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Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:49 am ]
Post subject:  Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

He’s going out on a limb here - he reckons that in two years time, 3D will not be the movie staple; it will be on the decline.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/ ... of_3d.html

And here is his reply with responses from the public.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/ ... plies.html

Author:  timark_uk [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

Interesting subject.
I'll try and remember to check this thread out when I get back in tonight (can't watch the vid stuff here in work).

Mark

Author:  Paul1965 [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

As some of the replies say to Dr K say, I am really bored of hearing this discussed on the radio broadcast week after week. Personally I'm all for 3D but a glut of poor post-3D (or 2.5D) films will probably kill it all off anyway along with the high ticket prices. Hollywood will do anything to cover over the fact that they can barely come up with 5 films a year that aren't remakes or reboots from old TV shows and while 3D is popular they'll use it whether it's appropriate or not.

paulzolo wrote:
He’s going out on a limb here - he reckons that in two years time, 3D will not be the movie staple; it will be on the decline.


Hardly going out on a limb, I'd have thought. If, say, The Hobbit were to be made in 3D, I'm sure that would add a couple more years of life to the 3D fad.

Author:  timark_uk [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:20 am ]
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Paul1965 wrote:
Hardly going out on a limb, I'd have thought. If, say, The Hobbit were to be made in 3D, I'm sure that would add a couple more years of life to the 3D fad.
There's a few big 3D releases planned in the next year to 18 months. TRON : Legacy at the end of this year and then the two Alien prequels.
These films are going to be big money spinners for Hollywood.

Mark

Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

timark_uk wrote:
Paul1965 wrote:
Hardly going out on a limb, I'd have thought. If, say, The Hobbit were to be made in 3D, I'm sure that would add a couple more years of life to the 3D fad.
There's a few big 3D releases planned in the next year to 18 months. TRON : Legacy at the end of this year and then the two Alien prequels.
These films are going to be big money spinners for Hollywood.

Mark


At the moment, the 3D kit is in short supply and in high demand. So the studios are filming in using normal kit and using software to add 3D to the films. This is problematic as films made in 2D don’t respect the problems that 3D presents. These problems can be overcome with careful directing, longer time between edits and better lighting.

Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:21 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
At the moment, the 3D kit is in short supply and in high demand. .

Ironic really, because at the consumer level it's exactly the opposite...

Jon

Author:  timark_uk [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

paulzolo wrote:
At the moment, the 3D kit is in short supply and in high demand. So the studios are filming in using normal kit and using software to add 3D to the films. This is problematic as films made in 2D don’t respect the problems that 3D presents. These problems can be overcome with careful directing, longer time between edits and better lighting.
TRON : Legacy and The Alien prequels are films that will be or were shot using 3D. Not simply 2D with 3Dification.

Mark

Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

jonbwfc wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
At the moment, the 3D kit is in short supply and in high demand. .

Ironic really, because at the consumer level it's exactly the opposite...

Jon


Indeed - and that’s being rushed out so that people have something 3D to play on their 3D TVs. The real, hard core studio quality 3D cameras are very, very expensive, very specialist and very rare. This is the stuff you’d really want to play with.

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

I think that even with more 3D cameras available the audiences may simply get bored with the over use of the technology especially if you need glasses. Holographic projection could solve that problem, but that is not viable yet.

Author:  E. F. Benson [ Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

Personally I find 3D a distraction. Looking round the corner to see the scene built up of distinct layers does nothing for the story and everything to take my mind off the dross I am being fed. It's just smoke and mirrors, leave it and make good films with good scripts. I hope Kermode wins this.

Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mark Kermode: The Death of 3D

Simon Pegg’s tweets on the matter are insightful:

Quote:
3D has it's place and it's fun but it's a variation not an evolution. Cinemas refusing to show 2D trails with 3D films is worrying.


Quote:
It's like a cinema in 1979 refusing to show the trailer for Manhattan because it's in black and white.


Quote:
I'm in three 3D movies and am very excited to be so but there is a growing propensity to convert 2D into 3D just to charge more at the door.

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