How the Transition from Film to Digital Cinema Affected Cinematography

In the digital era of convergent media, the most obvious about the change of cinema is the storage which rely on celluloid that you can touch in the past. Now, however, it is stored as electronic packets of 1s and 0s which is virtual. The changes of the cinema is not only about the film storage, but also the production，post-production, exhibition and distribution which is the main part of the film industry structure. In the era of celluloid, the four steps of movie is relatively independent and has its sequence. In digital movie, whereas, the connection and integration among four parts of industry structure are ever close.

When it comes to both digital and analog formats, photographers I think want to know that there will be sharp results and high-resolution images. With digital sensors, we judge resolution by counting the number of pixels within a given area. Film does not have pixels,

As times are changing, knowledge and information are also changing. With that, the development of motion picture complexity has changed the film industry by a continuing technological evolution. It is evident that films have changed significantly over the last 100 years. The intricacy of filmmaking technology has rapidly progressed, allowing creative potential for filmmakers. Films are often due to technological advances, or even to reintroduce a classic story. Some examples of films that have been remade include Scarface (1932), remade in 1983, and The Magnificent Seven (1960), remade in 1998. King Kong (1933) is another example of a film that has been remade. The remake, King Kong (2005), directed by Peter Jackson, shows technological

The work of art that I chose is a still from director Noah Baumbach from the film “While We’re Young” starring actor Ben Stiller. My initial reaction to this was how much different this film looks from modern-day filmmaking. This film was only released not too long ago, in 2015, but it was shot on 35mm film. Most new release films are shot on a digital format. The main reason for this is because of how expensive it is to shoot a movie on traditional film. To put this into perspective, a 1,000’ roll of film is approximately $860.00, and a 1,000’ roll of film will only shoot 11 minutes. Another big advantage to shooting on digital is, digital is better for color work, something that just can’t appear on film. I also like traditional film for

There are many variables that affect the quality of the image that is finally projected in the theater. The more control the cinematographer has over these variables, the better the chance he has to capture the precise visual effect he and the director desire for the movie.

Technology helps to develop and produce the quality of films by making them more complex and dynamic. It also helps to produce films easily. Long ago films were produced with the

The official website of the Association of Moving Image Archivists features a statement made by the Committee for Film Preservation and Public Access before the National Film Preservation Board in 1993. “Preservation without access is pointless,” the quote says. Film is one area where preservation requires presentation after the fact. The mention of certain films being given a new restoration or a new print scan excites cinema lovers and researchers alike, due to the fact that film has not been as meticulously preserved in the past as it is now. Rapidly evolving techniques in how filmmakers shoot films is changing. David Lynch, the director of Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001), begin shooting mostly in digital video, following

A.This paper will examine the impact of the movie camera on the humanities and how filmmaking evolved following the creation of the Lumiere Brothers' movie camera.

The history of filmmaking is vast and spans several centuries, beginning in the mid to late 1800s following the invention of the camera, by experimenting with photography to create animation and moving images. Since then, cinema has evolved from looping one to two minute scenes on film, to one to two hour movies shot in a multitude of possible mediums, with several different types of picture, sound, and digital effects. The advancements of digital cinema have disrupted the construction of reality within narrative filmmaking, and have blurred the lines between animation and live action film by reaffirming film’s place as a classical art. The contrasting ideas between Lev Manovich’s “Digital Cinema and the History of a Moving Image” and

There are many differences between film and digital photography. To most amateur photographers they do not matter much. They prefer the convenience, ease of use and lower cost of digital cameras and are not going to revert to the film age. However understanding the

In the last decades, the photography industry has experienced a rapid transition from film photography to digital photography. Companies such as Kodak, Fujifilm, Konica, Afga, and 3M were well known and recognized names in the industry. These companies were the industry leaders on in the new millennium in regard to film photography. With the exponential growth in technology, leaders in the industry had to take decisive actions with little or no room for error in order to maintain their market share on product offerings. From film photography to digital photography, and to Android photography or cell phone photography, this transition caused many of these industry leaders to re evaluate their approach to new challenges in last decades in order to remain a dominant force and came up with innovative products. In order to remain competitive, few companies in the industry to measures to restructure their operations and develop products to meet consumer demand. Although, some companies in the industry survive the rapid transition from one technology to another, many struggled and eventually called closed their doors for good in the business.

No matter who a person thinks invented the motion picture camera, whether it was Louis Lumiere or Thomas Edison, I'm sure they had no idea what it would become at the turn of the century. Motion pictures, has become an entertainment medium like no other. From Fred Ott's Sneeze to Psycho to Being John Malkovich, the evolution from moving pictures to a pure art form has been quite amazing. Different steps in filming techniques define eras in one of the most amazing ideas that was ever composed. Silent to Sound. Short to long. Black and white to color. Analog to Digital. All were important marks in the History of Motion Pictures. "It's different than other arts. It had to be invented"

Modern digital projection technology only relatively recently surpassed 35mm film in terms of subjective image quality perception. Whether or not digital image quality has surpassed 70mm film is still debatable. on the other hand, with film projection, the image is physically developed on film and there is no resolution, or you can say the resolution is infinite. It’s like trying to describe a perfect circle by describing it with squares or straight lines. So, the quality of film images depends on the process used capture, develop, and duplicate the original image. An advantage of digital over film is that the projected image will always be the same across all digital projection systems. Since every digital projector is fed the exact same pixel data, the position and color of the pixels in relationship to one another will be consistent. With film projection, the image is physically developed on film, so there are greater variations in image and color from one print to the next. Typically, this difference is negligible and not even noticeable, but there are differences.

Since the first movies were first made, they have been shot using film of various sizes, such as 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm. Within the past few years, technology has brought digital cameras to the film industry, and now they are being used in independent and Hollywood films. The recent low budget film The Blair Witch Project was primarily filmed using a Sony VX1000 digital camera, and the movie The Celebration was totally filmed using this camera and the Canon XL-1, ("Should I Shoot 16mm or Digital?"). With some of digital's seemingly wonderful qualities, such as its low cost, it may seem to some like a profound revolution that will sweep the film industry. But is digital really as terrific as some

In order for digital film to exist like it does today it had to evolve from something. Digital film evolved from Film or celluloid film as it is originally more recognized. I have a few questions that I wish to cover early on and continue to develop as time goes on. What is digital Cinema and what are the advantages and or disadvantages of it over film. What is film celluloid and where did it originate from ? Why did digital film start ? finally what is next for digital film is there more to come or will it transition to something else ?.