Male:Every one remembers their first 3Dmovie, maybe it was a driving most likely it was some cheesy horrific where you had to wear this to see the big monster jump out of you. Sure it was fun but you would not want to do it every time you sore a movie. What James Cameron is doing is something completely different, his 3D experience is so good it is not like watching a movie it is like watching the world go by.
In the real world we see in 3D because our two eyes gives us a slightly different view of the same object. In this case a pen, the information from HI is sent to the brain where it is combined, the slight difference between the images gives the depth of 3D.
Male: It has been about five years now that he explained to me that he wanted to build a holy grail type camera that can shoot 3D and 2D.
Male: Vince Pace is the director of photography, his approach is bane to deign a dual camera system that mimics human sight as closely as possible.
Male: And I think that is what separates our approach from standard or old time film methods is we are really creating a human machine.
Male: The old 3D film makers had two cameras set widely apart, Vince brought the lenses together so their centers were about the same distance apart as our eyes. But to do that he had to separate the lenses from their high definition video recorder backs. Impossible to do with film cameras.
Male: So essentially these are the eyes and the brain somewhere at the back.
Male: Yes exactly.
Male: Next step in the 3D riddle is make the cameras act like eyes, able to focus on different subjects at different distances. When we look around the world our eyes are constantly adjusting for different focus points, for example when I look at the tree in a distance my pupils are straight ahead. But if I want to focus on the pen on the fore ground my pupils automatically come closer together.
When I move towards camera you can see the angle of the lenses changing just as our eyes do was we go from looking at something at a distance to something up close. This means when the images from the two cameras rotate to create 3D our eyes do not need to compensate for any errors in convergence. And that leaves your brain free to enjoy the movie.
Male: You should be embracing the story line and the experience and if you are trying to correct with your brain my mistakes then it is an uncomfortable viewing experience.
Male: So that is the theory but what does new generation 3D really look like? I am at James Cameron’s private screen room and I am about to watch the new 3D for the very first time. I am very excited because this is meant to be phenomenal, the only down side is we are not able to show you what it is really like that is because you are watching me on 2D technology.
It is sort of like trying to explain colored picture on a black and white TV. But I am going to give it a go any way because for all you movie goers out there this is going to change the way you experience the cinema.
Now you still have to wear glasses but not doggy red and green numbers these have polarized filters which allow the eyes to process the 3D images. This is amazing, it feels like I am in there. Oh my god, look at that splint. New digital cinemas are now opening up world wide in readiness for the new wave of 3D movies.
James Cameron’s first 3D feature film is due to be released mid 2007, the subject to the movie is still under raps, but bet your life it will take cinema beyond tomorrow.
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