I guess there has been tons of people complaining about getting headaches while watching James Cameron’s Avatar.  I guess this is normal for some people since it is 162 minutes of 3D action.  I happened to stumble across an article by Shadowlocked (via Gizmodo) that explains “How to not get a headache while watching Avatar.”  I don’t get headaches from watching 3D filming but if you do you should check this out.  While the article is about Avatar these tips in this guide can be used for an 3D movie!  It is pretty straight forward and is kind of a duh factor, but check it out it is really interesting!

Avatar is not filmed in the same way was other 3D movies, Avatar is filmed much more like a regular movie with shallow depths of field that are heavily out of focus.  People who get headaches are looking at the wrong spot of the picture, you want to focus on the in focus part of the picture, not the background that is out of focus (look at the picture above to get a better idea).  Kind of silly of producers to do that since looking at the background is always fun and I know a lot of people tend to look around.

You can check out the entire guide over at Shadowlocked!  Hope this helps out everyone who tends to avoid 3D movies, this one is one you wont want to miss!