I think that is the way it was supposed to be in the beginning. Then after movies like the Matrix, SIn City, and 300 they broadened their thinking. There were some people talking about making greenscreen only films. The thing that stopped it was the cost of doing it. Its easy for a computer to create 3d scenes but it is difficult to make it look realistic. I think that they will find a happy medium somewhere.
In the video game industry there are some games that have incredible detail in 3d but they have hundreds of people to work on stuff like that. Hollywood will need to create a software division that is similar to the art houses that Disney had to do 3d work instead of outsourcing it. ILM does great work but they can't possibly do every movie that comes along especially if the entire industry is expected to do everything in 3d. The good thing is that it is creating jobs for new artists. On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > The point that they have to insert CGI/digital footage, making the film > less "real" is one thing that troubles me. As much as I love tech and scifi > and stuff, I'm old-fashioned enough to like real stuff as much as possible > in movies. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 11:36:05 PM > Subject: [scifinoir2] Article: How FX Studios Turn 2D Movies to 3D > Moneymakers > > > > It was once believed that 3D filmmaking was something of a dark art, > composed entirely of witchcraft and a lock of James Cameron's hair. These > days, however, we know better — there's a complicated lunar cycle involved > too. And a little something called > dimensionalization<http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/PR.aspx?newsID=204>. > In an > interview<http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/In-Three-on-the-Workflow-Behind-3D-Conversions_12083.html>with > Studio Daily, visual effects studio > In-Three <http://www.in-three.com/> discussed the powerful technology > responsible for bringing 2D films into the third dimension -- and its more > complicated than you might think. > > Features like Avatar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_%282009_film%29>are > filmed with stereoscopic > 3D <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopic_3d> equipment, but not every > production is so fortunate; many films are recorded in 2D only to be > converted to 3D in post-production. With dimensionalization, In-three takes > this "flat" footage, and breaks down each scene into its core components. > This includes the foreground, background and key objects or actors. With the > company's in-house software, artists arrange the pieces, tweak for depth, > and ultimately create the 3D effect viewed in theaters. > > As a result, In-Three's Matthew DeJohn explains that the process turns a > conventional piece of film into an entirely digital work. Where holes are > present, footage is augmented or filled with CGI, the goal being to "fool > the brain into thinking it’s real 3D." While this can present certain > challenges compared to film shot in stereoscopic, it does have its > advantages. "Because dimensionalization is a post process, you get more > artistic control compared to shooting [in stereo]," says DeJohn. "We can go > in and make specific choices and use the available depth budget to its best > advantage." > The process is time consuming, however, and involves between 300 and 400 > artists for an 120-minute feature -- at close to $100,000 per minute. But > now that films like * > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_%282010_film%29>** Alice > in Wonderland* have pushed the process to the mainstream, it might not be > long before some of our old > favorites<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/jan/28/star-wars-george-lucas-avatar>are > given the 3D treatment too. > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
