This morning, a London-based SFX industry chum informed me via e-mail about Clash of the Titans, which remember had less than 10 weeks from the end of January for this late in the day 3-D conversion;
Apparently they’ve had 100s of Indian SFX sub-contractors working round the clock to 3D it. The SFX teams that did the primary effects aren’t overly pleased.
Everyone knows and expects by now that Clash will be the Diet Coke of 3-D. This is common knowledge. Any movie that is shot in 2-D and later post-converted into 3-D is an inferior product and just won’t have the same effect on the eyeballs as films shot with 3-D camera’s.
This message needs to be delivered to the masses who will be unsuspecting. They will see 3-D and expect an Avatar-like experience every time they lay down their extra few quid/dollars but it’s just not going to happen with post-converted tinkering.
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I’m seeing this in 2D. I refuse to see it up-converted for this very reason.
I guess the question is “Is Post 3d acceptable?” The insinuation here is that post 3D’s quality is so poor that it’s not worthwhile. I’m curious to see what can be done, there is much talk of re-releasing older movies in 3D. Obviously they will undergo the same process. I’m waiting to pass judgment until I see the quality.
Half the population can’t tell the difference between a Blu-Ray and an unconverted DVD. Will they be more discerning regarding 3D? Is it obvious?
As for the extra cost of the ticket issue I fall back on the classic “You can also see it in 2D” and “The ticket price of a 7 million production is the same as a 200 million dollar production” arguments.
The idea of re-releasing older movies in 3-D, such as Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, is about as appealing to me as watching It’s A Wonderful Life of Citizen Kane in colour.
Or even the special edition Lucas-fied Star Wars movies.
The only upside of it, would be to see the story played out on the big screen but I would constantly be praying for the original versions to be swapped in the projection booth.
I’m on the other side of the fence Matt. I think revisiting some older movies in 3-D could be fun. It could also suck. Time will tell.
There have been good examples of this post-conversion technique but it is crazy to think a whole movie can be done in 2 months.