Articles in the 3d Film Grammar Category
ScreenWriting for 3D films: A Broken Concept?
Is there such a thing as writing a screen play for Stereoscopic 3D films? While it may sound intriguing when announcing “I’m writing my next epic in 3D”, should …
2D to 3D conversion’s Uncanny Valley:
No we are not talking about Princess Dejah’s 2d to 3d converted cleavage here…so what is the “Uncanny Valley“? Wikipedia does a good job of describing it.
I went to see …
Think in 3D: Food for Thought for Directors, Cinematographers and Stereographers
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The Art of Storytelling in Stereoscopic 3D:
Why make a movie in 3D?
Notice that the above question was not “Why make a 3D movie?”, that answer would be quite easy; to capitalize on the current trend, or ride on the past successes …
**Edit: If you arrived via Google, the book “THINK in 3D: Food for Thought for Directors, Cinematographers & Stereographers”, is to the right of this page.**
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The Real …
3D movies, Motivated Camera movement
Respecting the Spatiality of a scene in 3D movies:
It may sound obvious, but is often overlooked by film makers today, who have had decades of experience in 2D movie making, where …
(The image above is NOT from the original S3D version of Avatar which had correct 3D. Click for larger)
What is Pseudo Stereo 3D:
The simple way to answer this question is to watch any 3D video …
(image copyright: the movie, Haunted 3D. used for educative purposes only. click each for larger)
Stereoscopic 3D Depth Continuity:
In traditional 2D movie making the task of maintaining continuity from scene to scene is that of the Script …
Emotionally Enhanced Memories with S3D:
Can stereoscopic 3D imagery be a ”trigger”? This line of thinking and proposition comes from method acting as used in Film and Theater, known as Emotional memory and Emotional recall.
This is an acting …
(image credit: transformersmovie.eu)
What is 3D Heart Burn?
Last week I went to see the epic Transformers 3D. As someone who has had a brief past with animation software (Newtek’s Lightwave), I had to appreciate the talent …
(image Credit: Pirates of the Carribean IV. click for larger 3D image)
Establishing Scene Geography and using “Dwell time”.
Are there any memorable scenes that we can recall with photographic clarity from the slew of 3D movies …

















