Cinematographer John Leonetti has tackled projects such as “The Mask” and “The Scorpion King,” and will soon take on “Arabian Knights” in 3D, but the 42-day shoot of “Piranha” last year in 100-plus temperatures on a lake in anamorphic film that would be converted into 3D presented some unique challenges for the movie’s DP.
In the 4-minute video below, Leonetti, whose father worked on “Citizen Kane” and “The Wizard of Oz,” and whose older brother is also a cinematographer, describes some of those challenges and the reason he and the filmmakers opted in advance to use post-production conversion for the 3D.
— By Scott Hettrick
Speaking of “emotion engineering” in 3D: http://realvision.ae/blog/2010/08/emotion-engineering-or-creating-moods-in-3d-movies/
..at least finally, Cinematographers are investigating the a real use of stereoscopic 3D. I’m even now hearing DPs who once proclaimed blatantly that 3D is just another tool (not Leonetti)..do a complete U-turn and embrace the true potential that is possible in visual story telling by using stereoscopy properly.
Looking forward to seeing how Leonetti uses 3D to evoke emotions effectively in upcoming non-converted 3D projects
Regards
If a fish with a mouth can pack ’em in in 3~D, imagine what DD-cups comin’ atcha on the big screen can do! (It boggles the mind). Famous/infamous cableTV pick-up King Ugly George is now sniffing around to convert bad 1980 Betamax video to 3~D acceptable DVD for his first feature..the world waits…