“Film has shaped the new media to accommodate it” -David Bordwell, Kirsten Thompson, p.730. Since the introduction of Digital Cinema in the late 90’s, it is fair to say that we are well and truly immersed in a new digital age for film. Despite some filmmaker’s objection to the introduction of digital cinema, and an overall wariness of the conversion from traditional films to digital, nowadays, the majority of films that we see in the cinema are digitally made. “The next ten years may witness the almost complete disappearance of celluloid film stock as a recording, distribution, and exhibition medium.” (Roderick. The Virtual Life of Film (2007)) Furthermore, many classic films such as Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” (1937) and Stephen Spielberg’s “Jaws” (1975) have been digitally remastered to improve our viewing quality and experience. In this essay, I aim to illustrate how film has shaped the new media to accommodate it, and also discuss how the advent of digital technologies are reworking the role of images. With Digital Cinema, it is possible to watch movies anywhere, anytime, and pretty much on whatever device you wish. This idea seems extremely appropriate with the pace at which the world is moving at the moment. Almost everyone you meet has some form of android or smart phone, iPod, iPad or other portable device in which they can watch a film on. “iPods are the latest digital device to enable audio-visual imagery to go mobile, allowing viewers to watch and listen in almost any context, provided they have first downloaded their tunes and podcasts” (Wood, Aylish; Digital Encounters. 2007) In being able to watch a movie on the go, on your phone or tablet is certainly one way in which “Film has shaped th... ... middle of paper ... ... But I also look forward to what technologies will be developed next to reshape film and the new media. Bibliography Roderick, D.N., 2007. The virtual life of film. London: Harvard University Press. Belton, J., 2012. “Digital 3D cinema: Digital cinema’s missing novelty phase.” Film History, Volume 24. Indiana: Indiana University Press. Prince, S., 1996. “True lies, perceptual realism, digital images and film theory”. Film Quarterly, volume 49. California: University of California Press. Thompson, K., Bordwell, D., 2010. Film history: An introduction (third edition). Singapore: McGraw Hill. Wood, A., 2007. Digital Encounters. New York: Routledge. Willis, H., 2005. New digital cinema; reinventing the moving image. London: Wallflower. Manovich, L., 1999. What is digital cinema? http://www.manovich.net/TEXT/digital-cinema.html. Accessed on 19/12/2013.
The intermix of a great literary work into a modern production is not a new concept, but the use of digital enhancement to carry a theme was unheard of prior to the making of this film. Both Director of Photography Roger Deakens, and Business Development Director Sarah Priestnall from Kodak, helped to explain that the digital process used is the modification of the film at the pixel level, in which the film is digitized frame by frame and each frame is color matched to allow for manipulation. The mastering process was done in the film developing...
The film industry has always been a modern industry where new inventions are constantly on the rise and put into films to improve the film lovers’ movie experiences. Just a few years ago, the world was introduced to a new third dimension. Instead of just using your imagination to put yourself in the same room as the characters on the screen, the 3-D effect did it for you. In Roger Ebert’s “Why I Hate 3-D,”
It is a common mis-conception that films are merely entertainment, and serve no other purpose than to provide for the viewer a two-hour escape from reality. This is a serious under-estimation of the power, purpose, and potential of film, because film, upon reflection, revea...
The emergence of home theatre allowed films to be released in a variety of formats and screened on various types of equipment. Studios began viewing conversion of film into multiple formats as a top priority. Though box-office numbers remained important markers of success it wasn’t the largest source of revenue...
At the forefront of Sontag’s argument, lies a description of the first ever showing of moving pictures in 1895. The audience ducked and gasped in anticipation of the oncoming train footage, and cinephilia was born. Later, audiences went to the movies to be “kidnapped” and inspired. Today, the relationship between audiences and film remains quite similar. Movies of incredible value are recognized for being, “completely absorbing,” “moving,” and memorable (Tyler).
As time and people are continually changing, so is knowledge and information; and in the film industry there are inevitable technological advances necessary to keep the attraction of the public. It is through graphic effects, sounds and visual recordings that all individuals see how we have evolved to present day digital technology; and it is because of the efforts and ideas of the first and latest great innovators of the twentieth century that we have advanced in film and computers.
Stanley, Robert H. The Movie Idiom: Film as a Popular Art Form. Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc. 2011. Print
" Journal of Film and Video 63.1 (2011): 44-63. Project MUSE. Web. The Web. The Web.
The film industry has always been somewhat of a dichotomy. Grounded firmly in both the worlds of art and business the balance of artistic expression and commercialization has been an issue throughout the history of filmmaking. The distinction of these two differing goals and the fact that neither has truly won out over the other in the span of the industry's existence, demonstrates a lot of information about the nature of capitalism.
Many people don’t think about it so much, but movies (or just film in general) have become such a big part of our lives that we don’t think much of it because it just feels like a usual part of living. But have you ever wondered why this is, and how far back film started? Movies and film have been around for a long time, have developed in big ways throughout time, and has advanced in such a big and new way to this day.
Offering the unique ability to visually and audibly convey a story, films remain a cornerstone in modern society. Combined with a viewer’s desire to escape the everyday parameters of life, and the excitement of enthralling themselves deep into another world, many people enjoy what films stand to offer. With the rising popularity of films across the world, the amount of film makers increases every day. Many technological innovations mark the advancement of film making, but the essential process remains the same. Pre-production accounts for everything taken place before any shooting occurs, followed by the actual production of the film, post-production will then consist of piecing the film together, and finally the film must reach an audience. Each step of this process contributes to the final product, and does so in a unique right. The process of film making will now start chronologically, stemming from the idea of the story, producing that story into a film, editing that footage together, and finally delivering that story to its viewers.
‘Then came the films’; writes the German cultural theorist Walter Benjamin, evoking the arrival of a powerful new art form at the end of 19th century. By this statement, he tried to explain that films were not just another visual medium, but it has a clear differentiation from all previous mediums of visual culture.
...n able to reach otherwise. With unlimited possibilities and the creative minds in the world, the film industry is likely to consider seeing drastic changes. Like the world has in the past, peoples’ likes and dislikes will change with the ever-changing technological world. What we enjoy as a society in 2005 is likely to be considered as bland as we consider the black and white silent films, in the years to come.
Culkin, Nigel & Randle, Keith 2003, Facing the Digital Future: The Implications of Digital Technology for the Film Industry, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire.
In the following text I am going to answer this questions focusing on television and movies in the near future.