January 2010
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3D and the Long Cut
An interesting follow-up to the Avatar post below - I just came across this post on AMC by John Scalzi, which notes that: The economics and practicality of 3D aside, I do see one potential artistic benefit of the increased use of 3D, and that is the return of the “long cut.” In Avatar, one of the things James Cameron does is keep his images on screen for long periods of time, cutting...
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Relative Dimensions
Finally got around to seeing Avatar at the IMAX yesterday - it’s a visual feast and I’d say it’s worth seeing in 3D. In technical terms, it still suffered from the same problem I saw during the Avatar Day preview - motion flicker during rapid action sequences - but Cameron’s certainly succeeded in using 3D to immerse you in the picture, rather than Poking Things Out of the...
