Lindelof: Star Trek In 3D

[TrekToday]

Although Star Trek 2 has been filmed in 3D, fans can be sure that no story quality was sacrificed in favor of doing so. According to TrekMovie, Damon Lindelof and the other writers were not originally fans of the idea but came around after seeing the results. “We wanted to tell the story that we [...]

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[Gojira]

I'm confused. I thought the movie was shot in 2D but was going to be converted to 3D in post production?

 

[M'Sharak]

I'm confused. I thought the movie was shot in 2D but was going to be converted to 3D in post production?

That had been my understanding, and it sounds like it still will be a conversion, but it looks like they've added a wrinkle to the on-set filming:

“And in terms of actual production, J.J. [Abrams] shot the movie exactly the way he wanted to shoot it. And when you are doing this process, as opposed to a standard conversion, after every single set up – not just every scene but every angle – we had to do a 3D pass where you clear the set of the actors and the camera has to do the same moves so the guys doing the conversion can map accordingly and that will provide a much better 3D experience for the audience.

I think I've seen this extra "3D pass" talked about somewhere before, but can't recall at this moment whether it was to do with Star Trek or in connection with some other production.

 

[Borgminister]

I'm sure the 3rd movie will be strictly IMAX/3D if the 2nd is successful.

Blindingly successful.