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Description in a British newspaper of how the 3-D situation in this movie is different from the past:
| quote: | However the $237m budget of Avatar signals a leap in technology - indeed, Cameron waited 15 years before starting filming as technology had not advanced enough to portray his vision. Tired of waiting for technology to catch up, he co-developed a new generation of stereoscopic cameras.
Simplified, this is the equivalent of two cameras strapped together, each providing a slightly different perspective on the scene, mimicking the way human eyes view the world in three dimensions.
This changes the ballpark of moving images.
If you've had previous experience of 3D, your impression will probably be one of a flattish image with the occasional object 'flying' at you'.
But these advances are different - the entire screen has depth, taking on the appearance of a window through which the viewer is watching a 'world' on the screen, with a distinct foreground and background, rather than a flat, moving painting
In effect, the cinema screen becomes a theatre stage.
There's still at least one throw-back to the 'early days' of 3D - viewers will need to wear glasses to get the illusion.
However these are not the red and green cardboard cut-outs you used to get free with Sugar Puffs before Comic Relief.
These are polarising glasses, untinted, which do not cause the headaches experienced in the past, or more importantly rely on frequent 'pans' of the camera to make the image appear in 3D.
Each lens has a different filter , which removes different part of the image as it enters each eye. This gives the brain the illusion it is seeing the picture from two different angles, creating the 3D effect. |
prety interesting. someone in the comments section of the article said this:
I attended a special screening in LA of about 20 minutes for theater owners and operators ... I have pretty much seen it all over the years dating back to 2001: a Space Odyssey .... mark my words, this film is a paradigm breakthrough --- the sensation is immersive and breathtaking, not "in your face" -- and from what I saw, the storyline is strong .... in this day and age of bluray, and HD home theaters, Cameron's stated goal is to give folks a reason to go to the movies, and he may well have succeeded.
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