Filmmakers like S3D’s emotional wallop
Sep 20th, 2009 by Peter D. Marshall
“From the early 1950s to the dawn of digital cinema, stereoscopic 3D (S3D) earned a reputation as a gimmick for tacky genre pictures.
Schlockmeister William Castle and his ilk used it to send warrior arrows and fiery torches flying into the aud’s faces at every turn.
But today’s S3D filmmakers see stereo as an important creative tool that adds to the emotional impact of their pictures.
“There’s an emotional component of 3D,” says helmer Henry Selick, whose “Coraline” impressed mavens with its creative use of stereo. “There’s that ability to give comfort, and, like many other tools in filmmaking — lighting, performance, everything — 3D is now a powerful tool to influence emotions.”
Read this article from Variety.
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