3D Shoot

The 3D shoot was really interesting. I kind of consider 3D to be a gimmick, an opinion that I believe is shared by many of my fellow film students. The fault comes from the directors demand that the point of interest in the film be projected as if it were coming towards the audience. While this makes the 3D effect more apparent, it also is very unnatural and brings far too much attention to the craft. 

However, after putting in all the work necessary to create a 3D film, I now appreciate the complexity that is involved in the illusion. Setting up the cameras is an easy enough effort, the only problem is focusing them on the subject and making sure that the settings on both cameras are exactly the same. Our shoot was easy enough. We mostly just came up with our plot once we arrived on set. Our central movie genre was the gangster film with subgenres of spaghetti western and samurai action film. I really enjoyed the experience of making a movie based on the random genres as it stretched our cinematic creativity and adaptability.

Editing the whole piece together was something different. The downloading process was tedious, but luckily we only filmed 4 shots. It is difficult at times to determine what exactly is the proper focal point to line both shots up with in After Effects. I may have chosen the wrong point, but fortunately the 3D effect still workerd. Other than that, the editing process was the same as on any other film. The addition of sound effects really brought out the samurai and western genres in both films. I hope to do a 3D film again if I get the chance.