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Is Your Favorite Film Coming in 3-D?
When Pixar came out with Toy Story, the first computer-generated full-length feature film, audiences were in awe of the what this meant for the future of animation. Now, animators are making another step with animated feature films into the world of 3-D.
Dreamwork's Monsters vs. Aliens, the first this year in what will be a slew of 3-D animated films, opened at number one in the weekend box office earning almost $60 million. This total was definitely bumped up as 3-D viewings cost more than regular theater viewings. However, this does show that audiences are ready for the next big thing.
Disney is never one to be left behind in animated films, they are set to have approximately 17 3-D releases in the works through 2012, including the upcoming Pixar film, Up. But the biggest news that Disney made at their ShoWest presentation in Las Vegas this week was about their classics. Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be released as 3-D double features in October (with Toy Story 3 coming out in 3-D in 2010), Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland will be available in IMAX 3-D as well as regular 3-D and the Academy Award nominee for Best Picture Beauty and the Beast will be re-released in 3-D in February 2010.
Of course, re-releasing films in a 3-D state might be harmful for Disney. How many people are going to be willing to shell out extra money just to see a film they've already seen (and possibly own) in 3-D? I do have to admit, though, that the idea of seeing the classic "Be Our Guest" and ballroom scenes from Beauty and the Beast in 3-D are enough to make me intrigued.
The other question is whether or not this will become the standard in films. In the same way that computer animation has seemed to do away with hand drawings (with the exception of the upcoming Disney flick The Princess and the Frog), are audiences going to expect 3-D effects?
The one thing that is for sure is that animators need to make sure that they don't rest on the "wow factor" of 3-D animation and just create good, quality films. A good story is a good story, no matter what medium is used to tell it.
Dreamwork's Monsters vs. Aliens, the first this year in what will be a slew of 3-D animated films, opened at number one in the weekend box office earning almost $60 million. This total was definitely bumped up as 3-D viewings cost more than regular theater viewings. However, this does show that audiences are ready for the next big thing.
Disney is never one to be left behind in animated films, they are set to have approximately 17 3-D releases in the works through 2012, including the upcoming Pixar film, Up. But the biggest news that Disney made at their ShoWest presentation in Las Vegas this week was about their classics. Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be released as 3-D double features in October (with Toy Story 3 coming out in 3-D in 2010), Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland will be available in IMAX 3-D as well as regular 3-D and the Academy Award nominee for Best Picture Beauty and the Beast will be re-released in 3-D in February 2010.
Of course, re-releasing films in a 3-D state might be harmful for Disney. How many people are going to be willing to shell out extra money just to see a film they've already seen (and possibly own) in 3-D? I do have to admit, though, that the idea of seeing the classic "Be Our Guest" and ballroom scenes from Beauty and the Beast in 3-D are enough to make me intrigued.
The other question is whether or not this will become the standard in films. In the same way that computer animation has seemed to do away with hand drawings (with the exception of the upcoming Disney flick The Princess and the Frog), are audiences going to expect 3-D effects?
The one thing that is for sure is that animators need to make sure that they don't rest on the "wow factor" of 3-D animation and just create good, quality films. A good story is a good story, no matter what medium is used to tell it.
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