3D camcorder

Posted by andrew in film business, filmmaking on August 16th, 2010

What! A 3d camcorder! When will the insanity end?

I can’t say that any of the 3D movies I have seen have blown me away. Avatar was ok but I just kept thinking about how much I hate smurfs and that was distracting. Actually the story was poor and that was more distracting. Or rather it was obvious and undemanding and it pissed me off. Apart from Terminator, Aliens and some parts of the Abyss, Cameron has done a good job of convincing a lot of people that he’s really good.

Anyway,  “Up” is the winner for me in the 3D stakes. But this general insistence on tacking 3D onto every big blockbuster movie is taking the biscuit. Clash of the Titans is a case in hand. It was put through that 3D process and released and poor innocents got their asses scammed but again that was mainly because it was badly written. If a film is written well and it is justified to have in 3D then maybe it will be wortht it but such a film hasn’t been written yet.

Thank f**k Inception wasn’t like that. Isn’t Lucas releasing Star Wars in the new format? Maybe that will be worth it, but I’ve seen that movie, damnit.

We’re having 3D televisions pushed down our throats. The marketing gods have decided that our lives are worthless without such gadgets. Oh, ok then. I mean, I dont want to be left behind do i?

Ok, I’m ranting. Back to this camcorder. It is 3D because it has a converter lens on the front which allows the recording of low res images (960×540, or 960x1080i) in 3D. You can take the lens off and shoot hi-def 1080 p in 2D too.

It retails about $2000 so you can shoot all your home movies and low budget films in the format. It might be a noveltycool for family stuff but you will need one of those TV’s to watch it on.

At the end of the day, if you come with a great story you can shoot in most formats and engage the viewer. People get engaged by great stories which begs the question, why shoot in 3D anyway?

I’ll wait for the holodeck.

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Transformers 3

Posted by andrew in movie news on June 13th, 2010

The new Transformers movie is starting to shoot. Let’s hope it is better than the last stinky cheese pile…

Anyone who saw the “Transformers” second movie will know what its like to have your eyes metaphorically sodomised by a film. The pain was so bad I couldn’t go out in the sun for a week. There were so many things that annoyed me about this film like putting Jordan’s city of Petra and the pyramids of Egypt about five minutes distance from each other. Michael Bay has finally admitted that trying to get the script together to a high standard was too much of a rush job after the writers’ strike left things all in a mess.

“I’ll take some of the criticism…It was very hard to put together that quickly after the writers’ strike”

The third film in the franchise will be released in, wait for it…3 dimensions! But it’s not clear whether it will be shot in that format or re-jigged afterwards – which is never as good.

What’s certain is Megan Fox won’t be starring as they have already found some new piece of eye candy to fill the role. Megan famously slagged the last film off saying it was stupid or something, and Mr Bay probably took exception to this. Has she shot herself in the foot? It will be interesting to see whether she will continue to get the work in Hollywood and if she can sustain her rise to the heights of fame. I hope she can as I like someone who comes out and admits they’ve made something below par.

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