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So with everything going digital what does that imply? What do TPTB get from it? Is it being able to remotely make changes to films? Is to track what and when something is watched? I’m not sure… I think of Orwell’s fictional media center where people are constantly re-reading and making changes to media etc. I guess if it was digital it’d be a lot easier.
Canoe Reeves?
Who would every figure him for a documentarian while watching Point Break or Private Idaho?
No matter. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for a copy of this one when the time is right…
First of all, digital has big implications for budgets. The new digital sensors allow shooting with much less light, which means fewer lighting trucks, generators, drivers, grips, etc. The production’s not buying or processing thousands of feet of film, or making prints for dailies, editing, etc.
But digital will also bring in the higher frame rates which will really change the experience for the audience.
It has been known for decades that the feeling of immersion increases dramatically at higher framerates. The difference between something shot and projected at 24 fps and something shot and projected at 48 fps is very dramatic. The difference between 24 fps and 60 fps is… jaw dropping.
In 1989, I took some film classes at USC and they bussed us over to Showscan for a field trip one day. Showscan is just 65mm shot and projected at 60 fps.
They showed us the camera system and several short films that were done in the Showscan process. It’s very, very different than anything most people have seen, even now. It’s like a curtain pulls back and you’re looking in on a real scene. It’s a bit like 3D without the classes.
Anyway, Showscan flopped because it was too cumbersome and expensive… but that was then.
Now that it’s all ones and zeros, check it out:
Hobbit 48fps:
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/04/12/the-hobbit-48-frames-peter-jackson/
Avatar 2 60fps [???]:
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/james-cameron-wants-avatar-2-to-be-60fps-3d-2011041/
So, what do they get?
The troglodytes will have two streams of slobber dripping down their jaws instead of one as they take in the show.
(Ok, I drooled during that Showscan presentation. I can admit it.)
Re: I think of Orwell’s fictional media center where people are constantly re-reading and making changes to media etc.
Definitely see Apple’s new iBooks 2 announcement, with regard to your statement above. Their vision is for books to become like websites, with embedded music, video and lectures, etc. The more distracting, the better. Multitouch enabled textbooks.
And here’s the kicker: The content will change. That’s right. You buy a copy of some “book” and the content will change over time.
No shit. I couldn’t make this up.