Friday 22 April 2016

Digital Distribution

1. Why does Steve McQueen think digital is replacing film? - He thinks that people are just trying to make money out of it.

2. Which studio was first to announce it would no longer make films using 'film'?- The first studio was Paramount Pictures.

3. What was the last 'film' to be shipped on 'film'? - The last film was Anchorman 2: The legend continues.

4. What proportion of US cinemas have made the switch to from 35mm to digital? - Nine out of Ten US movie screens have switched from 35mm to digital.

5. What was the first major film to be distributed in digital format only? - The Wolf of Wall street was the first major film to be distributed in digital format in December 2013.

6. What is the average cost of a digital projector? - Digital projectors usually cost between $60,000 and $150,000 each.

7. Why has the switch to digital meant that small independent cinemas have struggled? - Because small independent cinemas rely on rich benefactors. Digital is changing to way films are made and exhibited so small independent cinemas may find that they will have smaller audiences. ]

8. Which major Hollywood director has attempted to make a stand for digital film? -Christopher Nolan

9.  How much did the US box office make in 2014? - The US box office made $11 billion.

10. How much did the home entertainment market (DVD, BluRay, Download etc) make in 2014? - The home entertainment market made $18 billion.

11. What was the increase in home entertainment revenue due to? - The increase was due to the 50% surge in downloads of digital HD formats, which made $1 billion for the first time.

12. What was the first film to be shot entirely on digital? - Star wars: Episode II- Attack of the clones was the first film to be shot all on digital in 2002.

13. What would have been the cost of shooting that film on digital? - It would have cost them $1.8 million.

14. How much does it cost to produce and ship to a US cinema? - To produce and ship a film to a US cinema it would usually cost around $7.5 million.

15. What is the distribution benefit of digital? - The benefit of distributing on digital is that it makes it feasible to launch a movie on tens of thousands of screens around the world. The digital formats can do the same job for less than 90%.
16. What happened to the 'film' prints of Titanic? - Prints fell apart in the projectors because they had been played for so long.
17. What has happened to the number of films made by Hollywood between 2006-2013? - The number of films made by Hollywood has considerably dropped by 40%.
18. Why, according to Jan-Christoph Horak, could transferring one form of digital to another cost the film industry? - $3.5 billion between the leap of file types.
19. Why is advancing technology also a problem for digital storage?- Hard drives are not built to last.
20.How much did the camera used on The Average cost? - £900 to buy
21. Apart from cost, what other benefits does digital offer to film makers? - It is a lot more reliable and easier to use. The film makers can also make more money as digital can be shown on more screens.
22. Why, according to Jan- Christoph Horak, is digital NOT immortal? - "The problem , in a nutshell, is that there is no such thing as digital preservation medium," he explains. "There is no physical carrier on which you can put digital information that will last anywhere near as long as the analogue alternative.
23. How much has Technicolor invested in digital post production?- More than $200 million
24.What is a DCP? -Digital Cinema Package 
25. What is the Electric Dusk drive-in? It shows films on DVD. It's kind of guerrllia operation- a pop- up drive-in in an abandoned marketplace.




FINAL TASKS

1. Sumarise the answers above into a 50 word explanation of the positive impact of digital distribution.

Digital distribution has had a vey positive impact of the film industry in the ways that it is a lot more versatile in what they can do with it and how it can be filmed and stored, it allows companies to save up to 90% of their costs on shipping the film and allows the film to reach a lot more places because it is a lot more compact and a lot less complex. it allows people to enjoy the films from the comfort of their own home with digital downloads and allows the film to be stored safely on a hard drive forever. 
2. Sumarise the answers above into a 50 word explanation of the negative impact of digital distribution


We can view digital distribution as a bad thing because it has taken away the originality from our home town theatres and has take business away from them, also we can view this as a bad thing because everything is very expensive with the leap of file types maybe costing around $3.5billion. but the main aspect that is a negative of digital distribution is the fact that less and less people are going out to their local theatres and cinemas because now they have digital download so now the small companies who sometimes cannot afford the projector are loosing business causing them harm to their lives.

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