AVATAR Brings 3D to the next level… for the first 15 minutes. After that, I found myself watching a movie and not really paying attention to the 3D effect. It was only when I was bored, and I  was at times, that I looked for the 3D effect. It’s a gorgeous film to watch, and the story is decent, but I hated wearing the glasses, and I can’t wait for autosteroscopic displays. These are essentially 3D TV’s or monitors that do not require glasses. Phillips sells a 42″ 3D TV currently for a mere $8,000.

Overall, it’s worth seeing atleast once. I didn’t see Avatar in IMAX 3D, but I might.

Lemony Snikets A series of Unfortunate Events

I find it fascinating to see how title sequences have such great potential to either compliment and/or recap the story in films .  I remember seeing Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events back in 2004 during the holidays, and although I had only thought the story was just okay I was genuinely impressed with the ending title sequence.  I think its kind of funny that my favorite part in the film is the end credits but its true.  Everything works so well together: the mood, illustrations, animation, lighting, effects, etc.

There are a lot of web sites for a graphic artist to seek inspiration, and I try my best to absorb as much as I possibly can keeping in mind of future projects I will work on.  I usually take a moment each week to see if there is anything new at one of my favorite sites, which is The Art of the Title Sequence.  They have some really good collection on there ranging from a time span of decades of title sequences in films.  I still remember the first time I checked out the site their very first post was the sequence from Lemony Snicket.  In my opinion, I couldn’t agree more on choosing a finer example to start off with in introducing what a well-crafted title sequence can look like.  Not to mention how to continually engage an audience when the movie is “technically” over.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2007/12/21/lemony-snicket/