Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion Movie Editing Software picture industry. Films are Movie Editing Software produced by recording images from the world with Movie Editing Software cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or Movie Editing Software special effects.
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific Movie Editing Software cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an Movie Editing Software important art form, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating � or indoctrinating � citizens. The visual Movie Editing Software elements of cinema gives motion pictures a universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue.
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The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) had historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying Movie Editing Software motion pictures. Many other terms exist Movie Trailers That Are Adult Rated for an individual motion picture, including picture, Movie Editing Software picture show, Movie Editing Software photo-play, flick, and most commonly, movie. Additional terms for the field Movie Editing Software in general include the big screen, the silver screen, the cinema, and the movies.In the 1860s, mechanisms for producing artificially created, two-dimensional images in motion were demonstrated Movie Editing Software with devices such as the zoetrope and the praxinoscope. Movie Editing Software These machines were outgrowths of Movie Editing Software simple optical devices (such as Movie Editing Software magic lanterns) and would Movie Editing Software display sequences of still pictures at sufficient speed for Movie Editing Software the images on the pictures to appear to be moving, a phenomenon called persistence of vision. Naturally, Movie Editing Software the images needed to Movie Editing Software be carefully designed Movie Editing Software to achieve the desired effect Movie Editing Software � and the underlying principle became the basis for the development of film animation.
A frame from Roundhay Garden Scene, the Movie Editing Software world's earliest film, by Louis Movie Editing Software Le Prince, 1888
With the development of celluloid film for Movie Editing Software still photography, it Movie Editing Software became possible to directly capture objects in motion in real time. Early versions of the technology sometimes required a person to look into a viewing Movie Editing Software machine to see the pictures which were separate paper prints attached to a drum turned by a handcrank. The pictures were shown at a variable speed of about 5 to 10 pictures per second depending on how rapidly the crank was turned. Some of these machines were coin operated. By the 1880s, the development of the motion picture Movie Editing Software camera allowed the individual component images to be captured and stored on a Movie Editing Software single reel, and led quickly to the Movie Editing Software development of a motion picture projector to shine light through the processed and printed film and magnify Movie Editing Software these "moving picture shows" onto a Movie Editing Software screen for an entire audience. Movie Editing Software These reels, so Movie Editing Software exhibited, came to be known as "motion pictures". Early motion pictures were static shots that Movie Editing Software showed an event Movie Editing Software or action with no editing or other cinematic techniques.
Ignoring Dickson's early sound experiments (1894), commercial motion pictures were purely visual art through the late 19th century, but these innovative silent films had gained a hold on the public imagination. Movie Editing Software Around the Movie Editing Software turn of Movie Editing Software the twentieth century, films began developing a narrative structure by stringing scenes together to Movie Editing Software tell narratives. The scenes were later broken up into multiple shots Movie Editing Software of varying sizes and angles. Other techniques such as Movie Editing Software camera movement were realized as effective ways to portray a story on film. Rather than leave the audience in silence, Movie Editing Software theater owners would hire a pianist or Movie Editing Software organist or a full orchestra to play music fitting the mood of the film at any given moment. By Movie Editing Software the early 1920s, most films Movie Editing Software came with Movie Editing Software a prepared list of sheet music for this purpose, with complete film Movie Editing Software scores being composed for major productions.
A shot from Georges Melies Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) (1902), an Movie Editing Software early narrative film.
The rise of European cinema was interrupted by the breakout of World War I while the film industry in Movie Editing Software United Movie Editing Software States flourished with the rise of Hollywood. However in the 1920s, European filmmakers such as Sergei Movie Editing Software Eisenstein, F. W. Murnau, and Fritz Lang, along with American innovator D. W. Griffith and the contributions of Charles Movie Editing Software Chaplin, Movie Editing Software Buster Keaton and others, continued to advance the medium. In the 1920s, new technology allowed filmmakers to attach to each film a soundtrack Movie Editing Software of speech, music and sound effects synchronized with the action on the screen. These sound films were initially distinguished by calling Movie Editing Software them "talking pictures", or talkies.
