The Red Camera is becoming less and less of a pipe-dream and more and more of a reality. Recently, Peter Jackson borrowed two prototype cameras and shot a short ‘video’ with them, “Crossing the Line”. There is a small trailer released for that on the reduser.net forums. This was discovered through the excellent site, fxguide.com.
What impacts will technological advancements like this have on filmmaking? An increase in the visual quality of lower budget films? An increase in the conceptual quality of lower budget films? A decrease in the cost of higher budget films?
My guess is that as technology improves the resolution and perceptual quality of digital representations of moving images, we will become just as accustomed to it as we have grown accustomed to the amazing (as seen from a perspective of someone in the 1970s) quality of DV. Cost will drop, and quality will increase, and creating quality films will be just as much of a challenge as before. Fancy technology doesn’t make you a better filmmaker, even though it’s tempting to think so sometimes. Of course, that doesn’t make emerging technology any less exciting.
Red Camera – Peter Jackson Short
The Red Camera is becoming less and less of a pipe-dream and more and more of a reality. Recently, Peter Jackson borrowed two prototype cameras and shot a short ‘video’ with them, “Crossing the Line”. There is a small trailer released for that on the reduser.net forums. This was discovered through the excellent site, fxguide.com.
What impacts will technological advancements like this have on filmmaking? An increase in the visual quality of lower budget films? An increase in the conceptual quality of lower budget films? A decrease in the cost of higher budget films?
My guess is that as technology improves the resolution and perceptual quality of digital representations of moving images, we will become just as accustomed to it as we have grown accustomed to the amazing (as seen from a perspective of someone in the 1970s) quality of DV. Cost will drop, and quality will increase, and creating quality films will be just as much of a challenge as before. Fancy technology doesn’t make you a better filmmaker, even though it’s tempting to think so sometimes. Of course, that doesn’t make emerging technology any less exciting.