Blog 12, John Lyver, 3D come back?
I remember reading last week in the chapter about how certain cartooning companies had been producing 3D cartoons. However, they stated that 3D was just a passing fad and it did not seem so popular. I happen to agree and find 3D films to be somewhat annoying yet they can still be interesting. With all the 3D cartoons that flopped and the idea that 3D is not popular it is still in use today and seems to be coming back in popularity in more recent animated and live action films.
I think we can all think back to a time when as children 3D seemed like the coolest thing for an animated cartoon. However, we were quickly disappointed at the fact that the image seemed more like 2D cut outs that just stood at different depths. Even if you have ever been to Disney World I seem to remember there being several movies they show in 3D, the “Honey I shrunk the Kids” show at Disney in EPCOT comes to mind. There is also one I believe in the Magic Kingdom featuring Donald Duck going through several of Disney’s animated films that was 3D as well.
With this so called passing fad we see more and more today animated or live action films featuring special showings for a higher ticket price of a 3D experience. Two movies that come to mind are “Avatar” and “Clash of the Titans”. I also found a site featuring a list of some other movies that were released in 3D. http://3dmovieslist.blogspot.com/ . I keep hearing people rave about how good “Avatar” in 3D was and that I have to see it in 3D despite my hesitation to 3D films. So why is 3D still around and on the way back? The new style of 3D is obviously more advanced and is more capable of rendering 3D in a way that is a great deal more complex and detailed then 2D cut outs at different depths of the past. Also movies are now being filmed in 3D which gives them a better quality 3D experience then 3Ding older movies that were not filmed in 3D.
Avatar Trailer in 3D
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April 19, 2010 at 7:15 pm
I think that while 3D is still primarily a gimmick to get people into theaters, movies like Avatar prove that it can be a powerful film-making tool. In the right hands, 3D can provide experiences that would have otherwise not been possible. This is, however, tempered by the torrent of poorly produced 3D conversions of 2D films that adds nothing to the film save the extra $3 to the ticket price.
April 19, 2010 at 7:16 pm
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April 20, 2010 at 6:44 pm
I personally enjoy 3D movies, particularly the animated 3D movies. Although many of the movies I have seen in 3D only had limited aspects of 3D, and it might not have really made a difference if I had seen the movie in the regular format or in 3D. “Coraline” is one of these movies. I actually saw this in the theaters in 3D and only that tunnel thing and a couple of objects flying around really seemed 3D. Yet I still think 3D provides a cooler viewing experience, especially in theaters, even if the majority of the things in the movie do not seem to be coming out of the screen.
April 20, 2010 at 6:48 pm
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