The next major step Movie Editing Software in the development of cinema was the introduction of so-called "natural" color. While the addition of sound Movie Editing Software quickly eclipsed silent film and theater musicians, color was adopted more gradually as methods evolved making it Movie Editing Software more practical and cost effective to produce "natural color" films. Movie Editing Software The public was relatively indifferent to color photography as opposed to black-and-white,[citation needed] but as color processes improved and became as affordable as black-and-white film, more and more movies Movie Editing Software were filmed in color after the Movie Editing Software end of World War II, as the industry in America Movie Editing Software came to view color as essential Movie Editing Software to attracting audiences in its competition with television, which remained a black-and-white medium until Movie Editing Software the mid-1960s. By the end of Movie Editing Software the 1960s, col
Since the Movie Editing Software decline of the studio system in Movie Editing Software the 1960s, the succeeding Movie Editing Software decades saw changes in the production and style of Movie Editing Software film. New Hollywood, French New Wave and Movie Editing Software the rise of film school Movie Editing Software educated independent filmmakers were all part of the changes the medium experienced in the latter half of the 20th century. Digital technology Movie Editing Software has been the driving force in change Movie Editing Software throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century.
Theory
Main article: Film theory
Film theory seeks to develop concise and systematic Movie Editing Software concepts Movie Editing Software that apply to the study of film as art. It was started by Ricciotto Canudo's The Birth of the Sixth Movie Editing Software Art. Formalist film theory, led by Rudolf Arnheim, Movie Editing Software Bela Balazs, and Movie Editing Software Siegfried Kracauer, emphasized The Kite Runner Movie how film differed from reality, Movie Editing Software and thus could be Movie Editing Software considered a valid fine art. Andre Movie Editing Software Bazin reacted against this theory Movie Editing Software by arguing Movie Editing Software that film's artistic essence lay in its ability to mechanically reproduce reality not in its differences from reality, and this gave rise to realist theory. More recent analysis spurred Movie Editing Software by Lacan's psychoanalysis and Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotics among Movie Editing Software other things has given rise to psychoanalytical film theory, structuralist film theory, feminist film theory and others.
Criticism
Main article: Film criticism
Film criticism is the analysis and Movie Editing Software evaluation of films. In general, these works Movie Editing Software can be divided into two categories: academic criticism by film scholars and journalistic film criticism that appears regularly in newspapers and other media.
Film critics working for newspapers, magazines, Movie Editing Software and broadcast media mainly review new releases. Normally they only Movie Editing Software see any given film once and have only a Movie Editing Software day or Movie Editing Software two to Movie Editing Software formulate opinions. Despite this, critics have an important impact on films, especially Movie Editing Software those Movie Editing Software of certain genres. Mass marketed action, horror, and comedy Movie Editing Software films tend not to be greatly Movie Editing Software affected by a Movie Editing Software critic's overall judgment of a film. The plot summary and description of a film that makes Movie Editing Software up the majority of any film review can Movie Editing Software still have an important impact on whether people decide to see a film. For prestige films such as Movie Editing Software most dramas, the influence of reviews is extremely important. Poor reviews will often doom a film to obscurity and financial loss.
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The impact Movie Editing Software of a reviewer on a given film's Movie Editing Software box office performance is a matter of debate. Some claim that movie Movie Editing Software marketing is now so intense and well financed that Movie Editing Software reviewers Movie Editing Software cannot make Movie Editing Software an impact against it. Movie Editing Software However, the Movie Editing Software cataclysmic Movie Editing Software failure of some heavily-promoted movies which were Movie Editing Software harshly reviewed, as well as the unexpected success of critically praised independent movies indicates that extreme critical reactions can have considerable influence. Others note that positive film reviews have been shown to spark Movie Editing Software interest in little-known films. Conversely, there have been several films in which film companies have Movie Editing Software so little confidence that they refuse to give reviewers an advanced viewing to avoid widespread panning of the film. However, this usually backfires as reviewers are wise to the tactic and warn the public that the film may not be worth seeing and the films often do poorly as a result.
It is argued that journalist film critics should only Movie Editing Software be known as film reviewers, and true film critics are those Movie Editing Software who take a Movie Editing Software more Movie Editing Software academic Movie Editing Software approach to films. Movie Editing Software This Movie Editing Software line of work is more often known as film theory or film studies. These film critics attempt to come to understand how film and filming techniques work, and Movie Editing Software what effect they Movie Editing Software Funny Movie Names have on people. Rather than having their works Movie Editing Software published in newspapers or appear on Movie Editing Software television, their articles are published in scholarly journals, or sometimes in up-market magazines. Movie Editing Software They also tend to be affiliated with colleges or universities.
