P3D Re: Montreal 3-D Festival Review

[Andrew Woods <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gabriel!!!  You have truly met the challenge - congratulations!

> This is my first free evening in over two weeks.

I know the feeling - except all the movies I saw started at 11pm (yes, pm).
 
> MISSION ACCEPTED!
...
> Well, I'm glad to report I saw ALL the movies not once but two times,
> and some even three times! I enjoyed most of them just as much (if not
> more) the second and third time around.

You have truly proven your worth as a true 3D nut!  (meant in an entirely
affectionate way of course).  ;-)
Thanks very much for a very interesting report - I read every word and
am very pleased that you shared this experience with us.

> This experience had taught me one thing. I firmly believe that 3-D in the 80s
> (and maybe 50s) never really caught on mainly because of poor projection.
> I was told that the movie studios distributed a test reel with instructions on
> how to set up the projection but I think this wasn't followed, at least in the
> movies I saw in the 80s. The reason I say, "I think" is because the few 3-D
> movies I saw in the 80s, weren't really an enjoyable experience, till I saw my
> first Imax 3-D movie. At the time I didn't know why but now I'm sure it was
> simply because of misaligned projection!

As Gabriel knows from my report in 1995 
 http://info.curtin.edu.au/~iwoodsa/3dmovie/reviews.html
alignment was a big problem at the 3D festival in Perth too.
However: I don't think it was a simple matter of just projector misalignment.
It was definitely the case with some films that the alignment of the
print changed from scene to scene.  Unfortunately there are so many places 
in the film production chain in which misalignment could come into the print.
I presume some movies were filmed on two strips and converted to a single 
over/under or side-by-side print later.  

To truly overcome the misalignment, the projector would need to be 
adjusted throughout the film.  Such a mechanism (computer controlled)
used to be a feature of IMAX 3D projectors - it may be that they don't
need this now due to digital printing technologies but I haven't spoken
to IMAX on this topic for a while...

> 3-D, 3-D, and more 3-D!
> 
> My favorite movies overall were, 
> Metalstorm
> Comin' at Ya
> Flesh for Frankenstein
> The Maze
> Starchaser
> It Came from Outer Space
> House of Wax 
> Dial M for Murder
> Starchaser

>From what aspect were these your favourites?  plot or use of 3D or both?

Thanks again for your report Gabriel - Do you mind if I include it on 
my website with my report?

Cheers,
Andrew Woods.



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