RE: [Avid-L2] Not looking good fro 3D theatrically

If it's done well, by filmmakers who understand how to use it, it can be amazing. Avatar worked considerably better in 3D than in 2D because of the immersive world Cameron built and the way he used that space. Scorsese is doing it with Hugo. Just watch the trailer, you can see how it will work in 3D and i reckon it will look great. Unfortunately these films seem to be pretty few and far between, I agree though, 3D doesn't have a wide enough range of instances when it will significantly improve the story, like Ian says, limited to spectacle. Check out the trailer for Hugo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQNkETGfA6k

Andi

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From: ijohnson2@earthlink.net
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:45:36 -0700
Subject: RE: [Avid-L2] Not looking good fro 3D theatrically

I avoid 3D whenever I can (unless it's a free screening) but I am looking

forward to A Harold and Kumar Christmas in 3D BECAUSE of the stupid 3D

gimmicks. They have an excuse to use it for comedy and mockery of 3D. For

most movies it needs to avoid calling attention to itself so as not to

distract from the story. If I am engrossed in the story, I'm not noticing

the 3D so there doesn't seem to be much point. If I admire the quality of

the 3D and what it adds to the image, I am only looking at the movie rather

than experiencing it.

It would be ok to notice 3D if it is used in a way that helps tell the

story, like the way camera movement, focus, composition, etc. are used as

storytelling tools. Or in the case of Harold and Kumar, as gags. If it is

only an overlay to subtly enhance the realism of the experience, then it is

more in the category of surround sound, and I don't remember ever paying

extra for a movie because it was shown with DTS.

I think 3D as a premium is better suited to documentary subjects of the sort

where the selling point is spectacle rather than story.

Ian

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Mark Myers

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Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Not looking good fro 3D theatrically

Good.

Maybe filmmakers will have to actually create good stories instead of

relying on stupid 3D gimmicks to put butts in the seats.

Can we borrow Bill Clinton's sign and amend it to say "It's the STORY

stupid!"

Oh what am I saying. I want a pony too.... or maybe a Porsche.

Mark

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On 9/17/11 10:00 AM, Terence Curren wrote:

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