Industry
Main article: Film industry
The Movie Editing Software making and Movie Editing Software showing of motion pictures became a Movie Editing Software source of profit almost as soon as Movie Editing Software the process was invented. Upon seeing how successful their new invention, and its product, Movie Editing Software was in their native France, the Lumieres quickly Movie Editing Software set about touring the Continent to exhibit the first films privately Movie Editing Software to royalty and publicly to the masses. In each country, they would normally add new, local scenes to Movie Editing Software their catalogue and, quickly enough, Movie Editing Software found local entrepreneurs in the various countries of Europe to buy their equipment and photograph, export, import and screen additional product commercially. The Oberammergau Passion Play of 1898[citation needed] was the first Movie Editing Software commercial motion picture ever Movie Editing Software produced. Movie Editing Software Other pictures soon followed, and motion pictures became a separate industry that Movie Editing Software overshadowed the vaudeville world. Movie Editing Software Dedicated theaters and companies formed specifically to Movie Editing Software produce and distribute films, while motion picture actors became Movie Editing Software major celebrities and commanded huge fees for their performances. Already by 1917, Charlie Chaplin had Movie Editing Software a contract that called for an annual salary of one million dollars.
In the Movie Editing Software United States today, much of the film industry is centered around Hollywood. Other Movie Editing Software regional centers exist in many parts of the world, such as Mumbai-centered Bollywood, the Movie Editing Software Indian film industry's Hindi cinema which produces Movie Editing Software the largest number of films in the world.[1] Whether the ten thousand-plus feature length films a Movie Editing Software year produced by the Valley pornographic film industry should qualify for this title is the source of some debate.[citation needed] Though the expense involved in making movies has led cinema production to concentrate Movie Editing Software under the Movie Editing Software auspices of movie studios, recent advances in affordable film making equipment have Movie Editing Software allowed independent film productions to flourish.
Profit is a key Movie Editing Software force in the industry, due to the costly and risky nature Movie Editing Software of filmmaking; many films have large cost overruns, a notorious example being Kevin Costner's Waterworld. Yet Movie Editing Software many filmmakers strive to create works of lasting social significance. The Academy Awards (also known as "the Movie Editing Software Oscars") are the most prominent film awards in the United States, providing recognition Movie Editing Software each year to films, ostensibly based on Movie Editing Software their artistic merits.
There is also a large industry for educational and instructional films made in lieu of or in Movie Editing Software addition to Movie Editing Software lectures and texts.
Preview
A Movie Editing Software preview performance refers Movie Editing Software to a showing of a movie to a Movie Editing Software select audience, usually for the purposes of corporate promotions, before the public film premiere itself. Previews are sometimes used to judge audience reaction, which if unexpectedly negative, may result in recutting or even refilming certain sections. (cf Audience response.)
Trailer
Main article: Trailer (film)
Trailers or previews are film advertisements for films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown. The term "trailer" comes from their having originally been shown at the end of a Movie Editing Software film programme. That practice did not last long, because patrons tended to leave the Movie Editing Software theater after the films ended, but the name has stuck. Trailers are now shown before the film (or the A movie Movie Editing Software in a double feature program) begins.
The nature of the film determines the size and type of crew Movie Editing Software required during filmmaking. Many Hollywood adventure films Movie Editing Software need computer Movie Editing Software generated Movie Editing Software imagery (CGI), created by Movie Editing Software dozens of 3D modellers, Movie Editing Software animators, rotoscopers Movie Editing Software and compositors. However, a low-budget, independent Movie Editing Software film may be made with a skeleton crew, often paid very little. Also, an open source film may be produced Dbz Movie through open, collaborative processes. Filmmaking takes place all over the world using different technologies, styles of acting and genre, Movie Editing Software and is produced in a variety of Movie Editing Software economic contexts that range from state-sponsored documentary in China to profit-oriented movie making within the American studio system.
This production cycle typically takes three years. The first year is taken up with development. The second year comprises preproduction and production. The third year, post-production and distribution.
Crew
Main article: Film crew
A film Movie Editing Software crew is a group of people hired by a film company, employed during the "production" or "photography" phase, for the purpose Movie Editing Software of producing a film or motion picture. Crew are distinguished Movie Editing Software from cast, the actors who appear in front of the camera or provide voices for characters in the film. The crew interacts Movie Editing Software with but Movie Editing Software is also distinct from the production Movie Editing Software staff, consisting of producers, managers, company representatives, their assistants, and those whose primary responsibility falls in pre-production or post-production phases, Movie Editing Software such as writers and editors. Communication between production and crew generally passes through the director and his/her staff of assistants. Medium-to-large crews King Kong Movie are generally divided into departments with well defined hierarchies and standards for interaction and cooperation between the departments. Other than acting, the crew handles everything in the photography phase: props and costumes, Movie Editing Software shooting, sound, electrics (i.e., lights), Movie Editing Software sets, and production special Movie Editing Software effects. Caterers (known in the film industry as "craft services") are usually not considered part of the crew.
