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Digital cinema
Article By:
Stanton, Anthony P. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Last reviewed:2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB060420
In recent decades, cinematography, as with other forms of media, has been undergoing a transition from photomechanical processes to digital ones. In general, digital processes offer greater flexibility, consume fewer resources, offer significant time saving, and allow electronic (rather than physical) delivery of products. In cinematography, this transition involves three distinct operations: image capture, image editing, and image display. The penetration of digital processes into each of these areas is under way, although in the image editing or postproduction processes the use of digital methods is far more widespread than in digital capture or digital display (see table). The complete transition will result in an all-digital workflow for the production of motion pictures; however, there are several technical and economic challenges that must be overcome first.
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