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August 25, 2011
Film production in Vancouver started way back in the nineteenth century, and has continued developing right up to the present day. Filmmaking was already going strong by the time of the “silent movies” in the 1920s. They were called “silent movies” because of the absence of a sound track, although they were screened to the accompaniment of live musicians. Filmmaking has undergone major changes over the years; it has progressed from the silent black-and-white films of the silent era to the 3D digital movies of today.Analog Filmmaking
Film production companies in Vancouver, much like everywhere in the world, started out using analog film to create movies. Analog film is a thick, celluloid sheet roll that can capture or record images, frame by frame. The technology is exactly the same as that used in an analog film camera. The movie camera captures still images, frame by frame, and records them one after the other on the roll. The speed at which each still image is captured depends on the sensitivity, or “speed”, of the particular film stock the filmmaker is using. When these still images are projected in a consecutive manner, at the appropriate speed, a moving scene is created. This is only the beginning of the whole film making process, however.
Music and dialogue are recorded separately from the moving images, since the roll of celluloid film can only capture images, not sound. Therefore, sound effects and speech must be recorded separately using a tape recorder. After both the video and the sound have been recorded, a final editing process is undertaken in a studio to produce a final master recording. The video and the sound must be properly synchronized to create the desired effect, and the whole process of creating a finished motion picture can take anywhere from a few months up to several years, depending on the type of movie being produced.
Digital Filmmaking
As the development of microprocessor technology has accelerated in recent years, digital filmmaking has also come of age. Film production companies in Vancouver have likewise moved from analog to digital videos. The technology of Vancouver’s digital film industry now helps to generate more spectacular visual effects, which give the audience a truly awesome experience. In digital filmmaking, the need for “negatives” has been completely eliminated—both sound and vision can be recorded using the digital camera. Furthermore, special effects, such as computer-generated images, can be incorporated convincingly into the real life video.
The quality of movies being produced in Vancouver’s digital film industry has greatly increased since the birth of digital filmmaking. It is now possible to create movie productions that do not involve real actors at all, yet which feature characters moving perfectly naturally. For example, though the 3D animation Beowulf did not feature real actors on screen, there are moments you could swear that the action is live.
The filmmaking industry in Vancouver has grown and improved immensely as it has moved from the analog film production of the past into the present day digital video era. We can expect even better quality films in years to come, as the technology in use in Vancouver’s digital film industry continues to evolve for the better.
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Sep 07, 2011 @ 03:07:38
Gee wlilkiers, that’s such a great post!