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As we are all aware, Hollywood is currently suffering with a serious case of 3D. To stay or not - some think it a gimmick, others a revolutionary aid to narrative, but 3D mania appears to be catching on in the unlikeliest of places…

Will these 30,000 year old Lascaux cave paintings benefit from 3D?

Film critic and writer Robert Ebert has captured Filmmaker and doc maverick  Werner Herzog as he discusses his plans to film inside the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave, a site in southern France that contains the earliest known cave paintings, dating back at least 30,000 years. And yes, you guessed it, Herzog wants to capture the ancient images in 3D.

Herzog is one of the few people that has been granted permission to visit the site. The paleolithic paintings were only discovered in 1994, and are even off limits to French tourists.

In Ebert’s videos Herzog has stated that embracing 3D will help bring what some see as “traditionally dry storytelling to life”.

Before Herzog made his plans to indulge in 3D public, In January of this year, Sundance made the announcement that “The cain toads were back”. Creatures from the celebrated 1988 documentary, Cane Toads: An Unnatural History were once again being unleashed, but this time into the glorious world 3D.

This also comes with other recent news that Broadband provider Sky has commissioned its first original 3D production. Flying Mosters is a documentary which will be fronted by Sir David Attenborough and will be shown later in the year following the launch of Sky 3D channel.

Herzog's other films such as ' Ecounters at the End of the World' have the fantastical shots for 3D

So, it appears that 3D is about to experience big push into our lilving rooms and docs are coming with it.
New technology and a juggernaught of film and TV investment is determined to make 3D stick around far longer than the technique’s previous flirtations with 50s and 80s audiences.

But unlike Avatar’s eight foot blue aliens or Alice in Wonderland’s White Rabbit, Herzog has one big issue to contend with for his cave painting film. And that’s the fact that paintings are, give or take a few stone irregularities, very 2D!

But, as many are aware, Herzog is a man who’s not afraid of a challenge.