Anthony McKay

Two questions:

1) Is the Victorian era set from this Shepperton movie the "Oliver" set?

2) Part of this movie was filmed with a 3D release in mind (quite obvious when you see 'Mr Blake' throwing things at the camera) - does any of the 3D footage exist, and what 3D system was being used?

Amethyst_Isle

I do not think any of the 3D footage exists anymore,this was quite a low budget film so it was aborted mid filming.

Windthrop

As I understand it, it was a new one which would work on conventional projection systems.

Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !

ddock54

Yes its the Oliver set at Shepperton ,used in loads of films...

I SAY THERE BOY!

Dr Amicus

As I understand it, the planned 3D system for this used the same reasoning as did the BBC 3D did a few years back (the one with the Dr Who charity episode set in Albert Square). Hoping someone might correct / expand on this, but it was based on constant movement to left or right combining with coloured glasses to give a 3D effect.

I Monster use the same principle, but without the glasses. Milton Subotsky had read an article in the New Scientist (I tracked this down - it was more a letter I think) explaining the scientific reasoning for this - and determined it could be done without glasses but by crossing you eyes as in a Magic Eye picture.

According to Christopher Lee (again, if my memory serves me), nobody else could see the effect and just got headaches from trying to watch the film cross-eyed! But it does explain all the tracking shots and walking across the screen Lee does.

Anthony McKay

I recall from the BBC screening that if one eye sees a slightly darker image of a moving object (left to right mostly) the brain processes the moving object as moving towards the viewer.

So you just need to wear a pair of tinted glasses with one lense missing to see the effect - I'll try this tonight.

For this to work Mr Blake would have to throw things at the camera from either left or right of frame - not from the centre.

Anthony McKay

I had a go with a dark lens over my right eye. Brightly lit figures against a dark background moving left to right do appear to come out of the screen. The opening credits seem to hover over the background action even though they are moving upwards.

Other left to right action looks slightly 3 dimensional, but scenes like the razor fight and Mr Blake thrusting a bunsen burner towards the camera don't work at all.

There must be some degree of 3D perception that I'm not noticing because when I put the dark lens over my left eye I had the sensation of Mr Hyde walking through objects that were in the foreground.

The concept of a film which consist entirely of tracking shots was never going to work - Mr Rosenburg what were you thinking!

Anthony McKay

Another question - Did "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" become Dr. Marlowe and Mr Blake because Hammer's "Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde" was an almost con-current production?