True Technie Tonic

“Geeks will love the stereoscopic cameras and 3D methods” on Peter Jackson’s fourth video blog and “most people wouldn’t care if it was shot on a hand-held,” according to Guardian film blogger Ben Child. The installment is a “true techie tonic.” “We’re treated to some techie insight into shooting 3D at 48 frames per second, twice the usual rate for cinema. Apparently this required the film-makers to paint Mirkwood in bright red and yellow so that the final shots of the famous forest ended up with a slightly hallucinogenic effect. With the hype surrounding this project, one suspects people will still turn up in their droves next December to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, even if it turns out Jackson shot it on 8mm.”