U2 3D

U2 3D is a 2007 Americanproduced 3D concert film featuring rock band U2 performing during the Vertigo Tour in 2006. The film contains performances ofsongs, including tracks from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 2004, the album supported by the tour. The concert footage includes political and social statements made during the shows. It is the bands second feature film, following their 1988 rockumentary Rattle and Hum. Among several cinematic firsts, U2 3D was the first liveaction digital 3D film.

U2 3D depicts a U2 concert in Buenos Aires during the bands Vertigo Tour. In the beginning of the film, a voice is heard chanting everyone in a crowdfilled stadium, followed by fans running through the venue. U2 begin the concert with Vertigo, followed by ten more songs in the main set. Images are shown throughout the concert on the stages LED display. Political and social statements are made during some songs, including Sunday Bloody Sundayduring which the word coexista is spelled out onscreen through various religious symbolsand Miss Sarajevo, during which an excerpt from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is read aloud by a narrator. The main set ends with One, after which the group leave the stage. They return for an encore and perform The Fly, during which a succession of words and phrases appear on the stages LED display and are superimposed into the film. U2 end the show with With or Without You and leave the stage for the final time. As the closing credits begin, a live performance of Yahweh is heard as animations from the stages LED display are shown. U2 reappear on stage in a postcredits scene performing the end of the song.In 2001, producers Jon and Peter Shapiro created a 2D IMAX concert film titled All Access, which featured live performances of several musicians. Due to the difficulty of using conventional IMAX film stock that had to be replaced every three minutes of shooting, the Shapiros wanted to use digital technology for their next project, which could easily be upscaled to the IMAX format without loss of quality. Noting how 3D films outperformed 2D films, they also wanted their next project to be in the IMAX 3D format. While looking for a new digital 3D technology medium, the Shapiros met producer Steve Schklair, founder of Cobalt Entertainment in 2000. Schklair had recently developed a digital 3D filming technique known as active depth cut, which allowed for smooth cuts between shots that would normally not line up whe

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