3D Cinema Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences

by Ross, Miriam

• ISBN13: 9781137378569
• ISBN10: 1137378565
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-03-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

When Avatar (2009) became the highest grossing movie of all time, it marked a high point in 3D cinema's turbulent history. Although 3D cinema draws in box-office takings that surpass 2D cinema, it continuously emerges and disappears as a passing fad. Experiments with 3D moving-images have been with us since the birth of cinema, and it is a form of visual expression already seen by billions of twenty-first century viewers, yet there is little understanding of how 3D cinema operates as an art form. We know that it simultaneously uses depth modes to approximate our visual reality and spectacular effects that go beyond traditional perception, but we do not have an appropriate grasp of its creative function. This book examines 3D cinema's unique visual regime in order to understand the optical illusions and tactile experiences that it presents.

Author Biography

Miriam Ross is Lecturer in Film at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is the author of South American Cinematic Culture: Policy, Production, Distribution and Exhibition and publishes widely on global cinema, 3D cinema and new digital technologies. She is also cofounder of stereoscopicmedia.org.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Stereoscopic Illusions
1. Hyper-haptic Visuality
2. 3D Cinema of Attractions
3. New Realisms
4. Depth and Emergence Constructions
5. Arresting Forms
6. Bodies in Motion
7. CG Animation
Conclusion
Bibliography