Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From what I had understood, talking to those actively involved in the "motion world", the norm is now to shoot in video, add all the effects via computer animation, and then return to film........... not only because the cinemas have the equipment, but because the quality of the projected image is much higher. This has been a moving trend over the last seven or eight years. B. On 21-jan-2006, at 22:13, Mark Langer wrote: > A very few films are shot in digital and transferred to film. But > so far, > the industry has resisted the move to video as a theatrical exhibition > format. Most of the resistance is coming from theatre chains, > which are > reluctant to invest in the enormous costs of changing to a > technology that > may have to be updated at great cost in a few years. > > Mark > > > On 1/21/06, George Lottermoser <imagist@imagist.cnc.net> wrote: >> >>> Absolutely true - because without the support of enough 'weekend >>> snapsters," >>> there's unlikely to be any film realistically available within a >> decade, >>> or >>> less. >> >> Just curious - is this "no film" phenomena also happening in the >> "film" >> industry. In other words are the "movie makers" also ready to >> throw in >> the towel for their first generation originals? >> >> regards, George >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information