[opendtv] Re: 20040921 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:44:42 -0400
What film projectors was L.A. Law playing on?
"Sidewalks of New York" was shot entirely with digital camcorders. How about
The Blair Witch Project? There are many more...lots of independent films.
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From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12:35 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040921 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
>I didn't state that it couldn't be done -- except for film acquisition and
> film distribution offshore, L.A. Law circa 1989 was all digital.
>
> You stated that full digital "films" was the rule. I asked for examples
> outside of the Lucas world (or even a fourth movie) that proved these were
> the rule and not exceptions.
>
> There was another film (I know of no fifth) shot in digital and released
> with prints. "Timecode." It was an inspiration for Fox's "24." Since the
> first digital star wars episode (does digital help storytelling?) was
> released, perhaps as many as 1000 feature films have been released that were
> not digitally acquired.
>
> I'll let you know when "films" with prints struck from digital acquisition
> formats becomes the rule. Don't hold your breath -- DCI notwithstanding (or
> maybe withstanding) it won't be this decade.
>
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