Michael Bay, dishonest? Never! TRANSFORMERS 3 being shot in 3D

Michael Bay, dishonest? Never! TRANSFORMERS 3 being shot in 3D

Jul 03

Michael Bay 2009:

“The way I shoot is too aggressive for 3D cameras. It’s a time consuming thing,” said Bay. “Who knows… It might be a fad. I’m kinda old school. I’m old school because I like to shoot on film. I like anamorphic lenses, and that is old school.”

Fastforward to 2010:

“Trying to lay low and do what I do best. We took delivery of the first Alexa cameras for Hugo and have 23 more on the way. Transformers has also signed on to shoot 3D throughout the film …”

That quote is from Vince Pace, who is kind of a big deal in the world of 3D film production. All you and Transformhards who enjoyed the 3D-ness of Avatar will be pleased to hear that Transformers 3 is being shot in native 3D; I suppose Bay has finally gotten over his desperate attempts to legitimise his style by proving it to be “old school.”

Will Bay force the production of an anamorphic 3D lens? Will (irony of ironies) Michael Bay be the one to bridge the aesthetic gap between film and digital? Only time will tell.