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Perhaps not completely photography related, but I wanted to make a post about a recent experience in seeing the IMAX U2 3D film This is concert footage of perhaps one of the most well known bands on the planet What made this particular film so unique, so special was that it was actually better than actually going to a live concert In fact, I will go out on a limb and say it was much better than having front row tickets.
The film is shown in IMAX theaters, so of course you have a much larger than normal movie screen in front of you, and it is also in 3D The 3D aspect of it makes you feel as if you had your own personal magic carpet, able to follow any of the band members around on stage, out into the audience, and views from all around in exceptional detail It also gave you the feeling of what it is like to be on a stage in front of thousands of fans or to be so close to lean on Bono’s shoulder This film is so well done, it leaves you hoping many of your other favorite musical artists will soon be following in U2’s footsteps.
As photographers, one of the struggles is always trying to recreate the energy and emotion of a moment, trying to get a 2 dimensional image to represent an. immersive. experience Much of the time, the final picture or film falls short in some ways Technology like used in this concert film makes you wonder if someday those barriers will be reduced for other mediums.
If you have the opportunity to see this film, I can’t recommend it highly enough Even if you aren’t a U2 fan, you will probably become one after the. exhilarating. experience of this film.
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Hey – well I will be in the main floor mosh pit for Nine Inch Nails in August – somehow I doubt they will be able to replicate that in 3D IMAX. 🙂
Hey Mark,
Put the pipe down, bruh. 🙂
Cheers
Carl
Carl –
Yes, I thought I was losing my mind when I was thinking that. Like I said, I think it was a unique exception – and I wasn’t drinking! 🙂
‘What made this particular film so unique, so special was that it was actually better than actually going to a live concert.’
Hey Mark,
Dude, are you crazy? 🙂
I haven’t seen the film, and I’d like to, for sure, but I can’t perceive a recording as being ‘better’ than an actual experience. Live music goes beyond the cerebral (well, good live music, anyway) – recordings are experienced completely within our head.
U2 rock.
Cheers
Carl
I haven’t seen this around here yet but I will be sure to go (and take my 15 year old) when it arrives!
I believe it will be showing here in the Louisville area soon Mark, I went and saw a film about Tornado chasing at our Imax and have been hooked by the experience since.
BTW I am partial to a little U2 every once in a while ! 🙂
Thanks for the review–it sounds very interesting! I sympathize in the problems inherent in portraying 3 dimensions in 2. When I paint or take pictures, I KNOW there’s no way I can truly convey the entirety of my subject & sometimes it frustrates me to no end.
I think going from a 3-D mode of experience to a 2-D representational presentation is possibly the most difficult aspect of photography. It requires the ability to visualize a final product in a way that we don’t have to for just about anything else we do. You put the whole problem very well – I like “immersive experience”. But that pertains to every aspect of the experience, smell, touch, hearing. You may say the “immersive experience” is 6-D, and those are just the external experiences.