Technology plays an important role in the film industry. Various consumer products like TVs, cameras, computers, smartphones, and software are used at different stages of film production and distribution. TVs allow viewing of footage, cameras are used for filming, computers store and edit scenes, smartphones aid communication, and editing software assembles the final film. The film industry also utilizes digital distribution methods like streaming, high-definition formats, and on-demand viewing to reach wider audiences.

1. Technology in the film industry

2. Consumer products
Products you would
find in a home
The functions of the product Use in the film industry Pros Cons
TV The function of this product is to view
what your game consoles playing or
what channel is on the box you pay for.
They use TV to view what footage they have
already shot to see if they need to reshoot.
You can watch programmes on them
and you can plug a game console
into them and play them.
They are expensive.
They can be fragile.
Camera They are used to take photos and
recorded videos.
In the film industry there camera can be a lot
bigger for the purpose of just using them to film.
They can take really nice high quality
photos/videos.
They can be quite big to
handle.
Expensive.
Computers/ Laptop You use them to do work and use them
for surfing the internet.
They are used to keep a copy of the scenes that
have been recorded and to keep track of what
need to be done next.
They are easy to use. Can be very slow if you
have a lot of programmes
open.
Editing Software You can use it if you are creating videos
for YouTube or if you are doing work
for a media subject.
It is used to create the film and making sure the
film is perfect. There is normally a couple people
working on the editing .
They are very good for making videos It can be very bad if they
crash while editing.
Smart Phones Used for normal phone purposes like
texting and calls and also used to surf
the internet and for apps. They also
record and take photos.
The use of a phone in the film industry is to
contact your actors, crew and use if you are not
on the computer for emails
The camera can be high quality. They
can be easy to find stuff on.
A good phone is going to
be very expensive.

3. Satellite and Cable
What it is? Pros Cons
Satellite Satellite is where it starts off at the producers then
through to satellite then to the customer. Sky does it
over satellite .
The satellite is in space so it
shouldn’t get damaged.
If there is a thunder storm it could
disconnect you for a while
Cable Cables are underground and signals are set through
them to get the shows sent to the people
subscribed. This is could also be Freeview.
Companies that do cable TV are Virgin and BT.
Quick internet to give better
access.
Wire could get damaged
underground by animals

4. Analogue and Digital
What it is? Pros Cons
Analogue Analogue TV you would have to set up yourself,
so you would have an aerial to make sure it is
receiving signal. Normally you wouldn’t get
many channels with it.
It was good at the time when
TV’s had just came in.
You would have to set it up
every time and there isn’t many
channels.
you many have to rewire.
Digital Digital TV you don’t have to set it up yourself it
had connection straight away. There was the
digital switchover a few years ago.
It is more reliable than
analogue. It is the most up to
date way to watch TV. You can
access most TV channels.
If the signal goes it may take a
while to connect.

5. Internet
What it is? Pros Cons
Internet The internet is where you can connect with
people all over the world.
The pros of the internet are you can
use it to do research for work and talk
to people over social media and find
images of your hobbies.
The cons of the internet is when people
create site where you can download
films and other programmes. A site that
people go to pirate films and TV shows
is pirate bay.

6. Interactive
What it is? Pros Cons
Interactive This is when you can get apps that
interact with a TV show or you can
vote who you want to win/go
through to next round. Shows that
do this are X-Factor and Britain's
got talent.
They help get new talent to show
off. The person who wins starts
making it into the charts.
You can get apps on your smart
phones to play along and vote the
person in or out.
They are rigged so they either let
really good people through or
really bad people through. There is
so many rounds to even get to the
actual TV shows.

7. High Definition
What it is? Pros Cons
High Definition This is when your TV show or
film is in really high quality and
doesn’t look fuzzy. Most TV
channels are now making HD
channels so people with Smart
TV can enjoy the program more.
There is less fuzziness. Sound
can be clearer.
More Expensive one if you want
a smart TV and second to pay
for the HD channels.

8. 3D
What it is? Pros Cons
3D This is where you can view a film
in 3D and feel like it is in the
room with you.
Some films that had the 3D
feature to them are Avatar, Alice
in Wonderland and How to Train
Your Dragon.
You get to experience it in a
different sort of view.
It can hurt your eyes after a
while and if you where glasses
that could make it a worse
experience you have two pairs of
glasses on.
You may not have a TV that has
the 3D feature built in.

9. Pay Per View
What it is? Pros Cons
Pay per view This is where you pay every-time
to watch a certain TV
channel/Program. This normally
happens on the sports channels
for boxing.
Get early access to the program
you want to watch.
It can get very expensive you
watch them most of the time.
This could also happen with film
sites online.

10. On-Demand Viewing
What it is? Pros Cons
On-Demand viewing This is where you can view a
program has been shown one
day then it goes on to the on
demand as a catch up. Some
channel that do On Demand are
BBC iPlayer, Itv Player, Channel 4
All 4.
If you have missed on episode
of a series you can go and
watch it the next day.
It can go after a few days of
being on like the news will
come off after a day.

11. Streaming content
What it is? Pros Cons
Steaming content This is when a YouTuber or
someone does a Live stream
which normally you can just
click on the link and it will take
you to the stream. They can do
this for hours on end to either
do it for fun or for charity.
There is a ton of sites you
can watch streams on but the
main one you normally see
people streaming on is Twitch.
The content of the stream can
be something you are
interested in.
It could start cutting out on the
streamer end or you end so it
could be very laggy.

12. Digital recorders
What it is? Pros Cons
Digital recorders This is where you can watch
films through TV something like
Netflix and Love Film. These you
pay for each months to watch
films/TV programs.
You can watch all the films that
are on the sites. They can give a
free trial.
It can be expensive paying each
month to just use the service.
There may not be films you
want to watch.
Netflix is a site you pay monthly to watch
films and TV programmes.
Love Film will send you movies of your choice to you house and when
you have finished with it you can choose more too watch.