Digital cinematography

Some notable directors have stated that they have been "converted" to digital cinematography and will never return to using film, including George Lucas, Robert Rodriguez, David Fincher, David Lynch, Lars von Trier, and James Cameron. Lucas, however, modified his stance somewhat in a recent interview, stating that he "would use whatever is more appropriate to the particular project." Directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino,Tim Burton, Ridley Scott and Oliver Stone belong to the op ...

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Digital cinema refers to the use of digital technology to distribute and project motion pictures. The final movie can be distributed electronically and projected using a digital projector instead of a conventional film projector. Note that digital cinema is distinct from high definition television and in particular, digital film is not completely dependent on using television or HDTV standards, aspect ratios, or frame rates, though recent developments in HDTV have led to a resurgence of related interest in using the HD format for digi ...

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There are some like George Lucas or Robert Rodriguez who think celluloid is as good as dead and the future is an all-digital medium. It should be noted that Rodriguez had a very poor financial result from his disasterous Shark Boy and Lava Girl and his other film, Sin City for 2005 was mostly in an unconventional form of black & white. Directors such as Steven Soderbergh and Michael Mann have filmed some parts of their most recent pictures on digital. Many think digital filmmaking will democratize the world of film and poin ...

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There are some like George Lucas or Robert Rodriguez who think celluloid is as good as dead and the future is an all-digital medium. It should be noted that Rodriguez had a very poor financial result from his disastrous Shark Boy and Lava Girl and his other 2005 film Sin City was mostly in an unconventional form of black & white. Directors such as Steven Soderbergh and Michael Mann have filmed some parts of their most recent pictures on digital. Many think digital filmmaking will democratize the world of film and point out ...

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Video cameras come in two different image capture formats: interlaced and progressive scan. Interlaced cameras record the image in alternating sets of lines: the odd-numbered lines are scanned, and then the even-numbered lines are scanned, then the odd-numbered lines are scanned again, and so on. One set of odd or even lines is referred to as a “field”, and a consecutive pairing of two field ...

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Digital cinema has some big economic advantages over film. Digital video is very cheap compared to film. For instance Rick McCallum, a producer on Attack of the Clones, said that it cost US$16,000 for 220 hours of digital tape where a comparable amount of film would have cost US$1.8 million. Obviously this matters most to low-budget films which are often shot for a few million dollars or less. Digital cinema can also reduce costs while shooting and editing. It is possible to see the video and make any necessary adustments immed ...

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Film is in many ways more portable than its high quality digital counterparts. The chemical process initiated by exposing film to light give reliable results, that are well documented and understood by cinematographers. In contrast every digital camera has a unique response to light and it is very difficult to predict without viewing the results on a monitor or a waveform analyser, increasing the complexity of lighting. However, accurate calibration techniques are being developed which eliminate this as a practical problem, and the possibility of inexpensive post-production color grading can make digital cinematography more ...

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There are two types of projectors for digital cinema. The original one in the US was DLP technology. 1990s style DLP projectors used limited 1280 x 1024 resolution. These are widely used for pre-show advertising but not feature shows. The Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) has included 2K (2048x1080) and 4K (4096x2160) resolutions in its (LARGE FILE) system specification for digital cinema. Christie Digital Systems, Inc. is the market leader in terms of units (CP2000 - 2K DCI compliant Digital Cinema Projector) sold and deployed internationall ...

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The basic idea of digital filmmaking is simple: to use digital electronic cameras to capture and store motion images in binary data (similar in process to digital photography), as well as record synchronized digital audio. Thereafter the image and sound are edited via non-linear editing and then sent for projection in a theater with digital projectors or pressed straight for video in playback capacities like DVDs. In many cases though digital is transferred back to film for distribution, although this would lead to higher cost of production. Dig ...

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Digital video - Encoding. All current formats, which are listed below, are PCM based. CCIR 601 used for broadcast stations MPEG-4 good for online distribution of large videos MPEG-2 used for DVDs and Super-VCDs MPEG-1 used for video CDs H.261 H.263 H.264 a.k.a. MPEG-4 Part 10, a.k.a AVC Theora standardized but still in deve ...

