• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • 2D TO 3D: THE INCLUSION OF 3D FILM PRODUCTION WITHIN A TRADITIONAL 2D SCREEN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT

    Author(s)
    Monsour, Luke
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Monsour, Luke
    Year published
    2012
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Among the many new digital media formats and opportunities confronting film school educators and curriculum designers is stereoscopic 3D. Vastly different to other visual realms, production of 3D content requires a unique approach to screen practice and visual design. 3D presents production students with a new way of engaging with audiences, however due to the rapid advances in the available technology outpacing filmmakers' ability to experiment and analyze the medium it is still unclear the extent to which traditional 2D production practice is relevant when creating work in 3D. Not only are the production processes more ...
    View more >
    Among the many new digital media formats and opportunities confronting film school educators and curriculum designers is stereoscopic 3D. Vastly different to other visual realms, production of 3D content requires a unique approach to screen practice and visual design. 3D presents production students with a new way of engaging with audiences, however due to the rapid advances in the available technology outpacing filmmakers' ability to experiment and analyze the medium it is still unclear the extent to which traditional 2D production practice is relevant when creating work in 3D. Not only are the production processes more complicated and workflows more difficult to navigate when creating 3D, the notion of using a ‘space’ to present an idea rather than a ‘screen’ requires an entirely different approach to visual construction and mise-en-scene, and a very different approach to the aesthetic of visual storytelling, yet it is arguably one of the most significant developments in the history of cinematic production in its ability to dimensionalise the storytelling plane. The great filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky in his book Sculpting in Time (1987) explains one of cinema’s great virtues is that it is the most “realistic of the arts”, and it is the ability to capture time which makes it so. Depth and dimension within the cinematic image itself are aesthetic choices, visual devices used to create the illusion of depth in a two dimentional image. When creating film works in 3D one could be said to be sculpting in space as well as time, indeed adding to the unique value of cinema. If this is seen as an important direction for cinematic production, how then can 3D practice be included within a traditional 2D film production educational model? This paper will examine the key differences in production process and aesthetic design between 2D and 3D media and explore the issues, implications and benefits of introducing both models to students within an undergraduate film school program, both in terms of curriculum development and student outcomes. It will address the question of whether the two modes of production are even compatible within a learning environment, and look at ways the two often competing modes of aesthetic design could co-exist.
    View less >
    Conference Title
    INTED2012 Proceedings
    Publisher URI
    http://library.iated.org/view/MONSOUR20122DT
    Subject
    Film, Television and Digital Media not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/53419
    Collection
    • Conference outputs

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E
    • TEQSA: PRV12076

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander