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How James Cameron Pumped Volume Into Titanic

Posted by timothy on from the really-big-hose dept.

MrSeb writes with ExtremeTech's account of how director (and deep sea explorer) James Cameron spent a reported $18 million converting his blockbuster movie, Titantic, to 3D. The article "looks at the primary way of managing depth in 3D films (parallax), how you add depth to a movie that was originally filmed in 2D, and some of the software (both computer and human-brain) difficulties that Cameron had to overcome in the more-than-two-year process to convert Titanic into 3D."

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  1. Depth by NoobixCube · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I said that movie lacked depth...

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    1. Re:Depth by RussR42 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought depth was kind of the problem... The Titanic had too much.

  2. Re:How much to make a good Titanic ride at Univers by russotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, yes. Let's take an incident that killed 1,500 people in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic and make it a ride. It's bad enough that Cameron turned the tragedy into some bogus "love story" - that scene in the water with Winslet and DiCaprio makes me want to puke - then the woman ditches the necklace into the open water with an "oops". Call me jaded, but I think the movie is a bigger tragedy than the actual event.

    I'm guessing you're not going to like the "Springtime For Hitler" Experience either. Sort of like "Pirates of the Carribean", only with Nazis.

  3. Titanic Super 3D by tangent3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check out the (parody) trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxj1mou03M

  4. Re:Wonderful, but... by djl4570 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What? The diamond of unusual size?

  5. Re:Most importantly, are Kate Winslet's tits in 3d by NoSleepDemon · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife made me go see it with her. For the record, they were glorious.

  6. Re:Wonderful, but... by Tastecicles · · Score: 4, Funny

    AvP: What Really Happened on Titanic. Directed by Michael Bay.

    Kill me now.

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  7. Re:Wonderful, but... by aztektum · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not my wife or girlfriend, thankfully.

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  8. Re:Wonderful, but... by MDillenbeck · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd much rather see Rodents of Unusual Size in 3D.... but then again, they don't exist. ;)

  9. Re:shit as slashdot by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    The more I use slashdot the more I think it's turning into shit

    I wish there was something anything better

    Any recommendations out there? Anonymous responses are ok. Thanx much.

    Have you tried Slashdot 3D?

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  10. Re:Wonderful, but... by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, it's there. Love the updated soundtrack.

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