Hollywood Film Reels

why does hollywood stll use reels?

when everything today is so high tech, ya know?
everything is turning from digital to high def, and they are still working with very old technology, even the films themselves have come along way with computers. in my personal opinion, they should do away with movie theaters and cinimas, because people can watch movies at home for a tiny fraction of the cost of going out to the theater, standing in line, buy all that stuff, then watching a movie that would look better on your HD-TV anyway. if this really is the information age, then why haven’t they caught up?

There are actually 2 reasons.

1st: Film is the only medium which can be projected onto a big screen in a theater. Yes, there are digital projection devices, but they do not compare to current wide screen film projectors.

2nd: Film is non-volatile. It can’t be lost or corrupted because of a power surge or loss of power. The actual production of a movie may be done in a digital medium, but the end product which makes it to the public in a movie theater is a film strip which runs through a projector. Film is cheap and film doesn’t forget.

The movie industry is moving to all digital cameras to do production instead of huge film cameras and actual film. Then they do editing and post production in the studio with digital editors and such, add special effects, again digitally and then they transfer the final cut to a film strip. Film is still the final stage since there is no adequate projection system for digital media directly to the big screen. Theaters will NEVER go away. A good example is the movie Master and Commander, which I just saw recently on the tube. It was NOTHING compared to seeing the whole thing in a decent theater! Maybe you do not appreciate the magnitude of a theater, but I and a lot of other people do. It may be that people CAN watch at home for a fraction of the cost, but the important part about going to the theater is the magnitude of the experience. The sound system in your home does not hold a candle to the modern day movie theater. Things like soap operas on TV skip the final transfer to film since it will not be shown in a theater and never be seen on a screen bigger than the largest TV, so in that sense, TV programs, you are right, they are moving to all digital productions. But, even on the best and biggest HD-TV, Master and Commander STILL looks better on the big screen.

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