3D TV and 3D Cinema

Foreword

 

 

This book is a continuation of my first one, 3D Movie Making: Stereoscopic Digital Cinema from Script to Screen, which was published in 2009 by Focal Press. It is a continuation both in time and in subject matter. Back in 2008, 3D was not yet definitively installed in movie theaters, as no major live action 3D movie had proven it was feasible and viable to the extent that Avatar did. At the time of my first book, my objective was to convince readers that 3D would be more than a fad. My message was that it was complex to produce but worth the effort; that it was a new art form and needed the involvement of new crew members; and that one of them, the stereographer, deserves a supervisor-level seat at the production roundtable. The ...