A Long Time Ago in a Film Format Far, Far Away

With a majority of moviegoers not even realizes that the film that is going to be projected could be a print film reel or a digital copy of the film on a disc, should it be wrong to have one format completely replace the other? Since 1892, 35-milimeter celluloid print films was the dominant form of technology in the film industry for making and distributing movies (Alan). As time went on and technology grew, the format of digital cinema became more popular due to the accessibility of buying a digital camera and ease of filming and editing a movie more efficiently. Since the early 21st century, film experts and makers alike have started a industry war on whether or not film should be shot and release digitally or should stay in a tradition made more than a century ago. With past equipment being a modern burden, theaters embracing the current technology time have provided them, and many companies are already changing their direction, digitally formatted films is the only choice for modern film.
Digitally formatted films will help overcome many issues and complications of print film, such as the cost and overall hardship of the physical reel, which plagued moviemakers and theaters alike. “What once cost $100,000 might now cost $10,000” (Varenas). The film industry spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on filming and printing footages of many films and sending the prints to theaters. By converting to hard drives and memory cards, film companies can save up to 90% of what was originally paid. The hard drives and memory cards can also be replaced and reused, saving the companies more money to make more films. “Those heavy, bulky canisters belongs to the mechanical past, along with the whir of the projectors and the shudder of the sp...

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... had problems the future can heal, many theaters have embraces the new technology, and many companies have already seized the possibility of digital shooting. The problems that came with the bulky celluloid print films are slowly fading away as digital films on disc are making remedies for the problem. Soon the digital films would no longer be on disc, but entirely electronic and sent through computers and the Internet. Many theaters have turned in their 35mm projectors in favor of the digital projectors. The ones managing the equipment are impress of how much control is given, from where the film is played to how the film sounds in a room. Many film companies like 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney have grasps the future by accepting and embracing digital films while some product companies like Fujifilm and Kodak try to keep up with the evolving from of film format.