Essay On Advancement In Film
In October 1927, the first feature film was presented as a silent film, The Jazz Singer. Made with a Vitaphone, “an instrument that synchronizes motion pictures and sound perfectly,” it was a major hit to the general public (Eyman). After years of silence, someone finally decided to change the disc on the Vitaphone to film, introducing audible movies. Since then the introduction of Technicolor, Cinemascope, and Aromascope used first by the 1960 film, Scent of Mystery. All of these new cinematic advancements were used in order to create a more pleasurable time at the theatres and possibly earn more movie junkies. However, advancement in technology is still picking up today and has taken a toll on the film industry. It wasn’t until I was watching Rent on VOD without paying a cent that I questioned when the last time I had fixed eyes on the silver screen. I can fondly remember the summer of freshman year being the last time I stepped into a movie theatre. I also realized that it is simple to find every movie and TV show online. Tumblr, Youtube, and Watch Series, for instance, has made it
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When it comes down to it, if someone like Michael Bay can fight piracy with money, and an independent filmmaker can’t because they don’t have enough, then cinema-loving might as well just die. If you don’t pay for films and then complain about a lack of representation of different ethnicities or gender identities in mainstream cinema, then I hope you realize you are actively part of the problem of a lack of representation. Studios market and green-light lots of films that cater to straight, white men because trying to appeal to any particular minority will limit their profit margin - it’s a risk. And in the current mainstream cinema climate, taking risks is just not the done
When it comes down to it, if someone like Michael Bay can fight piracy with money, and an independent filmmaker can’t because they don’t have enough, then cinema-loving might as well just die. If you don’t pay for films and then complain about a lack of representation of different ethnicities or gender identities in mainstream cinema, then I hope you realize you are actively part of the problem of a lack of representation. Studios market and green-light lots of films that cater to straight, white men because trying to appeal to any particular minority will limit their profit margin - it’s a risk. And in the current mainstream cinema climate, taking risks is just not the done