the LAST buffalo / production notes

Filmed principally in the badlands of Alberta, Canada, the production of The Last Buffalo employed a two-camera, beam-splitter rig to capture the left and right-eye 15/70 stereo footage. The large apparatus 3D rig weighed nearly 2,000 pounds, posing unique logistical challenges for the team as they worked to capture remarkably intimate footage of plains buffalo, mountain lions, bears, cranes and other creatures. The film features sculptor William Lishman as he shapes likenesses of these creatures out of molten metal.