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Technology In Film Production Essay, Research Paper

Technology in Film

Over the years film has meant many different things to many different types of people. Cultures have been forever changed due to certain films being made. One of the things that has maintained films to stay appealing to audiences are the continuing advances in technology that keep films interesting, as well as challenge filmmakers to constantly develop new ideas. I will show how technology and the use therein contributes to film and the creative aspect that goes into producing a product that appeals to the mass public, as well as the downfalls that technology brings with it. Also how advancements in film stocks and processing techniques have brought us to the use of computer technology in films.

There are a two crucial aspects of film that technology effects, these being, production, and post-production. The easiest way that I can analyze the effect that technology has had on film, is to use an example of a particular film, to do this I will use The Matrix. This film is a great example of what can be accomplished with the advances in technology.

The first and most obvious effect that technology has had on film has been the advances of cameras and film stocks. When film was first introduced in the early 20th century the cameras were very large and awkward in shape. This reason made transporting these cameras extremely difficult as well as making it nearly impossible to manipulate the camera so that creative shots could be produced. For this, films early in the century are usually comprised of still shots with the action unfolding in front of the camera instead of following the action with the camera. Films that were made early in the 20th century were based solely on the action, actions of the actors to tell the story and the camera was used much less as a means to tell a story as it was to show the story that the actors were portraying. Today in film the camera is a large part of how the story is told. It is not only used to help the story along but is now manipulated to create entirely different realms with in a certain film. A good example of this is how cameras were manipulated in The Matrix.

With advances in film stocks as well as ways that film can be processed, it has completely changed what can be shot on film. At first, film stocks were not very sensitive, in that you needed a large amount of light to expose a picture on the celluloid of the film. For this most of the early films were still shot in studios or were shot outside, but only when there was a lot of light on the subject. If there was not a lot of light there would not be an image burned onto the film. With the slow development of film stocks, filmmakers were able to shoot in low lit situations and were finally starting to be able to tell their stories in the way that they wanted to, with out being held back by not having enough light for a particular scene. The advances of processing techniques has given filmmakers a chance to explore their imagination and the luxury of not having to worry about things that earlier filmmakers have had to deal with. Filmmakers are now able to manipulate film stocks and the way that they are processed so that they can create varied visual effects that have never been seen by audiences. With this they are able to provoke varied responses to their audiences and are able to manipulate film in particular ways to have certain effects on the viewer.

With the advances in technology have come advances in the way that films are produced and also the way in which audiences appreciate them. The implication of the computer into the post-production of films added so many more possibilities towards how a story was told. Computers have made it possible to create action sequences, locations, and entire realms that would be way to expensive if not impossible to create with normal means. For this stories have also developed, and especially science fiction stories. In most science fiction stories they take place in exotic and mystical far off planets. With the use of computers and software of today it is now possible to create futuristic lands as well as whole characters.

Technology has influences the production aspect in several ways. First off in how stories are conceived. Now that computers can create almost anything that a director would want to see in the final product it has given directors the freedom to experiment with their ideas as well as manipulate scenes in particular ways to provoke a certain feeling out of their audiences. With a lot of things being done in post-production on computers, green screen techniques have been implicated. Green screen technique is when there is a green screen that is placed behind the action and the actors or prop is manipulated to be a part of the background even though there is no background when the shot is being filmed, instead there is a green screen and then in post-production the green screen is keyed out and the background is put in. This process has changed the way actors must act. As a whole it is more challenging for the actors because they not only have to create a great performance but also have to do it while they are imagining what will be added later. This makes it so much more important for the director to know precisely what will be added later so that he is able to instruct the actors as to what the final product will look like. Even though this is harder for the actors, if it is done correctly it certainly adds so much to the final product.

One thing about technology within film is that a lot of the times it draws from past experimentation and even uses techniques that were used by the first filmmakers. A great example of this is with The Matrix. Throughout this film there was a technique that was exploited where an actor would be jumping in the air or performing a particular act and everything would

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