Technology
Film stock consists of transparent celluloid, acetate, or polyester base coated with an emulsion containing light-sensitive chemicals. Cellulose nitrate was the first type of film base used to record motion pictures, but due to its flammability was eventually replaced by safer materials. Stock widths and the film format for images on Movie Editing Software the reel have had a rich history, though most large commercial Movie Editing Software films are still shot on (and distributed to theaters) as 35 Movie Editing Software mm prints.
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Originally moving picture film was Movie Editing Software shot and projected at various speeds using Movie Editing Software hand-cranked cameras and projectors; though 1000 frames per minute (16? frame/s) is generally cited as a standard silent Movie Editing Software speed, research indicates most films were Movie Editing Software shot between 16 frame/s Movie Editing Software and 23 frame/s Movie Editing Software and projected from 18 frame/s on up (often reels included instructions on Movie Editing Software how fast each Movie Editing Software scene should be Movie Editing Software shown) [1]. When Movie Editing Software sound film was introduced in Movie Editing Software the late 1920s, a constant speed was required for Movie Editing Software the sound head. 24 frames per second was chosen because it was the slowest (and thus cheapest) speed which allowed for sufficient sound quality. Improvements since the late 19th century include the mechanization of cameras � allowing them to record at a Movie Editing Software consistent speed, quiet camera design Movie Editing Software � allowing sound recorded on-set to be usable without requiring Movie Editing Software large Movie Editing Software "blimps" to encase the camera, the invention of more Movie Editing Software sophisticated filmstocks and lenses, Movie Editing Software allowing directors to film in increasingly dim conditions, and the development Movie Editing Software of synchronized sound, allowing sound to be recorded at exactly the Movie Editing Software same speed as its Movie Editing Software corresponding action. The soundtrack can be recorded separately from shooting the film, but for live-action pictures many parts of the soundtrack are usually recorded simultaneously.
As a medium, film is not limited to motion pictures, since the Movie Editing Software technology developed as the basis for photography. It can be used to present a progressive Movie Editing Software sequence Movie Editing Software of still images in the form of a slideshow. Film has also been incorporated into multimedia presentations, and often has importance as primary historical documentation. However, historic films have problems in terms of preservation and storage, and the motion picture industry is exploring many alternatives. Most movies on cellulose nitrate Movie Editing Software base have Movie Editing Software been copied Movie Editing Software onto modern safety films. Movie Editing Software Some studios save color films through the use Movie Editing Software of separation masters � three B&W Movie Editing Software negatives each exposed through Movie Editing Software red, green, or blue filters (essentially a reverse of the Movie Editing Software Technicolor process). Digital Movie Editing Software methods have also been used to restore films, Movie Editing Software although their continued obsolescence cycle makes them (as of 2006) a poor choice for long-term Movie Editing Software preservation. Film preservation of decaying film stock Movie Editing Software is a matter of concern to both film historians and archivists, and to companies interested in preserving their existing products in order to make them available to Movie Editing Software future generations (and thereby increase revenue). Preservation is generally a higher-concern Movie Editing Software for nitrate and single-strip color films, Movie Editing Software due Movie Editing Software to their high decay rates; black and white Movie Editing Software films on safety bases and color Movie Editing Software films preserved on Technicolor imbibition prints tend to keep up much better, assuming proper handling and storage.
Some films in recent decades have been recorded using analog video technology similar to that used in television production. Modern Movie Editing Software digital video cameras and digital projectors are gaining ground as well. These approaches are extremely beneficial to moviemakers, especially because footage can Movie Editing Software be evaluated Movie Editing Software and edited without waiting for the film stock to be processed. Yet the migration is gradual, and as of 2005 most major motion pictures Movie Editing Software are still recorded on film.
Independent
Main article: Independent Movie Editing Software film
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Independent filmmaking often Movie Synopsis takes place outside Movie Editing Software of Hollywood, or other major studio systems. An independent Movie Editing Software film (or indie film) is a film initially produced without financing or distribution from a major movie Movie Editing Software studio. Movie Editing Software Creative, Movie Editing Software business, and technological Movie Editing Software reasons have all contributed to the growth of the indie film scene in the late 20th and early 21st century.
