Hugo in 3D
Abstract –
The 3D is used to enhance the characters rather than sets in most scenes,
despite the fantastic production design (hello, detractors of the Blu-ray Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we meet again
but, this time in 3D).
Findings –
There is considerable emphasis on the negative parallax space, i.e. when an object is placed
in front of the screen plane and in this case, the objects which take most advantage of this 3D choice, for the most part are the young actors (and the dobe) which undoubtedly is an attempt by Marty S. to get audiences more immersed with the characters themselves….and I think it works nicely.
In those scenes which concentrate on the negative parallax in this fashion, the background is set
at the screen plane and often blurry. So, what we have in these shots (which constitute a significant amount of the motion picture) is essentially a shallow depth of focus which even further aids in making the characters more immersive.
When positive parallax (objects behind the screen) is embraced to take advantage of the spatial depth, it is usually to delineate the great production design of the clock, gears, open shots of the train station, etc.
Technically, the 3D imagery is consistent and other than a little volume bounce at the beginning and some floating window issues (which may well be related to the unfinished nature of the early screenings), I didn’t notice any technical flaws. Well done.
Conclusions-
I wouldn’t go into this film expecting to be overwhelmed with great detailed spatial depth as in *Big 3D* or you may come away disappointed and anyway, I don’t think the subject matter would have been conducive to that approach in the first place. The real question is, was the 3D effective for the storytelling? Did it augment the story and not interfere? I believe it
was effective as the immersion with the characters using the negative parallax greatly augmented the story over what it would have looked like in 2D (although that iteration I haven’t seen as of yet).
Regarding the content itself….
Film geeks interested in film history should especially like the references and imagery regarding the early days of filmmaking.
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