Michael Bay Calls 3D 'Technical Nightmare'

Michael Bay has called shooting in 3D a technical nightmare.

In the past Bay has admitted that he was unsure about working in 3D was convinced to shoot Transformers: Dark of the Moon in this format by both James Cameron and Steven Spielberg.

Bay shot the majority of the movie with 3D cameras and admits that it pose some problems.

Speaking to MTV News the filmmaker said: "It's hard with my style of shooting and taking [a camera] and strapping it to guys who are skydiving off buildings, and helmet cams.

"It's a technical nightmare. You don't even want to tell your viewers how technically complicated this stuff is."

But in a bid to get the 3D aspect of the movie right Bay reveals that he changed his filming style in a bid to get it right.

"I've slowed down my style on this one," he explained. "There are longer shots, there are evolving shots, some shots are 45 seconds long, where you're going in and through things.

"Where people say, 'Oh, I can't watch action with 3-D,' it's where 3-D was done poorly and your eye goes in and out, and if it jumps fast, it's when you get bad 3-D, because it screws with your head.

"Shot by shot, we're transitioning the viewer. You can really feel the action in this. It's much more experiential."

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is out now.