Identity In America II: The Evolution Of Cinema

The transition from film to digital cinema drastically changed the way films were made and greatly affected the cinematography of films. Digital versus film has been a widely debated subject in the film industry since the availability of digital cameras at the end of the 20th century. Now in the 21st century, digital dominates the film industry, so why is 35mm film still being used by both amateur and professional filmmakers? For years film was seen as a joke, far more inferior to digital, because of the fact that digital gave a better picture and was more convenient to use. But now, film has developed to the point where the typical audience cannot see the difference between HD digital films and 35mm films. For example, HDTV laser-beam recording on 35mm colour film can now be used to enhance the quality of the image without using digital. So now to answer the question earlier on why 35mm film is still being used today is that it is a preference for some directors. Although the average viewer cannot spot the difference between digital and film, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any differences between them.

In the text it says the biggest change by far in modern movies is the use of computers and computer graphics.According to the text computers help add images to any film and makes them seem possible.They are mainly used to make things that people can not actually do.Computers do help make images and scenes,but people think they are fake and want to see real people again.

The modern film industry was born around the beginning of the twentieth century. On April 23rd 1896 Thomas Edition showed the first publicly-projected motion picture at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City. From there the film industry had an explosive growth rate. In fact,

Technology will modernize and redefine how movies are produced, computers are capable to control cameras and generate backgrounds. The digital age will ensure filmmakers will complete the movie a lot quicker therefore being able to produce more movies and not be delayed from any visual effect props. The future of filming has to come to a realisation that movies are moving into a digital age and pre production visual effects will become a thing of the past.

It can be seen from the survey’s figures that the ways to watch a movie and the movie technology have changed most in the past twenty years. Over the past days, only cinema was supplied for people who wanted to watch a movie. But now, more and more people watch movies at home through Family Cinema and computer because they make people comfortably. People can sit on the sofa even or lie in bed to watch a movie, and they are able to have some food and drink at the same time. However, in my opinion, movies’ changes which affect entertainment of people most is movie technology, particularly is computer digital special effects’ appearance. Digital special effect is not only a supplement for film editing, it have already penetrated into every aspect of movies, such as screenplay, scene, stage-ties and postproduction. The directors’ imagination is also at liberty to gallop on through the digital special effect. It makes people to be personally on the scene and shock each audience’s ghost.

Today, more people are getting hooked on Digital photography. Since the birth of digital photography, it has been easier and more convenient for people to capture the best photos they desire. Digital Photography indeed has become the wave of today and in the near future. But what if you're still using the old mode of taking photos- the film photography? Well, think again.

As it were, filmmaking understudies at Columbia University School of the Arts are given the best of both universes. They are presented to both standard and free film making ideas alongside the best devices and hardware to make their motion pictures, making it one of the best film schools on the

The History of film has been influenced by the discovery and testing of paradoxes intrinsic in the medium itself. machines are used record images of anything; it combines still photographs to give the appearance of continuous motion; it seems to present life itself, but it also offers unthinkable unrealities approached only in dreams.

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

While Arnheim’s views on the future of film and the idea of a complete film can be somewhat insightful, I disagree with his conclusion that the introduction of sound and color diminishes the creative quality and originality of movies. He states his belief that eventually film will develop to the point where we “we have nothing to look forward to” (Arnheim , 184).

The technological advances in filmmaking and photography have helped artists and cinematographers create beautifully colorful stories without the burden of editing reels upon reels of celluloid. But with digital cinematography there are other issues that require attention and innovation, and this paper delves into one of those issues the ever-growing need for archiving digital movies and HD television production safely and effectively. This paper also proposes potential solutions for those issues.

The introduction of motion picture drastically changed the world as we know it along with introducing new and advanced ways of making and presenting media to the masses. Before the introduction of motion picture the only way people were able to hear about the news or new products was either by newspaper or word of mouth. Before we had T5i’s or any other new and elaborate camera we had to film with black and white picture with no sound, like the old classic super eight film cameras. The process of editing has changed over the decades from where film was just cut and scenes would be placed right after the other with hard cuts with the raw material, literally they cut the film, to now where most editors use non-linear editing with a computer to add transitions, text, and other video effects to produce the most visually appealing and most understandable when producing a video production. The way the video productions are shown to the public have also adapted throughout its brief existence. When commercials and films first made their appearances in the early twentieth century Directors and Producers had no idea how to use color to catch the audience’s attention by using their sub conscious, they didn’t realize that the length of the production would play a role in rather a person will watch it or not. Nowadays there are entire books on how to grab the audience’s attention.

Every year thousands of independent films are made. The vast majority of these films are created using digital cameras and basic home computers. A few years ago this was impossible due the sheer cost of quality 35 millimeter cameras, and extremely expensive editing equipment. Now anyone can make a relatively high quality digital film with a 1000 dollar camera and a 2000 dollar computer. With a setup like this films can be shot and edited, also special effects and CG sequences unimaginable to even professional film

In a world where everything is digital and photographs are normally taken with the digital cameras, but there are number of photographers who are still shooting with film or there are some who are newly interested in film formats.

It is obvious that technological convergence leads to the changes in media production and distribution (Bolin 2007; Tryon 2009; Dixon & Foster 2011). These changes can be observed through the ways films are promoted and exhibited have also been affected by the use of digital media. The following sections will provide a detail analysis of these changes.