Hello, There is an opngoing hype about the digitalization of movie making: Apparently, some movie-theater films are already being produced entirely electronically, with extremely expensive, high-resolution digital equipment. Some people claim that film stock (as in "lab processing, splicing, glueing) will become obsolete within a decade or so; computer skills are apparenty already required for a carreer in film editing. What's already happening is the up/download of movies to the movie theater via satellite - no more need to duplicate film stock. Does anyone in this group have more info on the supposed digitalization of the film-making process? Dave Skreiner Editor, DVD-Home Magazine (Germany) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> > If nothing else you'll want to change the name of the course. Though conceptually things like editing and camera angles are the same the two media are quite different in practical terms. A student who had taken a class called "Intro to Filmmaking" who can't load film into a camera or tape/glue a splice really can't be said to have been introduced to filmmaking. Film will require lab work that video does not while video needs computer/electronics knowledge that film doesn't. Plus there are numerous other differences: image quality, the way lighting works, sound, the effect of aesthetic decisions (for example, long takes don't work the same in video as in film), immediacy, distribution, etc. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu