Saturday, 28 November 2009

A Christmas Carol 3D


It was fantastic the visual effects were amazing when your seated with your 3D glasses on.
Its based on a book by Charles Dickens which was written around the mid 1800's.
The story goes that Ebenezer Scrooges business partner Jacob Marley is dead. One Christmas eve night Marley visits Scrooge to warn him of his chains he'll be carrying when he passes away and tells him he'll be visited by 3 ghosts. The ghost of Christmas past, the ghost of Christmas present and the ghost of Christmas yet to come the same night Marley visited. Scrooge is a horrible mean old man who cares for no one but him self. Even his nephew tries to convince him to chance his ways with no luck. He also treats his poor assistant Bob Cratchit and family like a piece of dirt. He soon changes his error of his ways after being visited and buys the biggest turkey in the butchers gives Bob Cratchit a payrise and make sure his family and tiny Tim are looked after. This ends with a great ending.

Sunday, 22 November 2009

3d photo



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World's First 3D Video Clips Website Launched

World's First 3D Video Clips Website Launched

http://3dvideoclips.net

While 3-dimensional videos are quickly gaining popularity among Internet users, Rocking Headlines Limited decided to launch the very first website dedicated to quality 3D content. The new website, 3DVideoClips.net promises to constantly provide its visitors with the latest 3D Video Clips available on the Internet.

"3DvideoClips.net acts as a middleman, gathering quality 3D content from publishers around the world and bringing it to the public after it has passed a strict quality assurance process", says Bryan O'Neil, the founder of 3DVideoClips.net.

"While there are many stereoscopic videos available in the Internet, there is also a large amount of content that is advertised as 3D but is really just a regular 2-dimensional content. Our goal is to carefully select what we publish and deliver only the best available content, saving our visitors from spending hours and hours going through various videos, only to discover that the vast majority are not what they are advertised as.", he adds.

3DVideoClips.net promises to deliver at least two new 3-dimensional video clips every day, making sure that its content remains fresh at all times. The self-hosted website that is not dependent on any streaming video providers, plans to start allowing user-submitted content before the end of 2009. According to 3DVideoClips.net, even the user-submitted content will be moderated and each video will still have to pass a quality review before being published.

O'Neil further comments: "Even though the true 3D content is not visible to the naked eye and proper stereoscopic glasses have to be worn in order to see the 3D effects, we believe that the website will become highly popular in a short period of time. With the availability of 3D glasses rapidly expanding, we estimate that by the end of 2010 at least 20% of Internet users will have a pair at their disposal. Our website also teaches its visitors how to make their own 3D glasses without spending more than a few dollars."

3D-News Posted: Saturday, November 7, 2009

Venice Film Fest offers 3D Award


ROME -- The Venice Film festival yesterday announced plans for a new award for the festival's best Stereoscopic 3D film, adding a cutting-edge aspect to the world's oldest film festival. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the award will go to "the most creative feature film among those in steroscopic 3D produced between September 2008 and August 2009" and will be sponsored by Persol (sunglass maker). The film panel for this award are director Nadia Ranocchi, U.S. film historian Dave Kehr, and U.S. film critic Scott Foundas. The Venice international film festival takes place from 2-12 September, with director Ang Lee as president of the jury. The Venice International Film Festival will unveil Pixar’s 3D version of its two Toy Story films (Toy Story 1 &2).

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

3D Anaglyph Game








3D Anaglyph Game
Help! Aliens!, new 3D game, has options for true 3D using either red-green or red-blue 3D glasses. The 3D effect is created using the anaglyph method to create a stereoscopic 3D effect. The red filter goes over the left eye and the green filter goes over the right eye for the 3D effect to work. It will then look like the game is happening inside the monitor.

To set the game for anaglyph 3D mode, in the main menu select Options then 3D mode and choose either red-green or red-blue 3D mode.

http://www.marjupi.com/help-aliens.php

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

3D iphone


3D Camera adds depth to your iPhone photography

3D photo apps are not new to the iPhone platform, but a new app from Juicy Bits looks promising in terms of making those pictures with depth a lot easier to take and view.

3D Camera 1.1 [US$1.99, click opens iTunes] is now available for iPhone OS 2.2 and 3.0 devices, and it lets you take photos that use one of three methods to create the illusion of 3D: red/cyan anaglyphs that require those funky 3D glasses, stereograms that create 3D images when your eyes look at them a certain way, and wiggle stereograms (or wiggle-grams) that use animated GIF images to provide the "depth".

To take the photos, you use one of two methods. If you're planning on taking an anaglyph or sterogram, you take one picture, move the iPhone camera slightly to the right, and take another photo. To make a wiggle stereogram, you point directly at the same object from two slightly different vantage points. The app provides instructions on exactly how to take the two photos each time you launch it.

Flickr pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/tuawrigs/pool/

Stereophotography


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Arts & Crafts with the Boulder Acoustic Society!

Arts & Crafts with the Boulder Acoustic Society!
By Kiernan Maletsky in Upbeats and BeatdownsFriday, Jul. 10 2009 @ 2:35PM

You could purloin a copy of Boulder Acoustic Society's new album, Punchline, using whatever methods you kids use to rip music off the internet, but then how would you see the band in 3D?

When you purchase a hard copy of Punchline, out August 18th on Nine Mile Records, not only do you get the satisfaction of supporting a deserving local band, you also get your very own "Stereoscopic" viewing kit. We've spent the last half-hour playing with it for your previewing pleasure.




Step 1: The thing starts out shaped like a CD case. Hang on, folks, we're just getting started.



Step 2: Take the instructional sleeve off, pull the CD out from its hidey-hole in the back of the package, and put it in your player of choice. Let the fresh folk wash over you.



Step 3: Read the instructions. If you're a wuss, that is. Come on, people, it's not that hard. Don't even look at that picture. We can do this.



Step 4: A bend here, a Velcro there, and bam! You've got your very own cardboard View-Master.



Step 5: Place one of the five photo inserts in the appropriate slots. I know it seems like Kailin Yong's fiddle is going to poke you in the eye, but you're safe, I promise.

Sure, it's a little gimmicky, but you have to admire the attention to detail. That probably costs a lot more to manufacture, and I challenge you to resist the temptation to try it out if you get your hands on Punchline.

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Coraline 3d - Bluray & DVD



Henry Selick's "Coraline" is a smart adaptation of Neil Gaiman's extremely popular award-winning novella. Selick's screenplay is excellent and faithful without being a carbon-copy of Gaiman's story, and Selick adds some of his own dialogue to the film, so his contribution is most certainly not only visual, and chooses which dialogue to use from the novel wisely. Less of a horror story than the novella and more of a dark fantasy, "Coraline" features a well-written and well-drawn lead character and brings the novel's bizarre world to life without compromise. The film's fantasy world grows more bizarre each time we see it, and is as discomforting as it is fun. I missed the singing rats from the novella, but this was more than compensated for by the visual splendor of the garden scene, and there are numerous other examples of the changes from the novel making total sense as Selick's vision of the story differs from Gaiman, but doesn't betray the original work of art, only compliments it. The voice cast is very good and one cannot praise the spectacular animation enough. I was very pleased with the 3D presentation here, it was very, very rarely (only once or twice) used as a 'cool effect', and overall was very tastefully used to give the visuals more depth. Perhaps the first really good film to have a wide release in 2009, and looking at the next few weeks I see more than one film I'm moderately interested in, so this might end up being a pretty good year.

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Michael Jackson 3D


Ο Jackson ετοίμαζε φαντασμαγορικό 3D οπτικό υλικό για τις συναυλίες

Σχεδόν δύο εβδομάδες πριν από το θάνατό του, ο Michael Jackson είχε τελειώσει τα γυρίσματα ενός πολύπλοκου οπτικού θεάματος με τίτλο «The Dome Project». Το υλικό προοριζόταν να προβληθεί σε γιγαντοοθόνη στη σκηνή των επερχόμενων συναυλιών του στο Λονδίνο και αποτελείται από τρισδιάστατες εικόνες και πλάνα που θα συνόδευαν την ερμηνεία του στις συναυλίες.

«Ήταν μια πρωτοποριακή δουλειά», δήλωσε ο Vince Pace, η εταιρεία του οποίου ήταν υπεύθυνη για τις ειδικές κάμερες που κινηματογραφούν σε ένα νέο τρισδιάστατο σύστημα που ο ίδιος δημιούργησε μαζί με το σκηνοθέτη James Cameron.

Δύο άτομα που ενεπλάκησαν στο project, αλλά δεν μπορούν να αποκαλύψουν τα ονόματά τους λόγω εμπιστευτικών συμβολαίων που έχουν υπογράψει, επιβεβαίωσαν την ύπαρξη του project στο Associated Press. Σύμφωνα με αυτές τις πηγές, η προετοιμασία κράτησε πέντε εβδομάδες και τα γυρίσματα έγιναν μεταξύ 1-9 Ιουνίου στα Culver Studios, εκεί όπου πριν από 70 χρόνια είχε κινηματογραφηθεί η υπερπαραγωγή «Όσα Παίρνει Ο Άνεμος».

Τέσσερα γιγαντιαία σκηνικά είχαν κατασκευαστεί, θυμίζοντας παλιότερες δουλειές του Jackson και ειδικά το βιντεοκλίπ του «Thriller» από το 1983: ένα νεκροταφείο, ένα γιγάντιο ομοίωμα του Michael Jackson ως λυκανθρώπου, μια πυκνή ζούγκλα και μία οικοδομή, στις σκαλωσιές της οποίας θα προβάλλονταν διάφορα άλλες εικόνες. «Με την τρισδιάστατη τεχνολογία, το κοινό θα είχε την εντύπωση ότι θα ξαναζούσε την εμπειρία του «Thriller», σα να βρισκόταν εκεί», συμπλήρωσε ο Pace.

Ο Βασιλιάς της Ποπ βρισκόταν στα πλατώ τις περισσότερες ημέρες και τα μαραθώνια γυρίσματα κρατούσαν συχνά μέχρι τις πρώτες πρωινές ώρες. Ήταν πολύ αδυνατισμένος και ωχρός, και συνοδευόταν από πλήθος σωματοφυλάκων και σεκιουριτάδων. Είχε ανάλαφρο βήμα, αν και κάποια στιγμή χρειάστηκε βοήθεια για να κατέβει μια σκάλα. Παρ’ όλα αυτά, άφησε θερμές αναμνήσεις στα μέλη του συνεργείου, στα οποία συστήθηκε προσωπικά και τα χαιρετούσε όποτε βρισκόταν εκεί.

Το «Dome Project» βρισκόταν στη φάση του μοντάζ και της ψηφιακής επεξεργασίας όταν πέθανε ο Jackson. Υπολογιζόταν να είναι έτοιμο τον επόμενο μήνα, αλλά τώρα κανείς δεν μπορεί να πει με σιγουριά ποια θα είναι η τύχη του.

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience



Jonas Brothers 3D (2009) available on 3D Blu-Ray and 2D DVD.

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Nosferatu becomes Orlok the Vampire in 3D!



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Chris Heuer
Stevensville Maryland

©2009 Chris Heuer and CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

Article Focus: "Nosferatu," the first vampire movie, and some say still the best, rises again in 3D! In this "Creative COW Magazine Extra," Chris Heuer used desktop tools including AE and Mocha to breathe new life into this classic of world cinema.


When asked what it would take to turn the movie Nosferatu into an anaglyph 3D movie, I thought for a moment and then replied “Seventy thousand dollars, a team of 10 to 15 visual effects artists and 3 months.”

Curious, I then asked “What do we actually have to work with?”. Keith Carter, the Director of the project (and a good personal friend) replied “A very small budget... and YOU.”

Now to fill in some details. The reason I was able to quote a price so quickly (which I would now consider way under budget) is because this story begins about a year earlier.

Carol Bidault de L'isle of Media Fusion in Washington, DC had acquired a library of recent independent films. Carol and Media Fusion help independent filmmakers that cannot find access to the marketplace. “Sometimes it is just a matter of repackaging these films, sometimes it’s re-editing that can make the difference," she says.

Among these new titles was an odd copy of "Nosferatu," by F.W. Murnau. "Nosferatu" was the first film to be made (although without permission) based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula," and has developed a massive cult following since its release way back in 1922.

In the end, the film is a wild ride with lots of new features, including an introduction by Troma Entertainment’s Lloyd Kaufman (“Toxic Avenger,” “Class of Nuke ‘Em High”). The DVD version will also have a popup trivia version, a Director and Producer commentary version, the “Making Of,” two pairs of 3D glasses – and for the die-hard fans, a special edition with a comic book prequel and an action figure, complete with a miniature rat!

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Cannes 2009: 3D film Up to make history at festival opening


The film 'Up' is the first animation ever chosen to open the festival, which is now in its 62nd year. The comic tale from Disney's Pixar Studios cost $150 million to make and is a far cry from the fuzzy 3D offerings of old.

Gone are the red and blue cardboard glasses that left audiences feeling seasick in the 1950s. Instead, moviegoers on the French Riviera will be asked to exchange their Ray-Bans for special polarised spectacles.

Disney has a dozen more three-dimensional movies in the works and Hollywood executives hope that the technology will prove exciting enough to lure audiences back into the cinema. Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive of Pixar's rival, DreamWorks, has described the new generation of 3D as the third great revolution in the history of film, after the arrival of sound in the 1920s and colour in the 1930s.

Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton and George Lucas are among the directors working on 3-D projects, while studios are dusting off past blockbusters and giving them the 3-D treatment, including The Matrix and Toy Story.

The only glitch is that not every cinema has the equipment to show the films in their full glory, and it is an expensive investment in the midst of a global recession.

The technological wizardry of 'Up' is not the only thing which makes it stand out from previous animated offerings. Instead of the usual cute animals, Disney has tapped into pensioner power by making the hero a 78-year-old balloon salesman who sets off for South America by tying thousands of balloons to the roof of his house.

"That it's an animated film is noteworthy because it's the first time, but the important thing is that it's an excellent film in its own right," said Thierry Fremaux, director of the festival, when explaining his choice for opening night.

Thursday, 21 May 2009

3d Skate


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ARTmostfierce by Sebastian Denz.

Sebastian Denz traveled for almost three years across Europe to shoot a series of 3D Photographs with Carhartt/Europe's team of professional skateboarders. The result of his work is a series of 3D skate photographs in a quality never seen before. Inspired by the virtual world of videogames Denz seeks to: "Bring up for discussion a hybrid space that is somewhere in between virtual and real - a 'Postvirtual Space'. Therefore I took photographs of more than 20 Carhartt/Europe-Team-Skaters with a unique large-format-3D-camera (8 x 10 inches), which has been built especially for this project and took 2 years to produce. The exhibition shows some of them in the 'real hyper-reality' of life-sized high resolution 3D-images."

Monday, 11 May 2009

MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D DVD & 3D Blu Ray



Out Now!! 3D DVD & 3D Blu Ray with anaglyph magenta/green glasses



Friday, 8 May 2009

Drawing in 3D















The Wacomvision is a three dimensional canvas for creating and viewing art, products, and models. Three dimensional paintings can be created and shared online. Brush size, pressure sensitivity, and brush type are customizable. Snapshots and videos can be taken of your artwork. Not going to make it to the Louvre? You can use this product to download and view preserved art up close and from all angles.

In a business applications, imagine being able to walk around a concept car or viewing a model without a rapid prototyping lab, model making time, or money. Three dimensional models can be sent between clients to review work. Notes and requests can be marked and saved on certain areas of the models using the pen tool. You can also virtually render, paint, record, and capture views.

This product uses a state of the art virtual tracking system called IGPS Technology. This modular product has three transmitters that are wireless and placed around the edges of your 3D canvas. After the transmitters are automatically calibrated for each use, they use invisible infrared laser signals that create a three dimensional environment. The pen is imbedded with a sensor in the tip that streams its exact 3D position using the signals from the transmitters. The information is relayed back to the console and wirelessly transmitted for viewing through the virtual glasses.

A USB connection to the console allows for viewing of outside virtual models to be used as underlays. You can choose to view your artwork with or without the actual physical background. Multiple people can be linked to the same projection so you can work as part of a team. In order to bring up the interface, the button on the pen is pushed. The interface menu can be dragged and docked all around your environment. The button on the top right hand edge of the glasses can be pushed to allow for picture and videos to be taken.

Designer: Lauren Argo

Thursday, 7 May 2009

Stereovision for Real 3D Funiture!







Wait a second… isn’t that already 3D? Behold the devastating addition of 4 legs to an already-4-legged-table. Brutality! Redundancy! So many extra legs! And what’s the deal with this red and blue here? It’s a “Stereovision Table,” and it’s made for those with a sense of irony in technology.
Here we have some wild optics tricks that span back centuries. The red and blue is a reference to the 3D glasses technology that’s lasted for years and years. Now it’s done!

Designer: John Nouanesing

Tuesday, 5 May 2009


"It's been ten years since I did any stereo images, and I've finally gotten back into it. You'll need red/cyan or red/blue 3d glasses to get the full effect. Click for the big version.
I'm interested in 3-d architectural spaces, and so making one into a stereogram was an exciting challenge. I also like the juxtoposition of sensual images and cold, hard, geometry.
The overall cartoon idea is an homage to Abner Dean and his incredible meisterstück What Am I Doing Here? The beach imagery is cribbed from Paul Cadmus's paintings from the period when he was hanging out on Fire Island with Margaret and Jared French. And the building is in large part inspired by paintings by Peter Blume. The pen technique was an attempt at emulating Will Elder during the Humbug period."
Jason Little

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Obama


Obama in his 3D home theater!

Saturday, 11 April 2009

Elvis 3D DVD


Πρέπει να φοράτε 3D Anaglyph γυαλιά red/cyan για να δείτε αυτή την εικόνα
Πατήστε κλικ για μεγέθυνση

‘Elvis in 3D’ is made as a documentary about Elvis’ life, told through the eyes of the people who are close with him. Nine of Elvis’ classic TV performances got a ‘3D restoration’. Using the unique and exclusive 3D technique (Dynamic Motion System) each amazing performance of Elvis' is brought back to life in multi-layered 3D imagery. For the first time in over fifty years the viewer can join the audience and experience the 'magic of Elvis'.

Additional information:
Features the following songs and performances:

1. Love Me Tender (Ed Sullivan Show - 1956)
2. Don't Be Cruel (Ed Sullivan Show - 1956)
3. Peace In The Valley (Ed Sullivan Show - New York 1957)
4. Hound Dog (The Milton Berle Show - June 1956)
5. Witchcraft (Frank Sinatra Show - May 1960)
6. Heartbreak Hotel (CBS Studio - March 1956)
7. Love Me (Ed Sullivan Show - 1956)
8. Money Honey (CBS New York - 1956)
9. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Steve Allen Show - 1956)

Thursday, 9 April 2009

3d Pirate


Πρέπει να φοράτε 3D Anaglyph γυαλιά red/cyan
Πατήστε κλικ για μεγέθυνση

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

IMAX 3D/Horror 3D Movie Collection




Πώς μπορείτε να δείτε ταινίες που χρεάζονται τα ακριβά γυαλιά "3d Shutter Glasses" με τα απλά γυαλιά Anaglyph (red/cyan)



Real field sequential 3D movies - Can be played with StereoPlayer by Peter Wimmer and output to various 3D formats eg anaglyph (red/cyan glasses), shutter-glasses etc...
Download here for free.

All movies have been encoded using XVID, as you can find here. The formats have not been altered (Sadly, they all come in 4:3 on DVD which is a shame since they're originally in IMAX format.) Some movies had pretty bad quality out of the box.

ENHANCED VERSION: Better encoding, less artifacts, smaller file sizes.

Here we go:

IMAX 3D Collection
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1) Encounter in the Third Dimension
Known from IMAX - 36:01

2) Haunted Castle
As shown in IMAX - 36:42

3) SOS Planet
Horrible boring production, but has one or two nice 3D scenes. 36:05

4) Alien Adventure
As shown in IMAX - 33:41

Other 3D Movies
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1) The Creeps 3D
Some horror flick. 01:16:04


HOW TO PLAY:
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In StereoPlayer select and load the movie to play. Select "interlaced L/R" source if asked.

Select desired 3D viewing output method in menu. (I suggest anaglyph red/cyan)

If the 3D effect does not look right swap left/right 3D view with key F7 to correct 3D view.

Have Fun!

3D confocal microscope movie


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medium (5 MB) 3D movie
large (17 MB) 3D movie


by Stephan Koehler & Eric Weeks

Το μέλλον είναι τρισδιάστατο


Το σινεμά αντεπιτίθεται, με περισσότερα καρτούν αλλά και ταινίες με ηθοποιούς γυρισμένες σε 3-D

Οι ταινίες τριών διαστάσεων φαίνεται πως ήρθαν για να μείνουν. Ηδη τους τελευταίους μήνες τρεις νέες ταινίες, «Ταξίδι στο κέντρο της Γης», «My Bloody Valentine» και «Bolt», γυρισμένες με το σύστημα αυτό, προβλήθηκαν σε εξοπλισμένες αίθουσες, ενώ αρκετές άλλες αναμένονται.

Το φετινό, μάλιστα, φεστιβάλ των Κανών για πρώτη φορά στην ιστορία του θα προβάλλει μια 3-D ταινία animation, το «UP», στην τελετή έναρξής του στις 13/5. Η μανία επιστροφής σ' ένα σύστημα που λανσαρίστηκε μεταξύ 1952 και 1955 με στόχο να αντιμετωπίσει τον ανταγωνισμό της τηλεόρασης, ξεκίνησε πριν από τρία χρόνια, με τον παραγωγό Τζέφρι Κάτζενμπεργκ, από τους συνιδρυτές της DreamWorks.

«Είδα το μέλλον του κινηματογράφου», ανέκραξε, «και είναι το 3-D! Πρέπει να το μελετήσουμε γιατί πρόκειται για παλιρροϊκό κύμα ευκαιρίας και όποιος την αρπάξει πρώτος θα κερδίσει τα περισσότερα».

Πράγματι, σε μια περίοδο όπου η κρίση του κινηματογράφου, εξαιτίας όχι τόσο της τηλεόρασης όσο του video, του DVD και του Διαδικτύου, αυξάνεται, οι παραγωγοί του Χόλιγουντ αναζητούν νέους τρόπους προσέλκυσης του νεανικού, ιδιαίτερα, κοινού.

Οι έρευνες για ένα είδος στερεοσκοπικού σινεμά ξεκίνησαν στη δεκαετία του '20, είναι όμως στη δεκαετία του '50 που λανσαρίστηκε εμπορικά το σύστημα αυτό, που με τα σημερινά τεχνολογικά δεδομένα μοιάζει κάπως πρωτόγονο. Πρώτη «στερεοσκοπική ταινία φιξιόν», και μάλιστα σε χρώμα, ήταν το «Bwana Devil» (1952), περιπέτεια στη ζούγκλα, με τον Ρόμπερτ Στακ. Ακολούθησαν πολλές ταινίες, όπως οι «Κέρινες κούκλες», ταινία τρόμου με τον Βίνσεντ Πράις, «Επιδρομή από το άπειρον», περιπέτεια επιστημονικής φαντασίας του Τζακ Αρνολντ, «Τα 13 φαντάσματα», κωμωδία τρόμου του Γουίλιαμ Κασλ, «Τηλεφωνήσατε ασφάλεια αμέσου δράσεως», αστυνομικό θρίλερ του Αλφρεντ Χίτσκοκ, με την Γκρέις Κέλι και τον Ρέι Μιλάντ κ.ά.

Το 3-D εκσυγχρονίζεται

Ο ακριβός, όμως, τεχνικός εξοπλισμός των αιθουσών, η κακή ποιότητα των γυαλιών και, πάνω απ' όλα, η εισαγωγή του σινεμασκόπ το 1953 παραμέρισαν σταδιακά το 3-D.

Προσπάθειες αναβίωσής του έγιναν στις δεκαετίες του '60 και του '70, χωρίς όμως μεγάλα αποτελέσματα.

