Tech Talk: Behind the lens - Digital replaces analog
This article was first published by dmcityview.com The last couple years have been a nonstop thrill-ride for Hollywood. While box office revenues have broken records, the real suspense-filled adventure is not happening on the screen but inside the theater projector. Fewer terms are more analog than film, a physical medium that stores single frame pictures in sequence. But the last decade has seen everything analog supplanted by the more cost effective digital. Actual film is rarely used, theater sound is digitally disturbed, 3D, iMax, and high frame rate projection have made choosing your movie going experience akin to building a custom burrito, and studios now digitally distribute movies instead of delivering film reels to theaters. How will this transition impact the moviegoer? Unless you live in a rural area not much, but for the industry as a whole it’s outright revolution. Digital projection is both a godsend and a death sentence for the entertainment world. Shipping ha...