical scenarios are modeled in 3D technology, based on architectural plans to ensure realism and authenticity. |
| ANIMATION PROGRAM: | 3D Studio Max |
| PRODUCTION WRAP: | 35 hours of footage were filmed in France and Egypt, from September to November, 2003. In Saint Quentin and Paris in France, Luxor, Sehel Island, Cairo, Sakkara, Dashour, Maidum and Giza in Egypt. |
| TARGET AUDIENCE: | General |
| MORE INFORMATION: | www.relevant-television.com  |