Cinema meets digital technology

Iria · Aug 19, 2006, 07:06 AM

Source: BBC News
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Filmmakers have relied on film to make their movies for almost as long as the industry's been around.

Shooting on film may be expensive, but it has a special quality unrivalled by any other media, and though we are not necessarily aware of what is going on behind the scenes when we turn up at the box office, we are stepping into the world of 35mm film.

The release prints of movies arrive in projection rooms as 10,000 feet of film printed as a copy of the original.

So far the only sop towards digital in the analogue cinema world has been in the realm of sound.

But now, finally, film itself may be facing the final curtain as cinemas find the pull of digital forces irresistible.

Aug 19, 2006, 07:06 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Cinema meets digital technology Source: BBC News _______ Filmmakers have relied on film to make their movies for almost as long as the industry's been around. Shooting on film may be expensive, but it has a special quality unrivalled by any other media, and though we are not necessarily aware of what is going on behind the scenes when we turn up at the box office, we are stepping into the world of 35mm film. The release prints of movies arrive in projection rooms as 10,000 feet of film printed as a copy of the original. So far the only sop towards digital in the analogue cinema world has been in the realm of sound. But now, finally, film itself may be facing the final curtain as cinemas find the pull of digital forces irresistible.