3D

3D Film.
1. What was the earliest 3D film ?

- give details about how it was made

The earliest 3D film that was shown to an actual paying audience was "The Power Of Love",

premiered at Ambassador Hotel Theater in LA on the 27th of september 1922. It was projected in dual-strip in the red/ green anaglyphic format. Making it be the first known film in which anaglyph glasses were worn & that utilzed dual-strip was used. Harry k Fairall was the films producer & Robert F Elder the cinematographer.

whether coloured filters on the projection ports were usecd or whether tinted prints were used is still unknown.

2. Time Line of 3D movies.

- 3D film “L’arrivée du train” filmed in 1903.
- 1900 - 1946 experimentation - A few films are shot with small budgets to try to look into the secrets of stereoscopic production.

- 1922. " The Power Of Love

- 1950 - 1960 3D saw its first success. a sort of commercial success of “Bwana Devil”, released by United Artists in 1952.

- more than 60 films, one being Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder” and “Hondo”, starring John Wayne.

- 1973-1975, success in creating interest due to such films as “Jaws 3D”, “Comin at Ya!” and “Friday the 13th – Part 3”

- 1986-2000 Imax 3D format was introduced, viewings of "Transitions” at Expo ‘86 in Vancouver.

- 2001 to today - Shark boy & lava girl,spykids 3D, My Bloody Valentine etc.

3. Choose one 3D movie to research.

* process

Monsters vs Aliens was produced in a stereoscopic 3-D format and alot of computer software. A 2D version of the movie will also be released.

* marketing .

The marketing of Monsters vs aliens started with two versions of the trailer, they show General W.R. Monger's plan to use the monsters to defeat the aliens. The first trailer version was featured during the advertisments of the " Kung Fu Panda" dvd.The other version was then shown with " Madagascar , Escape 2 Africa". Then a full length trailer was launched on the internet.

Movie ; Monsters vs. Aliens.