Ever since I got out of the 2D version of the movie Final Destination 3D tonight, I have been thinking about the 3D technology in movies.
I have to see it again in 3D! I will do that tomorrow. But before I do, I would like to brainstorm a little bit.
Obviously, the movie was made for integrating the 3D technology. The images that the main character was "seeing" were designed so that something (sharp) was flying towards your face almost constantly. (There was even a reference to watching a 3D movie in the movie!)
Technologies that become available and popular can encourage the movie industry to change the ways they write the scripts, edit the movie or integrate the visual effects.
What would a 3D movie do to you? And mind you there are a bunch of them out there. It surely would heighten the senses. In Dreamworks' Monsters vs. Aliens, or Disney/Pixar's Up, it is to give you more excitement and joy. The colors look brighter, and the audience feels almost right in the room. I wonder whether in a horror/thriller movie like Final Destination, 3D takes the fear and disgust to the extreme, or would these 3D effects work as an excitement in itself. Does it matter if it is a sharp hook or a funny bug flying onto your face in terms of creating excitement? I am thinking, if I am watching an intensely violent and horrifying scene, a 3D effect would not only intensify the story, but also have an additional effect; an effect of its own.
It does not make much sense to experiment on oneself, but I have to see the movie in 3D tomorrow and identify what I felt...
Sometimes You Just Have to Say F**k It
8 years ago
So I did see the movie in 3D today.
ReplyDeleteI must confess, I was expecting to feel almost as thrilled as I felt last night. It did not happen.
The 3D effects were new, and I cought myself reacting to them. Hiding my face and silently cussing, to be specific about my reactions. But ONLY in the beginning of the movie. After a while, I was desensitized to both the movie (as I have watched it before) and the 3D effects.
Well, I was suspicious about every single object on the planet again for a while. Expecting a definite "freak accident" to get me.