3D

3D has been a major part of Cinema since late 2009.

2009 featured an array of films presented in 3D, mostly animated. These included Coraline, Monsters vs. Aliens, Up, X Games 3D: The Movie, The Final Destination, and Avatar.

However, 3D has existed in various forms since 1915 but was a very rare thing to experience due to the high costs.

As of late, studios have been remastering selected fims for a re-release in 3D. These include Titanic (which was directed by James Cameron, director of the highest grossing 3D film of all time), Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (there were plans to re-release all six films before the confirmation of new Star Wars films) and Finding Nemo.

Films do not need to be shot in 3D and can be converted in Post-Production. Notable films include The Avengers (2012), Star Trek into Darkness (2013) and Gravity (2013).

“3D was something that, frankly, I was not a big fan of to begin with. Essentially in order for us to make this movie, the studio said ‘You gotta do this in 3D’. So we said, well, we can do a 2D version that we love that can also be converted to 3D. And the truth is that I’ve actually been having a lot of fun with it…This is kind of the myth, that it only looks good if you shoot the movie in 3D, which is completely not true…

In fact, we’re doing a bunch of things with the 3D in this movie that have not been done before, using techniques that have not been seen. All the exterior shots, including the shots in space, are all either shot or rendered in IMAX format.

It’s the first time a movie has been shot in IMAX to this scale and converted to 3D.”

- J.J. Abrams on Star Trek into Darkness