July 2014
Intermediate to advanced
486 pages
16h 43m
English
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CHAPTER 30
Nonlinear Editing andDigital Technology I
Today we no longer speak of the coming technological revolution or how digital technology will transform sound, special effects, film, and video editing. The revolution is here. Our concerns in this chapter are the issues of technological revolution in film and video and its potential for aesthetic evolution.
THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION
Film and video, the two most technology-dependent art forms of the twentieth century, have witnessed a profound acceleration in change, the shift from analog- to digital-driven technology. The implications are enormous. In preproduction, computer software is available for previsualization of scenes. Color and design opportunities—in essence, computer animation—deepen ...