As I recall, George Lucas' ILM co-developed a digital movie system
with Sony. If memory serves, he used it for Phantom Menace then gave
up on it.
Does another viable system exist? (Guess we're still waiting on those
experts . . . )
ScottGee1
On 10/5/06, Bill Pearce <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > I think that is just a problem with nascent digital projection. Much
> > of what your see on the screen projected with film was shot digitally.
> >
> Winsor,
> From what I hear, there is little that is shot digitally originally. Stuff
> often goes through digital processes for effects and editing, but it mostly
> ends back on film. A couple of directors are the exceptions.
>
> From what I've heard, such problems occurred throughout the
> >> U.S. and most theatres removed the digi-systems and replaced them with
> >> opticals. In fact, I don't know if any other movies have been release
> >> to theatres in digital format.
> >>
> I don't think there are that many digital theatres out there. The motivation
> is, as always, financial. The only ones that profit are the distrubutors
> that save the substantial costs of release prints. There isn't much for the
> theatre to gain, and a lot of up front expense that will never be recovered.
> Moreover, there is the problem of piracy.
>
> >> Others here have Serious Experience with motion picture technology;
> >> any comments?
> >
> We're waiting....
>
> Bill Pearce
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