Week 4 Lecture Summary

Well practically everything that was said in this lecture was something I learnt this week. I was clearly oblivious to the history of television and the cinema.

I watched a documentary a couple of months ago called The Brothers Warner,

(http://www.warnersisters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1:the-brothers-warner&catid=13:the-brothers-warner&Itemid=20)
clearly about the Warner Brothers, so I knew of their many achievements in the cinema, but outside of their world, I had little knowledge of the history.

What particularly amazed me what the fact that it was 1952 that they created 3D movies. I thought that it was a recent phenomenon created in the last 15 years.

But looking over this history, it shows that history does repeat itself. even within the century. In 1952, according to our notes on learning@griffith they created this 3D television to avoid losing the battle against television. This issue that was occurring in 1952 is happening again in 2010. The television industry has bought out the '3D television'.

Therefore movie cinemas are feeling the ridiculous pressure to bring out a majority of movies out in 3D now, which is in my opinion stupid. I liked the idea of 3D being a treat but now it is just part of 'the movie experience'. But the movies have also gone from being made for 3D to just being able to be in 3D.

Example: I saw Toy Story 3 in 3D and to be honest I am so glad that I didn't pay for my ticket... It had absolutely no need to be in 3D. I also saw the movie in 2D and the experience was exactly the same. The movie had nothing popping out at me, it was hardly any different. The only real difference was that the background had more depth of field. But other then that, it was only a money making scheme.