3D Films

When was the earliest 3D film? (give details about how it was made.)

The very 1st 3D film that was shown to a paying audience was "The Power Of Love" that was shown at the Ambassador Hotel Theather in Los Angeles in September 27th, 1922. It was produced by Harry K. Fairall, and its cinematographer was Robert F.Elder. The film was shown using dual-strip in the red/green format, making it the very film to use dual-strips and also the 1st film where the audience needed to wear anaglyph glasses (or 3D glasses).

2.Timeline of 3D.

1900-1946: Producers, and inventors start laying down the ground work for 3D, and a few small films are produced to try and better understand how 3D works.

1950 to 1960: This was the decade where 3D had it's very 1st popularity boom, with the success of films such as Bwana Devil, Dial M for Murder, and Hondo, although these films were done using state of the art equipment, it's popularity did not last long, due to the poor quality of the films, and the amount of expensive and complex equipment needed to produce the films.

1973-1985: 3D had become forgotten to nearly all the general public. Although there were several studios large and small that tried to bring it back into the public limelight, with the production of " Jaws 3D", " Friday the 13th- Part 3", and "Coming at Ya". Although these movies were still not enough to bring 3D back into popularity and 3D once more faded from the general public's view.

1986-2000: With the release of Imax 3D, and the emergance of brand new screening technology, we once more see 3D make it's come back into the worlds sight. Although production of 3D films were limited due to prohibitive shooting costs, with this come back it has sealed it's place in the film making industry.

2001-Present Day: With the advances in technology such as animation technology, digital cameras, and the democratization of stereoscopic production and screening, the demand for 3D films has increased expentiontally, and is slowly making it;s way into it's 2nd popularity boom.

3D Movie: The Amityville Horror 3-The Demon (3D)

The movie was made in 1983, and was the very 1st Amityville Film to not be based on the "true story" of the Amityville horror.

John Baxter, separated from his wife, moves into the infamous Amityville House with plans to debunk the haunting myth for a newspaper article. The longer he stays in the house, however, the more he comes to believe that tales of the house's possession might be true. When his daughter dies in a boating accident nearby, his wife sees her alive in the house. Baxter calls in a paranormal investgator to help, and together they discover more of the house's terrifying secrets.

3D Imaging: Research

What is 3D?

3D is a technique that is capable of displaying and recording 3D visual information or creating a depth of illusion in the image. 3D is based on the way our eyes and brain work, seeing as each eye views objects at a different angle, it is up to our brain to take these images and make them into one whole image. 3D images try then to get a spesfic image into each eye, from there our brains would interperate the pictures as if they were actual 3D objects, thus making it a 3D image.

Imaging Methods.

Some 3D imaging methods are the "Red Eye' Method, with relies on the red component of the RGB image that is being displayed, with the blue and green component being compressed, some other methods are Autostereograms which uses random-dots which disguise the actual image, and dosent need 3D glasses.

Animation (The Matrix Assignment)

3D Picture (The Matrix Assignment)

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The Matrix Assignment

Questions:
1. Where was “The Matrix” filmed?
The Matrix was filmed in Sydney, Australia.

2. Where did the directors get the idea for “The Matrix” and what problems did that cause?
The two directors got the idea for the making of the movie from a Japanese anime comic. The problem this caused was the fact that, at the time was no-one had ever done such a thing as making it real.

3. In the movie, what is ‘The Matrix’?
In the movie, The Matrix was described as a computer program that simulates reality, Including things like taste, smell, pain, suffering and other innate human senses, and emotions.

4. If the matrix is only a computer program, why do people die in real life if they die in the program?
If people get killed in the matrix they die in real life, because there mind enters the Matrix, and if it is killed, the body that is left behind in the real world cannot survive, because it has no mind left to control it.

5. How was the fight sequence filmed and what influence did the Hong Kong film makers have on these scenes?
The fight sequence was filmed at some points in “bullet time” which allows people to view the scene in slow motion, while the camera is circling at normal speed, the fight scenes also used a movie fighting style based in Hong Kong, known as wire fighting, which straps wires onto the actor, and gives the illusion that the character can jump supernatural distances and heights, as well as do high flips.

6. How did they get the 3D still image effect?
The directors got the 3D still image effect with the help of engineers from Manex Visual effects, by using more complicated camera angles, flexible moving interest points there is also an improved fluidity through the use of non-linear interpolation, digital compositing, and the introduction of computer generated "virtual" scenery.

7. What steps were involved in filming the helicopter scene?
The steps involved in making the helicopter scene, it was shot in different places, and shot using a big step, it also took around 3 months, to get the effect of the ever expanding explosion in the movie.

8. What is AI (Artificial Intelligence)?
A.I (Artificial Intelligence) is when computers and other various pieces of technology are given intelligence, eg. the ability to think and express their processes.

9. Movies like “The Matrix” and the Terminator franchise represent a fear of new technologies. Discuss why you think people may be worried about the advances in computer technology.
People might be worried about the advances in technology because it is always growing and expanding and new things are being achieved, and while this is good, there is always that little fear that something new could be developed, that could actually be smart enough, to take over and make extinct the human race, which is exactly what movies like The Matrix and The Terminator express.

10. What does the character ‘Neo’ represent?
Neo represents in a sense hope for the human race. He is the person that no-one expects to become the hero, someone who, like all humans doubt there abilities, and need just a little extra push for them to realize there, said abilities.