A blog about 3D cinema

Background Oz The Great And Powerful is Sam Raimi's first 3D movie. Having licked the wounds of  Spider-Man 3, Oz  marks Raimi's return to the land of gigantic budgets, tons of CGI and 'franchise friendly' material. Optimists viewed the release of Oz as an opportunity for L. Frank Baum's classic novels to be visualised in the modern age, leading to a series worthy of their reputation as American Mythology. Cynics viewed the film's existence as a greedy crash-grab by Disney, fuelled by the phenomenal +$1billion box-office success of Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland . Meanwhile, others fretted that the 1939 classic Wizard Of Oz was just as fresh today as it was then and, frankly, didn't-need-a-prequel-thank-you-very-much. So... having set the scene for audience expectations, let's dive into the 3D of Oz The Great And Powerful ! Native 3D If you fell in the 'cynic' camp of the audience, you might be surprised how little 'cash-gr...

Background: Katy Perry now ranks amongst the best of the early-21st Century's pop stars. She ties a record with Michael Jackson for the most number one hit singles from one album, and was the first female to do so. It's been several years since she invaded the airwaves with  her hit single,  I Kissed A Girl , and now Perry is out to dominate movie theatres with her own quirky take on the doco/concert film. To do this, she's recruited  the directing team of Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz. The pair are producers on the wildly popular 'the show must go on' TV series  Project Runway , and they made Justin Bieber's 3D film  Never Say Never   in 2011. Safe to say they know how to manipulate documentary footage into a narrative! Since Katy Perry: Part Of Me 's release last week, critics have been unexpectedly kind to this particular manipulation of Perry's life and recent worldwide tour. It deftly juggles three narratives: Perry's rollercoaster of a personal...