3D Just a dying Gimmick or the Future?

So this is something that I wrote about on another site its an issue that I think we could be looking at coming true in the near future. 

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3D are we looking at the future of film as we know it or just a dying gimmick that’s going to be known for being that generation of film where moving pictures burst out of the screen.

AVATAR, INCEPTION just two films that have shown that 3D can be used in a way that can enhance the viewing experience, but at the cost of a great story. Films such as these have shown us a new way of producing film that worlds that we never thought could come alive and feel alive can become real before are eyes. But do we need 3D to make are stories feel real before are eyes surely are imagination should be able to do that for us, we don’t need to see the images pop out of the screen if you love a film enough then your belief that its real should be enough.

The cinema film experience is something that should never be taken for granted and it’s completely different to watching a film on your television at home. It’s the reason that many people choose to see films on the big screen because its where all are greatest imaginations come to life and you can walk out after feeling happy, sad, angry but at the same time feel your mind and imagination buzzing with the world that was just portrayed on screen. But with more and more films turning to 3D I feel its turning people away from that cinema experience because they don’t want to have to sit there with a pair of uncomfortable glasses on, feeling annoyed after about how irritating they are. Such as “they didn’t sit on my face properly” “Their annoying for me because I where glasses anyway so I have to where two pairs on glasses” just two things I’ve heard on many occasions from people which puts them off of going to the cinema.

Looking at examples of directors such as Peter Jackson who has released many production blogs for The hobbit films which I recommend watching if you haven’t already. He states “3D and the 3D cameras is making for a greater viewing experience and enhancing what’s shown on screen” which I say it doesn’t having watched the first Hobbit film in IMAX 3D I feel it takes you out makes you feel disconnected from what’s happening on screen. It saddens me to think some of the biggest and best directors are choosing 3D not for the viewing experience but for the bigger amount of money it will pull in. I see 3D as the bigger companies such as Disney’s opportunity to make more money. This being as every film Disney makes and produces now will include 3D apart from the odd exception such as “Saving Mr Banks”. It saddens me to think that companies are using it as more of a make big money quickly scheme rather then focus on what’s important the audience and the story.  It pains me to think that film is going down this route of making money more important then what their showing on screen. Also films such as “John Carter” and “The Lone Ranger” both produced by Disney have shown that 3D and the big budgets cant save your film from bombing. Both of which lost millions of dollars and caused them to think more carefully with the films that they produce.

Not on the film subject but just as important Sony announced and stated that there new console the PS4 doesn’t support 3D Blu-Ray. Which makes me think that if Sony won’t support 3D Blu-Ray a technology that they created then it’s obvious that it’s a dying breed of technology. To say that that SONY were backing 3D to be their next big thing 5 years ago in the living room would be a understatement. So for them to be showing signs of a complete 360 surely shows signs that its either a dying breed of technology or were just not ready to take that step in are living rooms. So why cant that be the same for 3D in film as well surely the amount of people that if their given the choice will choose a normal showing over a 3D shows people just don’t want it. That its become more of a hindrance then something that people want.

So to wrap up I don’t feel it’s the future but more a money making scheme that production companies will come to realise that there is no money in it anymore, and that if you aren’t keeping the fans happy then your not going to get anyone to come and see your films. I feel that it’s a gimmick that will dye out in the next decade and if doesn’t I will eat my and say well done on proving me wrong.

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