New multi-media products that are becoming more and more popular.
Cellular TV Other countries are crazy for TV on cellphones, but are Americans interested? Services such as Verizon Wireless's V Cast and Cingular's MobiTV deliver live TV feeds and on-demand clips. Unfortunately, the video on these services can be jerky and out of sync with the audio feed. But faster networks (such as mobile WiMAX or a satellite system like South Korea's) may deliver a smoother picture.
Dual-View Screens At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Sharp Electronics demonstrated an LCD TV that offered different images at different viewing angles. Will two people in a room want to watch different shows at the same time? Maybe, but Sharp thinks the technology will reach its potential in cars, where passengers can watch video while the driver keeps his eyes on the nav system--and the road.
Taken from the website.
Friday, 27 April 2007
Statements relating to my case study
"the choice and flexibility offered by digital technology are simply too attractive to consumers. If people want something badly enough, digital technology enables them to get it – legally or illegally.” Lord Puttnam.
“If we don’t invest in the necessary talent, then we will see an outsourcing of digital work to territories that combine a far lower cost base with comparable or eventually even better skills" Lord Puttnam.
"It's taken so long because it's been a question of agreeing in advance," said David Hancock on the digital changeover.
"With a digital projector you can input virtually anything into it," said Steve Knibbs of Vue cinemas. "[We can screen] a DVD, a clip downloaded from YouTube, gaming from a digital projector with multiple players on the screen at the same time, a live feed from satellite, cable and whatever" Steve Knibbs
"It's not proved financially viable for some time," said Richard Boyd of the National Film Theatre.
“If we don’t invest in the necessary talent, then we will see an outsourcing of digital work to territories that combine a far lower cost base with comparable or eventually even better skills" Lord Puttnam.
"It's taken so long because it's been a question of agreeing in advance," said David Hancock on the digital changeover.
"With a digital projector you can input virtually anything into it," said Steve Knibbs of Vue cinemas. "[We can screen] a DVD, a clip downloaded from YouTube, gaming from a digital projector with multiple players on the screen at the same time, a live feed from satellite, cable and whatever" Steve Knibbs
"It's not proved financially viable for some time," said Richard Boyd of the National Film Theatre.
Thursday, 26 April 2007
Film statistics
Number of films produced manually has risen from:
1912- 2 (!)
2003- 103
......in the UK alone.
Cinema admissions have gone up and down but overall have fallen. In the forties when cinema was at its peak;
1946- 1,635.00
2003- 167.30
1912- 2 (!)
2003- 103
......in the UK alone.
Cinema admissions have gone up and down but overall have fallen. In the forties when cinema was at its peak;
1946- 1,635.00
2003- 167.30
3D television
3D television is normally associated with lower standard horror films. However such companies as IBM, Mitsubishi and Philips are working on building 3D into 'next generation sets'. Sharp already sells computers compatible with 3D, while Philips wants a 3D effect without glasses by 2008.
10 digital effects of all time
The top digital effects can be found in the following films:
Star Wars (1977) Motion control photography in which a computer is used to control long camera sequences and movements (shown in spaceship battles). This saves time.
Tron (1982) Wasn't the first to use computer generated (CG) graphics, but was the first to create a 3D worlds with it; a pioneering CGI film.
Terminator 2- Judgement day (1991) Jaw dropping 'morphing' is used. The robots humanoid texture was frighteningly real.
Cliffhanger (1993) Wires were digitally removed from a shot (no need for green screens!)
Jurassic park (1993) The digital dinos were a revalation, introduced CGI live animals with muscle movement etc.
Forest Gump (1994) Using Kodak's cineon system they went back in time, compositing Tom Hanks into historical clips.
The Perfect storm (2000) The water of the sea was very difficult as it is organic- to make it look believable is a big thing.
Lord of the Rings (2001) Generated crowds of thousands of people for battle scenes; artificially intelligent individuals "who amke their own decisions based on thier behaviour patterns".
The Polar express (2004) Used a large motion capture stage with over 200 hundred cameras to capture Tom Hanks performance, along with other characters. This helped to create digital characters.
The day after tomorrow (2004) Took more than 50,000 photos of New york city and scanned them into a computer to provide a 3D model of the city, that they could destroy.
Star Wars (1977) Motion control photography in which a computer is used to control long camera sequences and movements (shown in spaceship battles). This saves time.
Tron (1982) Wasn't the first to use computer generated (CG) graphics, but was the first to create a 3D worlds with it; a pioneering CGI film.
Terminator 2- Judgement day (1991) Jaw dropping 'morphing' is used. The robots humanoid texture was frighteningly real.
Cliffhanger (1993) Wires were digitally removed from a shot (no need for green screens!)
Jurassic park (1993) The digital dinos were a revalation, introduced CGI live animals with muscle movement etc.
Forest Gump (1994) Using Kodak's cineon system they went back in time, compositing Tom Hanks into historical clips.
The Perfect storm (2000) The water of the sea was very difficult as it is organic- to make it look believable is a big thing.
Lord of the Rings (2001) Generated crowds of thousands of people for battle scenes; artificially intelligent individuals "who amke their own decisions based on thier behaviour patterns".
The Polar express (2004) Used a large motion capture stage with over 200 hundred cameras to capture Tom Hanks performance, along with other characters. This helped to create digital characters.
The day after tomorrow (2004) Took more than 50,000 photos of New york city and scanned them into a computer to provide a 3D model of the city, that they could destroy.
Extended question: how is digital distribution changing the way we consume other media?
It is allowing us access to other media aswell. For example you could screen a downloaded clip from Youtube, use the screens for gambling, gaming etc. To do this you would use multiple players all connected to the screen; a live feed from satellite, cable whatever.
What does digital projection offer in the way of the "future" for cinemas?
Digital film means a variety of movies being screened on the same screen on the same day, Tinseltowns films are set to get more showings too. Overall it will offer a whole new sense of reedom and amazing flexibilty not available before.
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