Stereoscopic Cinema & the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838-1952

From stereoview cards to large-format IMAX films, 3-D technology's heightened realism and powerful visual allure have held audiences captive for over a century and a half. The technology, known as stereoscopy, creates an illusion of depth by presenting two slightly different images to the eye in print or on-screen. The advent of stereoscopic film technology excited both filmmakers and audiences, as a means of replicating all of the sounds, colors, movement, and dimensionality of life and nature

• | Author: Ray Zone
• | Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• | Publication Date: Dec 07, 2007
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0813124611
• | ISBN-13: 9780813124612