Για τον Κάτζενμπεργκ, σήμερα, οι ταινίες τριών διαστάσεων είναι η τρίτη πιο σημαντική τεχνική ανακάλυψη του κινηματογράφου από την εμφάνιση του ήχου στη δεκαετία του '20 και εκείνη του χρώματος στη δεκαετία του '30. Πιστεύει, μάλιστα, πως σε 3-5 χρόνια όλες οι ταινίες θα γυρίζονται έτσι.

Η Dreamworks έχει ήδη εξαγγείλει πως όλα τα μελλοντικά καρτούν της θα είναι σε 3-D, ξεκινώντας με τα «Τέρατα εναντίον εξωγήινων». Πρόκειται για μια παρωδία των ταινιών φαντασίας του '50, που προβάλλεται κι εδώ. Και δεν είναι η μόνη. Σκηνοθέτες όπως οι Στίβεν Σπίλμπεργκ, Ρόμπερτ Ζεμέκις και Τζορτζ Λούκας ετοιμάζουν τέτοιες ταινίες:

-Πρώτος ο Ζεμέκις, με την ταινία «Χριστουγεννιάτικη ιστορία», βασισμένη στην ιστορία του Κ. Ντίκενς, με τον Τζιμ Κάρεϊ.

-Μέχρι τα Χριστούγεννα θα δούμε και την πολυέξοδη (190 εκατ. δολάρια) «Avatar» του Τζ. Κάμερον, με τους Μισέλ Ροντρίγκρεζ, Σ. Γουίβερ και Τζιοβάνι Ριμοπίζι, γύρω από μια ομάδα ανθρώπων που συγκρούονται με εξωγήινους.

-Επίσης θα δούμε το «Coraline» του Χένρι Σέλικ, που βασίζεται σε βιβλίο του Νιλ Γκάιμαν, καθώς και το γνωστό «Ο εφιάλτης των Χριστουγέννων» του Τιμ Μπέρτον, μεταφερμένο σε 3-D.

-Ο Μπέρτον έχει αρχίσει και μιαν άλλη, πιο σημαντική ταινία, την «Αλίκη στη χώρα των θαυμάτων», με τον Τζόνι Ντεπ.

-Ο Σπίλμπεργκ ετοιμάζει το γνωστό ιαπωνικό manga «Ghost in the Shell» περιπέτεια δράσης σε 3-D, ενώ παράλληλα συνεργάζεται με τον Πίτερ Τζάκσον σε μια μεταφορά στην οθόνη των περιπετειών του Τεν Τεν.

-Οσο για τον Τζορτζ Λούκας, αυτός θα κυκλοφορήσει και τα έξι «επεισόδια» του «Πολέμου των άστρων» σε 3-D.

-Για το καλοκαίρι, η Ντίσνεϊ διαφημίζει την ταινία της «Up».

-Τέλος στις υπό προετοιμασία ταινίες είναι και οι: «G-Force» περιπέτεια του παραγωγού Τζέρι Μπρουκχάιμερ, με «ζωντανούς» ανθρώπους, «Final Destination 4» του Ντέιβιντ Ρ. Ελις, «How to train your Dragon», παιδική περιπέτεια βασισμένη σε βιβλίο της Αγγλίδας Κρεσίντα Κόουελ κ.ά.

Βέβαια, σύμφωνα με τον πρόεδρο της Φοξ Τζιμ Γιαννόπουλο, το γύρισμα των ταινιών αυτών στοιχίζει 15% έως 20% ακριβότερα από μια κανονική ταινία. Το κοινό, ωστόσο, δείχνει πρόθυμο να πληρώσει τη διαφορά στο εισιτήριο και οι μεγάλες εταιρείες παραγωγής είναι πρόθυμες να αντικαταστήσουν τα μηχανήματά τους: Στην Αμερική οι αίθουσες που έχουν εξοπλιστεί με μηχανήματα 3-D έχουν φτάσει τις 1.400, ενώ άλλες 700 περίπου υπάρχουν σε χώρες όπως η Αγγλία, η Γαλλία, η Γερμανία και η Νότια Κορέα. Το επόμενο στοίχημα; Η τεχνολογία 3D σε home theater!

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Ελευθεροτυπία, Επτά, Κυριακή 5 Απριλίου 2009

Friday, 3 April 2009

Hakone Open-Air Museum


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