First of all Eid Mubarak everyone, im finally back to blogging.
According to this article it says the Steven Speilberg (Director) has refused to shoot the 4th Indiana Jones sequel in digital format, instead he’ll be shooting in Film. George Lucas (movie Writer) insisted to shoot on Digital, he’s one of the pioneers of digital filming btw – but steven Speilberg joked saying that he is the last person in Hollywood still cutting the film negatives.
My take is that the gap between film and digital is getting very close, most digital films add grain effects just to match the grainy film look, before the dynamic light range of whites/blacks holds better in film, but today Digital has proven to capture more dynamic range than film. It’s hardly makes a difference to a the average guy/gal to notice what format the movie is shot in,. Spielberg learned the old-skool way of cutting film negatives, and still insists on making movies that way – he didn’t use an Avid system yet (one the most popular Non Linear systems) But at least he could’ve used easier methods, new tools because the technology is advancing.. he’s an old-fashioned guy for sure .. I’m with George on this one – ma 3endek salfa ya Steve :p
Format wars and debates are always happening and won’t stop so soon. As I see it, what matters in the end is the story, and what someone has to tell and say.
