A Parade of Horrors in 3-D
Ever since James Cameron’s rampant success with Avatar in 3-D, horror films have been falling in line to add a three dimensional aspect to their scares. From My Bloody Valentine and The Final Destination, to Saw 3D and Resident Evil: Afterlife the production of horror films in 3-D has gone viral in the hopes of upping sales in a slumping genre. But far from accentuating these films, 3-D has become a tired tactic that puts the focus on spectacle rather on the merits of the film itself. So how does 3-D work? For all its hype, it is an amazingly simple process. Because your eyes are spaced about 2 inches apart, they each see at slightly different angles. Your brain collects this data and compiles it to form one image. 3-D riffs off this natural phenomenon by projecting the same scene from two different angles in two different colors. Now is when those cool glasses come in handy. Each lens has a color filter so that each image only enters one eye. Your brain whips the two pictures ba...