Showing posts with label Film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film. Show all posts
Monsters vs. Aliens
Yesterday, got to watch Monsters vs. Aliens, first Tru 3D feature by Dreamworks and first animated feature I watched in Tru 3D.
First shot opens with a planet surrounded by orbiting rocks and meteors and we all had instant expression of “Wowwwww'”.
It took nanoseconds for me to come to a conclusion that this experience is totally worth few extra dollars.
5-10 minutes more and we had gone through scenes carefully planned for 3D experience and were simply stunning.
I don’t know whether it was due to 3D effect or better renders but the hair and fur on characters like Insectosauras looked more lively.
Halfway through the movie and I have already digested all those 3D hype and seen best scenes delivered in 3D experience.
And what I was waiting for? A great movie experience.
I was expecting a Dreamworks experience(e.g.. Madagascar, Kungfu Panda), but finally came out of theater with a new experience of
movie technology but disappointing story and humor.
Humor wasn’t that funny, it didn’t have interesting story and characters.
So here is what I felt,
“Spent more money for new experience(worth doing),
spent money & time for a moving story, good humor and lovable characters(disappointed)”
“2D or 3D animation, movie experience is all about story, characters, production art, etc... Same applies to 3D or True 3D.”
Tilt-Shift
Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
More Images and videos on - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/16/beautiful-examples-of-tilt-shift-photography/
Another Dimension – how much difference can it make?
Here is an interesting article about stereoscopic movies,
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1886541-3,00.html
One theory, James Cameron says, is that 3-D viewing "is so close to a real experience that it actually triggers memory creation in a way that 2-D viewing doesn't." His own theory is that stereoscopic viewing uses more neurons. That's possible. After watching all that 3-D, I was a bit wiped out. I was also totally entertained.
Well, its real because of another dimension and much more entertaining, but does it change the story at all? It can make the whole experience more frightening or live but movies like Schindler's List and The Silence of the Lambs can frighten you with its story and performances without any technology.
Its just me being too focused of story, maybe this another dimension opens new frontiers in storytelling and performance.
Films
Why films?
Why movies influence our society more than any other artform?
my answer is, "Because Human Emotions are Complicated", They can't be portrayed in one artform whether it be writing, visualizing or hearing,
The best thing about Movies is it combines all these experiences and gives us a unique feeling, that's why after these many years, its still THE best Artform when it comes to emotions.
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