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Brave new world - the art of 3D Avatar

James Cameron wird sich kaum zugute halten können die 3D Technik erfunden zu haben. Wohl aber, sie erstmal im Mainstream und damit kollektivem Kinogedächtnis zu verankern. Abseits aller offensichtlicher Schwächen die der Film "Avatar" (2009) auf der narrativen Ebene mit sich bringt lohnt ein genauer Blick darauf was hier eigentlich wie in 3D umgesetzt wird, welche Effekte funktionieren und - vielleicht interessanter - welche nicht.

Der Anfang von Avatar ist zwar langsam geschnitten und erzählt, fordert the viewer to the 3D level, however, quite a bit off. Starting with the macro setting of a face have very limited depth of field (DoF) - that of focus - and progressing to a large extent (are sharp and distant objects) in the space-ranging "bedroom" in zero gravity very far DoF and ending with two tiny water droplets that define the face of the protagonist, the only sharp level - careful approximations of a new viewing habits is different.

So you need as a spectator and takes about 20 minutes until the new perspective. And in fact - if you look at it when we caught the zukneift comparing one eye to the old 2D film to land and as quickly as possible, the second tear open the third perspective not to miss - then the new technology is doing something right.

What also strikes some limitations, and here it will be interesting to see how upcoming movies (and of which there are many in 3D) to handle these situations.

1. all so dark in here - through the polarizing filter results in a reduction in the intensity of the film. The picture is significantly darker than without glasses. This is problematic than the used 2K digital projectors already in light intensity are not giants - compared with their analog ancestors. Even more problematic the foreseeable Entsättigungseffekt - the picture looks a little grizzled. Here, too, helps a quick look beyond the spectacle to compare how colors lose their brilliance. The latter simply by Cameron bypasses all brightly colored coloring - this eliminates the loss to spot. In normal, not in an underwater world of color candy gambling act the problem should be prominent.
2. Is the 3D straight? - More prominently than is foreseeable that produce different camera settings very different "visibility" of the three-dimensionality. In the Macro or Innenraumeinstellunen he is überprominent - comparable to the effect when setting up a big telescope: everything seems three-dimensional because the Eyes further apart. This leads to distraction and distortion effects, it does not "natural." The question here is whether Cameron deliberately uses this as a stylistic device, or if there is no other setting. On the other scenes are very extensive relatively flat: the flight over the treetops at the beginning acts as absolutely flat - as in real life.
3. No I will sit there! - Spoken brutally own only about 1 / 4 of all seats of a cinema for a truly impressive 3D effect. Immersion requires the general 30% of the viewing angle are taken from the screen. So it blazed to reserve seats and the center to put in the front third of the cinema. What
4. is going on here? - 3D effect on me then as the most convincing when it was used slowly. If a great many small spray particles chaotically through space - about whirled water, shattering wood, etc. was linked at least my brain is no longer able to make sense of this space information.
5. Where there's something to see - the big problem of the old IMAX 3D film was that you was overwhelmed where to look actually. Everything was sharp, everything is so great, so much bustle. Circumvents this problem by Cameron sovereign rediziert the extreme depth of field in many scenes - almost always only one object is in focus, which is oriented on the eye automatically and the environment is only as additional information with spatial depth interpreted. Very good, only question why the 20-year old took up this stylistic device of the film also 3D applies.

In sum, one must say the avatar as a film completely irrelevant for the 3D technology is a breakthrough but the. Even if all the above problems taken into consideration - I would not want to see this film in 2D. Half the time I was sitting in the cinema and thought, "uh - this technique now please in good film" Star Wars, 2001, Lord of the Rings, Matrix 1 - that would be a celebration.