HD is destroying cinema now that any moron with iMovie and access to YouTube is out there making unreedeeming DTDVD crap that is making it harder for true CINEMATIC AUTEURS to stand tall. Film is art; HD is what I take after a large, delicious meal.
Nobody truely believes film will be the norm forever. Some may hope so but then, some liked riding horses more than diving cars too. Evolution is something that happens ragardless of it's popular vote.
As far as film being dead, I'll believe that is the case when features shot on film can't sell.
I'll Believe that when they get to IMAX quality. (and that, in my opinion, is going to be a while...).
and even after, there is still that quality.... this look that it gives us, that people will go back for, maybe not the really old film cameras, but whats out now.... i doubt that they will ever be seen as unusable, especially IMAX.
just like how now, some features are using digital to get a new edgy look (crank high voltage etc etc), people would go to film for a different look if digital got mainstream in high end productions.
It's not going to be about the medium in the future--digital will reach a level where it will be able to mimic anything it wants...film...digital...it doesn't matter. Software will allow our digital movies to be anything they want to be. Why go back to film, when with a click of a button, you can add a 'film' preset?
And as far as getting to IMAX quality...do you mean digital? I don't think that's far away at all. How much resolution can we kick out now in raw data...4k...5k? How much resolution do you need to project on IMAX? I don't think we are that far away...in fact, we might even be able to do it now, correct?
And honestly...IMAX has nothing to do with the success of a medium. Do you think people care about IMAX? In the future (not far off) we are going to be streaming our movies directly to our HDTVs in our living rooms at home...that is the way of the future--not IMAX.
The "instant gratification" crowd loves HD. You get to see it right away, and don't have to develop it, etc. Film is like baking a cake and watching it in the oven vs. buying a Twinkiehttp://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Customer_Testimonials/Bill_Dill/index.htm
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I think seeing this may open up some eyes on what is really going on. My 2 cents.
PS I shoot HDV and Ultra16mm stock and I just see it as another option for the aspiring filmaker.
http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Customer_Testimonials/Bill_Dill/index.htm
http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Customer_Testimonials/Archive/index.htm
I think seeing this may open up some eyes on what is really going on. My 2 cents.
PS I shoot HDV and Ultra16mm stock and I just see it as another option for the aspiring filmaker.