Mark Changizi has put up a blog post talking about what 3-D movies are missing today. My take on what many are missing is a good story. I do not care how good the special effects are, or how good the 3-D effects are. If the movie cannot tell a good story, then I do not care to watch it. Mark takes a different point of view, literally.
And that’s the point that 3D movies are currently missing. What everyone appreciates about 3D movies is the more realistic view of the world it provides. What is not appreciated is that 3D movies are capable of simulating for viewers what it really looks like to view out of the eyes of the story’s hero.
The greatest experiential advance 3D movies might provide may not be the 3D depth at all, but, I submit, the body-transport powers that bring us to stories of all kind in the first place.
In other words, he wants the movie to be shot in first-person mode, where the camera is the hero, and we see the world through their eyes. I am not so certain that this would be a good move. It could be achieved with a a well written script, I will concede that point. However, many movies have action that spans across time and space involving different characters. Personally, I do not think that it would work except in rare cases where the script was written with this effect in mind.
via 3D Movies Are Missing the Point…Of View | Psychology Today.
That’s what video games are for, aren’t they?
Or the Star Trek Holodeck.
Movies you watch with a crowd are like stories told by a campfire, not lucid dreams.