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Digital cinema has some big economic advantages over film. Digital video is very cheap compared to film. For instance Rick McCallum, a producer on Attack of the Clones, said that it cost US$16,000 for 220 hours of digital tape where a comparable amount of film would have cost US$1.8 million. Obviously this matters most to low-budget films which are often shot for a few million dollars or less. Digital cinema can also reduce costs while shooting and editing. It is possible to see the video and make any necessary adustments immed ...

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Digital cinema, Digital cinema - The resolutions, Digital cinema - History, Digital cinema - Technology, Digital cinema - Digital capture, Digital cinema - Digital projection, Digital cinema - Digital end-to-end has failed to gain traction so far, Digital cinema - Culture, Digital cinema - Technical Challenges, Digital cinema - Economics, Digital cinema - Digital cinema companies

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There are two types of projectors for digital cinema. The original one in the US was DLP technology. 1990s style DLP projectors used limited 1280 x 1024 resolution. These are widely used for pre-show advertising but not feature shows. The Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) has included 2K (2048x1080) and 4K (4096x2160) resolutions in its system specification for digital cinema. Christie Digital Systems, Inc. is the market leader in terms of units (CP2000 - 2K DCI compliant Digital Cinema Projector) sold and deployed internationally and has sig ...

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The basic idea of digital filmmaking is simple: to use digital electronic cameras to capture and store motion images in binary data (similar in process to digital photography), as well as record synchronized digital audio. Thereafter the image and sound are edited via non-linear editing and then sent for projection in a theater with digital projectors or pressed straight for video in playback capacities like DVDs. In many cases though digital is transferred back to film for distribution, although this would lead to higher cost of production. Dig ...

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Film is in many ways more portable than its high quality digital counterparts. The chemical process initiated by exposing film to light give reliable results, that are well documented and understood by cinematographers. In contrast every digital camera has a unique response to light and it is very difficult to predict without viewing the results on a monitor or a waveform analyser, increasing the complexity of lighting. However, accurate calibration techniques are being developed which eliminate this as a practical problem, and the possibility of inexpensive post-production color grading can make digital cinematography more ...

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Image resolution - Image display. Resolution is measured in the number of lines of pixels running from the top of the image to the bottom. To calculate the number of pixels in an image system, the number of lines of pixels in each direction are multiplied. Standard-definition television uses 480 vertical lines of resolution and 640 lines of horizontal resolution. The standard is called 480p. The number of pixels are 480 x 640 or 307,200. This is 0.3 million pixels. High definition television ...

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This page aims to list all topics related to the field of motion pictures. For articles about individuals or specific films, see the appropriate lists at the bottom of this page. # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of film-related topics - #. 1.85:1 ratio -- 2.35:1 ratio -- 3-D film -- 3D LUT -- 4-point lighting setup -- 16 mm film -- 35 mm film -- 70mm -- 76th Academy Awards -- ...

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The CineAlta series of cameras are high definition video cameras geared toward motion picture production. They can shoot at the same 24 frames per second (24p) as film and have a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels (1080p). For comparison, some film scanners are capable of capturing up to 10,000 pixels horizontally from a standard 35mm frame. CineAlta cameras (most notably the Sony HDW-F900) record onto HDCAM tapes. However, the CineAlta can only record 1440 x 1080 pixel compressed component video in this mode Episode II of the S ...

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Although it is a relative newcomer into the field of motion-picture and video equipment, Dalsa are a respected manufacturer of extremely high resolution imaging systems, known for their satellite and military imaging products. The Origin uses a 4K x 2K pixel Frame Transfer CCD sensor, much larger than that of any competitor, having the same height as a 35mm film frame but more than 1.5 times its width. Dalsa refer to it as "4K" sensor, although this is somewhat misleading for two reasons: A "True" 4K sensor would have 4,000 pixe ...

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The Viper FilmStream Camera has the same resolution and frame rate as a high definition video camera like the CineAlta, but captures an uncompressed video image, unlike many earlier HD cameras, which applied lossy compression to the video stream. The Viper was used on Michael Mann's Collateral, and his upcoming film Miami Vice. One of its strengths is the capability to shoot in extremely low light levels, allowing much of Collateral to be shot on the streets of Los Angeles at night wit ...

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