| Do we dream in 3D | | | | so as to leave a lasting impact on an audiences |
| There is no doubt that after watching a movie that | | | | Psyche? Imagine a scene from movies such as |
| has a message or provokes thought in us, that | | | | Schindler's list, where the feeling of claustrophobia can |
| scenes or situations from that movie get mixed up | | | | be recreated when filmed in 3D. Imagine an amplified |
| with situations from our lives, and lead to vivid | | | | Dolby surround sound effect for this scene. Just the |
| dreams. They are vivid because we wake up in the | | | | incessant "ringing-in-your-ears" sound that you |
| morning remembering them in stark detail. But do we | | | | experience when lying in bed in a pitch dark room. If |
| actually dream in 3D? Asking this question may not | | | | the protagonist, mid way through the movie were |
| be important, but what is important is that we *do* | | | | thrown in such a situation... would 3D help us identify |
| dream... regardless of whether we have seen a | | | | that much more closer to him/her? |
| movie earlier that day or not. | | | | Could the sheer claustrophobia of a solitary |
| We dream of situations and incidents that we | | | | confinement cell and accompanying sound of silence |
| encounter in the real world. This gets mixed with our | | | | be better presented in 3D?... would this lead to more |
| imagination and sub-conscious to a certain extent, but | | | | vivid dreams in the audiences that night, seeing how |
| the base layer for our dreams (without being | | | | our minds could have mistaken the optical illusion of |
| influenced by "Inception") is still the real world we live | | | | stereo 3D earlier in the evening as being a real life |
| in and our experiences. | | | | room and place that we actually visited? |
| A 3D movie is such a realistic optical illusion, that it | | | | Cinematographers and Directors are encouraged to |
| even activates our reflexes, this is why we flinch or | | | | explore this use of 3D, to use 3D as a new medium |
| duck when we see something 'flying' out of the | | | | of visual storytelling and not simply as a tool to help |
| screen in a 3D movie. We don't usually have the | | | | direct viewers attention to a subject or object in a |
| same reaction in a 2D movie. | | | | scene. |
| So the main question I have to ask is... As | | | | News in 3D...could Galvanize us into action? |
| Stereoscopic 3D is an illusion that fools our brains into | | | | A picture of starving children will always stir up feeling |
| believing that what we see on a screen is real, can | | | | and emotions in us. Everytime a major calamity |
| we use Stereoscopic 3D movies to heighten our | | | | occurs, we make a mental note to donate funds, but |
| psyche...heighten our subconscious? If this is possible... | | | | then our daily life takes over. The frequency of such |
| we have then discovered a new PURPOSE for | | | | calamities is increasing however, and we now get |
| delving into Stereoscopic 3D story-telling, that has | | | | immune to such news. |
| not been explored to it's full potential as yet. | | | | With new cameras coming out that are 3D enabled |
| Solitary Confinement - A movie, in 3D: | | | | and compact, will there be a change in the way news |
| When sitting in a 3D equipped Cinema, the screen | | | | is covered visually? More importantly will 3D be able |
| really is a Stage for all purposes. It is no longer a flat | | | | to capture such suffering with the realism that is |
| wall, once you put your 3D glasses on. It can take | | | | needed to haunt us and galvanize us into action? Will |
| the shape of anything, from a Football pitch giving | | | | human rights violations when captured with the same |
| you stadium seating to a boxing ring, giving you ring | | | | stark vividness and immersion as how 3D movies are |
| side seats, upclose to the action. What is interesting | | | | presented, have an effect on our minds? |
| is that the screen can also be transformed into | | | | Would the scene above, captured in 3D, transport us |
| another "room". How real the feeling created in this | | | | virtually into a refugee camp to 'feel' the poverty? |
| optical illusion of a room, depends on the Director and | | | | Maybe even galvanizing us to speak up against the |
| Cinematographic skills of the movie maker. | | | | oppression that caused it, or take action or make a |
| Solitary Confinement, is not something that the | | | | contribution to bring about a change? |
| average movie-goer has experienced, especially not | | | | These are questions that video journalists should ask |
| Forced solitary confinement such as when under | | | | themselves. These are areas of 3D Cinematography |
| imprisonment. Any convict who has undergone | | | | that documentary Directors should investigate... |
| solitary confinement will tell you that it can ruin a man | | | | ... Stereoscopic 3D can be used as a medium and a |
| in a matter of weeks. (There's a script for a great | | | | messenger to contribute to the future of what |
| 3D movie!) | | | | "Reality TV" can really become. |
| Can we use 3D movies to re-create such a scenario | | | | |