Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:38:19 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: When will the madness end?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> 10/19/2011 10:20
>PM >>>
>"Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>> http://tinyurl.com/4yx66um
>
>> The mind, er, reels ...
>
>"Murphy also said he is considering converting the footage to
>3D after
>filming to give the movie 'the look and feel of the midnight run'
>stage performances."
>
>Why would anyone *convert* it to 3D instead of filming it in
>3D in the
>first place?  That would be like filming it in black & white with
>the
>intention of colorizing it.

Since the 2d to 3d conversion is done by computers, I would make a wild =
assed guess that computers are cheaper than additional cameras?  As usual, =
something on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2D_to_3D_Conversion

There may be other issues about filming in 2d & 3d at the same time that =
we are not aware of.  I'll others poke the web for such.

mjw