Almost 3D

[P3D Marvin Jones <Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Some cartoons were actually filmed in 3-D (in the fifties) but I am =

> quite impressed with the illusions produced with the aforementioned
methods. =

>  It shows that the innovators in animation were looking ahead, and
realized =

> the impact that 3-D could bring to a cartoon!

The Disney and Fleischer techniques did, indeed, bring a remarkable sense=

of depth to their cartoons, but I'm not entirely comfortable with the ide=
a
that the devices suggested that they "realized the impact that 3D could
bring to a cartoon," at least in the P3D sense of (stereographic) 3D. The=
y
weren't trying to create *real* depth; they were attempting to recreate t=
he
*illusion* of depth as seen in live-action movies. This is "3D" in the
broader sense that often rankles us stereographic fanatics today -- a fla=
t
image produced by a means other than photography of real objects which,
solely by shading and perspective, recreates the effect of seeing a
real-life image. When Disney actually filmed its stereo 3D cartoons in th=
e
1950s, it didn't even use the multiplane camera for them, although the
camera was still in use for some other films. (The Fleischer device was o=
ut
of business before the 1950s, but since it depended on forced perspective=

trickery to place its animated characters properly into the miniature
backgrounds, it might have been problematical in stereo 3D, anyway.)


------------------------------

End of PHOTO-3D Digest 2075
***************************
***************************
 Trouble? Send e-mail to 
 wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 To unsubscribe select one of the following,
 place it in the BODY of a message and send it to:
 listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
   unsubscribe photo-3d
   unsubscribe sell-3d
   unsubscribe mc68hc11
   unsubscribe overland-trails
   unsubscribe icom
 ***************************