Developing technologies in the Television and Film Industry
Consumer
products
Consumers can now get a hold of many products which are used
in pre-production, production and post-production of Film and TV products. For
example, the Blair Witch Project was filmed on some consumer cameras.
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Editing software that can be used privately in your
home, is now equal to the industry professional standards. Sony Vegas Pro,
Adobe Premiere Pro and other editing software are now quite cheap (compared to
having your video/film to be edited by a professional) and can be found online.
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Cameras aren’t as good and high standard as the
Industry standard but cameras are easily mobile and can product High-Definition
media which was unthought-of decades ago.
Satellite
Satellite, when sending signals, is always exact and won’t
ghost with other channels. You get what you want. However, they are unreliable
in days where there is a lot of clouds or storms, this is called weather
interference.
Cable
Cable was the first way of receiving TV signals. It didn’t suffer
from weather interferences but when the cables split (more than one channel) and
the channels can ghost onto each other.
Analogue
Analogue TV was a type of TV that received analogue signals.
In an analogue transmission, the brightness, colours and sounds are represented
by variations of either the amplitude, frequency or phase of the sequence.
Analogue signals are no longer being sent out, but the channels that existed on
them are now digital. Every time you wanted to change something on Analogue
TV’s you need to get up and change each knob to the right frequency’s etc.
Digital
Everything is now pretty much digital when it comes to TV and
Film. TV signals are broadcasted digitally and received digitally. Digital has
a superior image resolution, compatibility with computers and the internet etc.
There is rarely interference with digital.
Internet
The internet is home to many services that are huge in the
Film and TV industry, such as Netflix, YouTube and channel players such as BBC
iPlayer. While these are all great things the internet has provided for
consumers, the internet also has many illegal activities. Piracy is a huge
internet trend where people download media in its entirety for absolute free.
Websites like Pirate Bay do get taken down, but they don’t usually stay dead
for long. There’s also a legal grey area for streaming sites, as streaming
sites aren’t illegal in themselves, as the person isn’t downloading a file. The
uploading of these files is illegal but the consumer watching it isn’t a
criminal.
Interactive
Interactivity is common for TV in the form of the coloured
buttons (especially red) on the remote. A menu would come up with special
features or channel information. The internet is a lot more interactive, you
can download Netflix videos, YouTube videos (as long as you don’t upload them
or claim they’re yours). The internet is a very open space so the whole thing
is pretty much interactive.
High
Definition
High Definition is the increase of quality and resolution
over the previous standard definition. People now have access to 4K monitors
and TVs which is close to the industry camera definition right now, which is at
5K quality. High Definition, however, usually refers to anything between 720p
and 1080p. After this point it’s usually 4K. The only negative of this is that
a higher quality and resolution means it takes up more space in terms of files
and it requires more bandwidth to stream.
3D
3D TVs were popular in 2012 and are still extremely popular
in cinemas but it’s a little bit of a fad now. 3D requires the audience to wear
glasses and it can cause headaches and can just be an annoying experience. 3D
is a very rare home experience nowadays, as 4K is the new and better thing.
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view is a form of buying the showing of a one-off
event. This is usually for sports events, such as UFC or WWE matches. It can be
quite expensive but they’re said to be quite important events.
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