{"id":127451,"date":"2020-02-27T07:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=127451"},"modified":"2020-02-27T07:57:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:57:15","slug":"converting-2d-movies-to-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/converting-2d-movies-to-3d\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inside Look at the Painstaking Process of Converting 2D Movies to 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"

David F. Sandberg, the director of “Shazam!,” breaks down the daunting process that converts 2D films into 3D “cinematic experiences.”<\/h2>\n

While I was born a bit too late to experience it, we all know that the watershed 3D moviegoing experience was the 1983 release of Jaws 3-D<\/em><\/a>. Since then, and quite unsurprisingly, three-dimensional movies have come and gone time and time again as studios seem to rediscover (then conveniently re-forget) that people pay more for movies with a little spectacle.<\/p>\n

And that’s not to say that 3D can\u2019t be cool, or done well \u2014 or that it might even be the way of the future. But what\u2019s actually a bit more maddening than you might think is the painstaking task of converting regular 2D movies into 3D cinema experiences.<\/p>\n

In a very interesting Twitter thread<\/a>, filmmaker and director David F. Sandberg<\/a> (Shazam!<\/a>, Annabelle: Creation<\/a>, Lights Out<\/a>)<\/em> gives an insightful look into the 2D-to-3D stereoscopic process, and why it just might not always be worth it.<\/p>\n

The 2D-to-3D Stereoscopic Process<\/h3>\n
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To celebrate today's purchase of Shazam 3D here's a thread about stereoscopic (a.k.a 3D) movies. pic.twitter.com\/MsLtQCR1Z4<\/a><\/p>\n

— David F. Sandberg (@ponysmasher) February 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n