When will the movie 3D era end?

Three-dimensional film is a kind of film, which first appeared in1May 24, 953. Hollywood introduced a film. Spectators wearing special glasses find themselves hiding behind escaped trains and demons, just like watching thrillers such as Boyce's Devil and Wax Museum. Thereby bringing us into the era of three-dimensional movies.

1839, British scientist Sir Charlie Whiston invented a kind of stereoscopic glasses according to the phenomenon that "the images of two people's eyes are different", which made people's left eye and right eye have different effects when looking at the same image. This is the principle of 3D glasses today.

1922, the world's first 3D movie was The Power of Love. Unfortunately, the film has long been lost. Early 3D movies mainly showed three-dimensional effects, and gimmicks were often aimed at the audience and threw objects at them.

In 1936, a film with stereoscopic effect can be produced by using a dual-lens camera and a polarizer, but this technology has many limitations. After the development of RealD 3D technology and the popularity of Avatar, stereoscopic movies have been further widely promoted.

An Australian director claimed that he had successfully made two 3d films during Nazi Germany in 1936.

1952, The Demon of Boisne, about African exploration, was recognized as the first real 3D feature film in history. The slogan of the film is "The lion is on your leg and the lover is in your arms". Although Life magazine called the film "cheap and absurd" at that time, the audience still enthusiastically crowded into the cinema to experience the "natural perspective" in the film.

In 1950s, 3D movies entered a golden age.

1954, the greatest directors in the world at that time, most of them looked down on 3D movies and thought they were just playing magic, not art at all. Hitchcock, however, doesn't think so. He shot the 3D version of dial m for murder at 1954, which became one of the few representative works in 3D movies at that time.

On March 5th, 1954, Universal Pictures released the most famous 3D horror film "Black Lake Demon Tan", which is the only 3D movie with a sequel so far. The new version of Black Lake Demon Tan is scheduled to be released on 20 1 1.

1962, China Tianma Film Studio filmed China's first 3D film, The Magician's Adventure, directed by Sang Hu and starring Chen Qiang.

1982, Disney filmed the short film "Fantastic Journey". Although the short film is only 16 minutes, it creates an amazing 3D effect by mixing CGI and live performance.

1982 "Friday 13" was released in the third part, which slowly revived the 3D movies in the 1980s.

1983 The third episode of the 3D version of Jaws was a sensation, and the box office revenue in the first week was130,000 USD. However, due to the low standard of the film itself, the 3D effect cannot be surpassed, and the audience soon lost interest.

1985, Magic Crystal Warrior became the world's first 3D animated feature film.

In 2004, the first IMAX 3D feature film Polar Express was born. The film is shown on 2,000 ordinary 2D screens, while there are only 75 3D IMAX screens. However, these 75 3D IMAX screens accounted for 30% of the total box office. The "super combination" of 3D+IMAX makes publishers see great commercial potential.

In 2005, Disney's animated film Chicken Story adopted new projection technology, which eliminated the eye fatigue that was easy to appear when watching 3D movies in the past.

In 2008, "U2 3D Concert" was the first live-action movie shot entirely with a 3D camera. This music documentary is a pioneer.

In 2009, the universal comic ghost mother was the first 3D film in the form of stop-motion animation. In 2009, Avatar became the largest and most advanced 3D movie ever. Avatar is a science fiction film, directed by the famous director James Cameron and produced by 20th century Fox. The budget of this film is over 500 million dollars, which is the highest in the history of film.

Twilight 3: Eclipse directed by david slade was released on June 30th, 20 10. The film adopts 3D IMAX technology.

The story of Twilight 3: Eclipse continues to revolve around the heroine's relationship with vampire lovers and werewolves. After the werewolf role fades out, she will face the challenge of the new vampire army. It is reported that with the popularity of Twilight, the investment scale of this series of films is also increasing, and the level of special effects will also be greatly improved.

The large-scale release of 3D movies in China actually started with Journey to the Center of the Earth in 2008. The tiny creatures close at hand, the exotic animals whizzing by, the wonderful feeling of being on a roller coaster ... 100 yuan high ticket price and unprecedented visual impact made the film show in a limited number of 80 3D screens for 27 weeks, with a box office of 67 million yuan, with an average box office of 800,000 yuan per screen. Take "Red Cliff" (I) with a box office of 320 million as an example. It grossed more than 80,000 yuan on 3,600 screens. Comparing the two movies, the average box office of 3D movies is 10 times that of ordinary movies! It is a miracle that the investment in projection equipment is recovered when a movie is sold at the box office.