3-D+Films

=__3-D Films__= 3-D Films have become more and more popular over these few years even though they have been filmed for decades. As technology has progressed the cameras have become more sophisticated which allows for a better viewing experience. These cameras have given way to what is becoming known has IMAX movies which make the viewer really feel like they are in the scene. Some of the most popular and highest grossing films have come out in 3-D, and there is no telling when they will die out.

The cameras used to shoot 3-D films are derived from [|stereoscopic] photography which records scenes from a two point perspective and with the help of special viewing devices gives the 3-D film its magic. The most commonly known way to film in 3-D is called anaglyph. The two images are superimposed in an additive light and set through two filters, one red and one cyan. Glasses with colored filters in each eye separate the appropriate images by canceling the filter color out and rendering the complementary color black.



IMAX theatres are like regular cinemas except it is a much bigger screen and a bigger experience. 3-D films in IMAX are filmed in a certain way in order to give the viewer the full experience. To film they use separate camera lenses to represent the right and left eye of a human. The two lenses are separated approximately 2.5 inches, the average distance between the eyes. Each lens is fed film and projects the image simultaneously; this gives the viewer a 3-D look on a 2-D surface.

The highest grossing 3-D film ever was “Avatar” which brought in $760,507,625, almost double of second place “Toy Story 3” which brought in $415,004,880. The director of “Avatar” was James Cameron; he previously developed the cameras eventually used in “Avatar” and filmed an IMAX 3-D movie, “Ghosts of the Abyss”. Some other movies at the top of the chart are; “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” at number three, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” at number four, and “Alice in Wonderland (2010) at number five”



3-D films are growing in popularity and with all of this new technology there seems to be endless possibilities of where it could end up going. The new cameras, the IMAX theatres and the big money making movies are at the center of this 3-D force and it’s not slowing down.

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