In a world that already has its pocket groups hating on the onset of 3D, there is a larger group that simply wants it done right. That group typically holds Post Production 3D to blame for inferior looking 3D effects.
Well hearing that visual effects heavy Transformers 3 was being shot in 3D had those people putting down their pitchforks. But wait. It seems they are doing Post3D? Actually, they are doing both.
Transformers 3 cinematographer Vince Pace – who was also the director of photography on the Los Angeles unit of Avatar – spoke to reporters at a press conference this week and revealed that Michael Bay’s new movie with giant robots wrecking havoc is being shot in AND converted to 3D in post-production.
I have said this before and I will say it again.
People hate on post 3d assuming it can never be as good as 3d shot with a film camera. And to paraphrase the Dread Pirate Roberts/Wesley “You are only saying that no one has survived the fireswamp because no one ever has”
Those simple words of wisdom are inspiring. Don’t give up just because others have failed before you, and don’t assume it will have the same result just because others have.
Now this is a limited analogy. I don’t recommend shooting yourself in the head just because everyone else gets the same messy result, but in facing the same situation that others have failed in, or haven’t done as well at, meet the challenge head on and DO BETTER.
People are looking at this as bad news, but I will judge the quality of the film AFTER I see the film. I have to hold on good faith that after the bashing that Clash of the Titans got for their rushed and inferior post3D, no studio will quickly take the audience’s eye for granted again.
Some of this is shot in 3D, and others will be hit up in post. I wonder if anyone will be able to tell which is which?
