This document discusses the evolution of film technology from its origins to modern digital cinema. It describes how early technological developments like flexible film and synchronized sound influenced movie production. New cameras and film formats in the 1920s-1940s made documentaries and hand-held cinematography possible. Color film and improved lighting allowed for more realistic imagery. Techniques like deep field photography in the 1940s enhanced visual styles. Widescreen and 3D formats in the 1950s sought to immerse audiences. Later, IMAX and digital projection revolutionized the viewing experience. Computer graphics enabled advanced special effects and animated films. Today's technology aims for even greater screen realism and may virtually recreate dead actors. Film has continually adapted to utilize new technologies while also

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FILM TECHNOLOGY
TEACHER:
MSC. NESTOR BONILLA
TEAM B
PRUNA TAPIA DIANA LORENA
RIVERA RODRIGUEZ ESTHER ANABEL
SALAZAR MUÑOZ ANGELO ALEXIS
TELLO PARRA SEGUNDO FABIAN
VALLEJO ESPIN ANDREA BELEN
VERA GUZMAN VERONICA MARIANELA
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TECHNOLOGY , INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCE
Film has always relied upon technology; as a form of Art.
Technological developments have affected film-making in two ways:
Film-makers have utilized new technologies to make films, and films have consequently
increasingly reflected on the consequences of the use of such technology.
The film industry reacted to social, economic and cultural factors (usually declining audiences) by
utilizing new processes.

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The camera is the device with which the
cinematographer captures a series of progressive
images on a strip of film.
1827 photography was invented.
16 or 18 times per second (24 after the coming of
sound in 1927-29)
Sewing machine had been invented in the 1840s.
In the 1880s had generally been carried out with non-
flexible plates, but in 1888/89 George Eastman
developed the first flexible film.
Karl Freund, however, was the first to move the
camera backwards and forwards, up and downand
sidt side, to reat dramatic effect.
In 1930s, dubbing or post-synchronization released
the camera from its icebo.
In 1922 and 1923 respectively, 9.5mm cameras and
16mm film stock (in contrast to the professional
35mm.
1940s, a new generation of documentary film-makers.
The new camera was marketed as the Éclair in 1962.
Garrett Brown in 1973 allowed for hand-held-style
shots combined with smooth movement.

4. SOUND
It began with
the birth of
moving images.
Sound systems
proliferated
between 1900
and 1925
The studios did
not want to invest
to convert sound
production nor to
alter a profitable
business
After Fox Film
Corporation
began to
develop its own
sound system
In 1926 they
announced the
introduction of
sound in terms
of music and
effects.
The popular
success of some
films like The
Lights of New
York in 1928
showed that
the sound
attracted to
large
audiences.
By 1932, silent
films had been
largely
forgotten
Later movies
could be
dubbed in
foreign
languages
easily, which
meant that
Hollywood
movies could
be enjoyed
around the
world
Sound designer Walter
Murch pioneered the use
of sound technology in
such a way that music and
other sound effects were
combined with visual
images to produce a
harmonious ensemble
At present, in
the year 2000
the sound is
being
digitalized,
making the
postproduction
simple and
flexible, giving
greater clarity,
resonance,
amplitude and
fidelity.
Now, sound, music and
dialogue can coexist,
giving enhanced "realism"
and greater emotional
power.

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COLOUR
The technology of color
was experienced from
the first days of cinema
Melies painted by hand
his films which were not
used much by the
technical difficulties like
the nature of the color
and the time invested.
By 1932 the production of the
Technicolor films had stopped
since the public was not
satisfied with the two-color
process, but in 1934
Technicolor recovered
In 1937, Walt Disney had
released Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs -
the first feature-length
animated film.
By 1953, he had replaced
Technicolor as the most
widely used color film
material.
In 1947 approximately 12
percent of Hollywood
movies were colored,
but by 1954 this had
increased to more than
50 percent.
Since the 1950s, color
filmmaking has vastly
improved in subtlety and
sophistication and today
most commercial films
are in color.

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DEEP FIELD
PHOTOGRAPHY
It was knowledged as visual
style in Citizen Kane (1941) by
Gregg Toland
Keeps: foreground, middle-
ground, and background of an
image
Previous attempts were made by
Jean Renoir
INVOLVES TWO
FACTORS
Rise in photo journalism,
Social Realist,
Documentaries changed
the realism of
photographic style.
Film Making New
Technology
Improved carbon arc lights
Faster film stock
Enhanced emulsion types
New lens coatings
Efficient Light
Effective Screen
Illumination
Image Contrast
Sharpness of focus
EFFECTS

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PROYECTION TECHNOLOGIES
At the beginning Luniére brothers´s operators travelled the
world proyecting films at rate of 16 to 20 frames per second.
Eventually, 24 fps were agreed on.
And evolutionated to these:
WIDESCREEN 3D
IMAX
or OMMNIMA
X
DIGITAL
PROJECTION

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WIDESCREEN
•Aspect ratio = 4:3
•Called"Academy Format"
•In 1952 Cinerama introduced curved screen, stereophonic sound, three proyectors and 160
degree vision
•Screens doubled their width and were curved to illustrate depth
•Names for new camera included: Ultrascope,Franscope,Agascope, Vetavision, etc.
•During the 1950's used a ratio of 1: 66: 1. enabled a wider close-up, medium shot, and wide
angle at same the time.
3 D
•Three dimensional illusion of depth.
•Appeared in the 1920's
•1950's technology improved it.
•Naturama, AromaRama, Superscope are some of the equipment names
•Equipment was expensive and failed to entretain the audience.
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• Appeared in 1970 in Japan
• IMAX=Image Maximization
• Vision expands 20mx26m
• Uses a 15-perforation/ 7mm film format
• Uses a powerful surround sound
• Audience is placed in 30-45 degree seats
• Spectators wear special goggles to feel the
immersion
IMAX or
OMNIMAX

10. • Digital Projection
converts the image and
sound into an electronic
coding through binary
series of zeroes and
ones.
• Digital projection allows
the film-maker to
capture much more
footage than do
conventional films and
cameras.
DIGITAL PROJECTION
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11. Digital technologies create new and
different special effects images through
computer generated imagery.
COMPUTER AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY
SPECIAL EFFECTS
It permit create
plausible worlds for
films.
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12. CGI
Used in science fiction genre.
CGI is also used in
postproduction to add color ,
to inert images or to integrate
separate photographic images
to a film. Example: Forest
Gump (1994)
PIXAR
Animation benefited from the advances
in computer and digital technology as a
less expensive processes, speedier and
more versatile than traditional methods.
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Sophisticated self-reflexive
study of voyeurism, the
psych danger of vicarious
entertainment and the
nature of the cinematic
medium itself. Example:The
Matrix.
THE FUTURE
The films had advanced towards
greater screen realism.
Special effects technology will be
able to replace live actors with
resurrected dead stars. Example
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