Because I like 3D movies, I bought a special 3D projector and 3D screen, and also saved a lot of 3D movie resources, have a little understanding of the development of 3D movies, plus consult the information, sort out the following history of the development of 3D movies, if there is something wrong, please correct!
In 1839, the British scientist Sir Charles Wheatstone invented a stereoscopic glasses based on the phenomenon that "human two eyes are imaged differently", so that people's left and right eyes have different effects when looking at the same image, which is the prototype of today's 3D glasses.
In 1922, The Power of Love was the world's first 3D film. The red-and-green stereoscopic film model was screened at the Embassy Hotel Theater in Los Angeles, which was the first commercial use of 3D films.
In 1952, the first true 3D stereoscopic color feature film African Adventures was Africa Adventures. The film's inferior and spectacle representation of the man-eating lion is too rough to watch. It also proves that it is not feasible to use magic tricks to attract viewers who have been taken away by television.
In 1953, the 3D horror film "Horror Wax Museum", 3D film entered a golden age in the 1950s. Professor Jerrod Henry is an art-obsessed engraver, and each of his wax sculptures comes to life. He has been immersed in the famous figures of history, especially Marie Antoinette, queen of Louis XVI, who loved King Louis XVI. His business partner, Matthew Burke, was displeased by Jerrod's poor return on the wax museum. In order to collect money faster, a distraught Matthew burned down the entire wax museum, including all of Jerrod's treasured wax sculptures. After the fire, Jerrod was buried in the fire and mysteriously disappeared, while Matthew received a large insurance payment as he wished. 18 months later, Jerrod was miraculously "resurrected." Not only that, but Jerrod also held a brand new art exhibition, a creepy and bloody exhibition on the theme of death violence. Sue Allen was originally an ordinary beautiful girl who had just become Jerrod's new assistant. But after her friend is mysteriously killed, Sue's life begins to become dangerous and unsettling. How would Sue know that she was the next perfect wax figure Jerrod was going to create, Mary Antoinette.
In 1954, Universal released its most famous 3D horror film, Black Lake Demon. The film tells the story of a geological expedition team that goes deep into the Amazon jungle and discovers a prehistoric fish monster that falls in love with and kidnaps the girlfriend of a scientific expedition member.
In 1954, the 3D version of Murder on the Telephone became one of the few 3D films of the time, and in 1955, Alfred Hitchcock was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Film Director for the film. The film tells the story of Tony, who discovers that his wife Margot has an affair, and decides to kill Margot on the phone.
In 1962, China's first 3D color stereoscopic widescreen movie "The Adventure of the Magician", directed by Sang Arc and starring Chen Qiang. The film tells the story of Lu Xianqi, a magician who was forced out of abroad by reactionaries, to return to Shanghai in search of his son Ah Mao, who has been lost for more than 20 years, and his old friend Wang Xiaoliu.
In 1977, the first 3D three-dimensional kung fu martial arts movie in the history of Taiwan Province in China, "A Thousand Knives and a Thousand Miles". The fight scene is wonderful, making the 3D effect particularly prominent, not only the shock of the dragon and tiger guard flying blood droplets out of the screen, but also the tense stimulation of "sword pointing at the audience" and "ten thousand arrows through the heart", which have a great impact after being released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan, and also participated in the outside market exhibition of the Cannes Film Festival in France that year, and won five honors such as the Golden Arrow Award of the Film Festival.
In 1982, Disney filmed a 16-minute 3D short film, Journey to Magic. Through the mix of CGI and live-action performances, the film creates a surprising 3D effect at the time.
In 1982, the third part of Friday 13 was released, which slowly revived 3D movies in the 80s. It mainly tells the story of the young girl Whitney Miller and her boyfriend Mike and a group of five other people who go to the Crystal Lake Forest to play and encounter bloody killings.
In 1983, the 3D version of Jaws Episode 3 was a hit, earning $13 million in its first week of screening. The film tells the story of a giant cannibal shark off the coast of a summer resort town called Emiti Island, killing several tourists, and the local sheriff, with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark catcher, is determined to hunt the shark.
In 1985, Crystal Warrior became the world's first 3D animated feature film. The film tells the story of a young man who is a slave in an underground mine on a planet and stumbles upon an Excalibur, but the sword does not have a sword body. So, with the help of everyone, the young man escaped from the mine and began the journey to find the legendary sword body. Finally, the young man finally realized that the body of Excalibur was actually hidden in the heart of the Excalibur holder, so Excalibur once again exerted its power and eliminated the robot leader who tried to rule the entire galaxy.
In 2004, the first IMAX 3D feature film, Polar Express, was born. The film tells the story of klaus, a young boy, who takes an express train and his friends to the poles to visit the legendary Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. "Polar Express" earned 30% of the total box office of the film. "The "super combination" of 3D+IMAX has allowed issuers to see great commercial potential.
In 2005, Disney's animated film "Chicken Boy Story" was screened with a new projection technology, eliminating the eye fatigue that was easy to produce when watching 3D movies. On November 1, 2006, the film won the Actors' Choice Association award for "Best Animated Production." The film tells the story of a young, brave, fantasy and adventurous chicken that is accidentally hit by an acorn one day, immediately deduces that his hometown will usher in a catastrophe, and decides to save the earth on his own.
In 2008, the first live-action film shot entirely on a 3D camera, U2 3D Concert, was a pioneering music documentary. The film is primarily a documentary about the U2 Universal Concert, which follows the band from Argentina, Mexico, Chile to Brazil, documenting the live events of the concert and some behind-the-scenes stories.
In 2008, the fully produced action-adventure film Adventures in Digital 3D, which premiered in the United States on July 11, 2008 and was released on September 29, Chinese mainland. The film tells the story of the geologist Trevor who is questioned and isolated by academic scientists for breaking with traditional thinking and proposing seemingly illogical conjectures. In order to prove himself and find his missing brother, he and his nephew went on an expedition to Iceland, which led to many thrilling dangers.
In 2009, the first 3D film animation film "Ghost Mother" in the form of stop animation. It tells that Caroline is a curious girl who discovers a mysterious door in her new home, through which she enters a world parallel to reality. On the surface, this world is just a mirror image of the real world, and the things in it are almost exactly the same as in reality, but they are full of fantasy.
In 2009, avatar, the largest and most technologically advanced 3D film ever produced. "Avatar" presents a very realistic 3D image with a new dual-camera shooting method, and the film can truly enter the 3D era.
In 2010, Chinese mainland invested 300 million yuan to start filming the first domestic 3D movie "The Legend of the White Snake". The film is adapted from "The Legend of the White Snake", one of the four major Chinese folklore.
In 2010, Resident Evil 4 was filmed using the same Fusion 3D shooting system as Avatar, a strictly 3D work, not a 2D-to-3D film. The film tells the story of Alice after experiencing the "Resident Evil 3: Aftermath" incident, continuing to wander in a zombie-infested world, leading survivors everywhere to find shelter. When she arrived in run-down Los Angeles, she was trapped in the umbrella company headquarters surrounded by zombies and faced an unprecedented crisis.
Ang Lee, the winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Director, took 3D movies to the next level, letting us understand that not only action science fiction blockbusters need 3D, but even general drama films can be performed in 3D.
3D movies let people experience a different experience when watching movies, and I hope that 3D technology will be more developed and really let people get rid of 3D glasses to watch movies!