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Resident Evil: Afterlife (set report) is just the beginning of the 3D adventure for director Paul W. S. Anderson. He believes that not only is 3D cool for viewers, it represents a paradigm shift in terms of cinema along the same lines as the introduction of sound into film and the introduction of color. "3D is very exciting," Anderson said at a Comic-Con press event. "Everything from now on for me is 3D. I am completely convinced it is the future of home entertainment and as well as cinema entertainment."
Of course, it helps that Afterlife is one of the few movies that will be released that was actually filmed in 3D and Anderson is helping to promote the new technology. While working with a new technology was a bit problematic, Anderson says, the interesting thing is that it forces a director to compose images in a completely different way.
“We had big 3D monitors set and you wear the glasses and see the image in 3D," Anderson said. "I moved the camera in a completely different way than I did in my previous movie. In Death Race, which is a modern action movie, I used a lot of the handheld action cameras, with quick cuts. In 3D, I didn't want to do that anymore, I went for a more classical approach to film making with dolly and track and cranes and slightly slower choreographed moves. You get more fight moves in one take rather than going ‘Cut, cut, cut, cut.' It really altered the way I shot the movie completely. It was exciting because after 20 years of filmmaking I felt as if I was making my first movie again."
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Resident Evil: Afterlife (set report) is just the beginning of the 3D adventure for director Paul W. S. Anderson. He believes that not only is 3D cool for viewers, it represents a paradigm shift in terms of cinema along the same lines as the introduction of sound into film and the introduction of color. "3D is very exciting," Anderson said at a Comic-Con press event. "Everything from now on for me is 3D. I am completely convinced it is the future of home entertainment and as well as cinema entertainment."
Of course, it helps that Afterlife is one of the few movies that will be released that was actually filmed in 3D and Anderson is helping to promote the new technology. While working with a new technology was a bit problematic, Anderson says, the interesting thing is that it forces a director to compose images in a completely different way.
“We had big 3D monitors set and you wear the glasses and see the image in 3D," Anderson said. "I moved the camera in a completely different way than I did in my previous movie. In Death Race, which is a modern action movie, I used a lot of the handheld action cameras, with quick cuts. In 3D, I didn't want to do that anymore, I went for a more classical approach to film making with dolly and track and cranes and slightly slower choreographed moves. You get more fight moves in one take rather than going ‘Cut, cut, cut, cut.' It really altered the way I shot the movie completely. It was exciting because after 20 years of filmmaking I felt as if I was making my first movie again."
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