On the business side, the costs of big-budget studio films Movie Editing Software also leads to conservative choices in cast and crew. There is a trend Movie Editing Software in Hollywood towards co-financing Movie Editing Software (over two-thirds of the films put out by Warner Bros. in 2000 were Movie Editing Software joint ventures, up from Movie Editing Software 10% in 1987).[2] A hopeful director is Movie Editing Software almost never given the opportunity to get a job on a big-budget studio film unless he or she has significant industry experience in film or television. Also, the Movie Editing Software studios rarely produce films with Movie Editing Software unknown actors, Movie Editing Software particularly in lead roles.
Before Movie Editing Software the advent of digital Movie Editing Software alternatives, the cost of professional film equipment and stock was also a hurdle to being able to produce, Movie Editing Software direct, or star Movie Editing Software in Movie Editing Software a traditional studio film. The cost Movie Editing Software of 35 mm film is outpacing inflation: in 2002 alone, film Movie Editing Software negative costs were up 23%, according to Variety.[2].
But the Movie Editing Software advent of consumer camcorders in 1985, and more importantly, the Movie Editing Software arrival of high-resolution digital video in the early 1990s, have lowered the technology barrier to movie production significantly. Both production and post-production costs have been significantly lowered; today, the hardware and software for post-production can be installed in a commodity-based personal computer. Technologies such as DVDs, FireWire connections and non-linear editing system pro-level software Movie Editing Software like Movie Editing Software Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas and Apple's Final Cut Pro, and Movie Editing Software consumer level software such as Apple's Final Cut Express and iMovie make movie-making relatively inexpensive.
Since the introduction of DV technology, the means of production have Movie Editing Software become more democratized. Filmmakers can conceivably shoot and edit a movie, Movie Editing Software create and edit the sound and Movie Editing Software music, and mix the final cut on a home computer. However, while the means of production may be democratized, financing, distribution, and marketing remain difficult to accomplish outside the traditional system. Most independent filmmakers rely Movie Editing Software on film festivals to get their films noticed and sold for Movie Editing Software distribution. The Movie Editing Software arrival of internet-based video outlets such as YouTube and Veoh has further changed Movie Editing Software the film making landscape in ways that are still Movie Editing Software to be determined.
Open content film
Main article: Open content film
An open content Movie Editing Software film is much Movie Editing Software like an independent film, but it is produced Movie Editing Software through open collaborations; its Movie Editing Software source material Movie Editing Software is available under Movie Editing Software a license which is permissive enough to allow other parties to create fan fiction or derivative works, than a traditional copyright. Like independent filmmaking, open source filmmaking takes place outside of Hollywood, or other major studio systems.
Fan film
Main article: Fan film
A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, Movie Editing Software created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by professional filmmakers as film school class projects or as demonstration reels. Fan films vary tremendously in length, from short faux-teaser trailers Movie Editing Software for non-existent motion pictures to Movie Editing Software rarer full-length motion pictures
Animation is the technique in which each Movie Editing Software frame of a film is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, Movie Editing Software or by repeatedly making small changes to a model unit (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing Movie Editing Software the result with a special animation camera. When the Movie Editing Software frames are strung together and Movie Editing Software the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, Movie Editing Software there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the Movie Editing Software persistence of vision). Generating such a film Movie Editing Software is very Movie Editing Software labour intensive Movie Editing Software and tedious, though the development of computer Movie Editing Software animation Movie Editing Software has greatly sped up the process.
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File formats like Movie Editing Software GIF, QuickTime, Shockwave Movie Editing Software and Flash allow animation to be viewed on a Movie Editing Software computer or over the Internet.
Because animation is very time-consuming Movie Editing Software and often very expensive Movie Editing Software to Movie Editing Software produce, the majority of animation for Movie Editing Software TV Movie Editing Software and movies comes Movie Editing Software from professional animation studios. However, the field of independent animation has existed at least since the 1950s, with animation being produced by independent studios (and sometimes by a single person). Several independent Movie Editing Software animation producers have gone on to enter the professional Movie Editing Software animation industry.
Limited animation is a way of increasing production and decreasing costs of animation by using "short cuts" in the animation process. This method was pioneered by UPA and popularized by Hanna-Barbera, and adapted by other studios as cartoons moved from movie theaters to television.[3]
Although most animation Movie Editing Software studios are now using digital technologies in their productions, there is a specific style of animation that depends on film. Cameraless animation, made famous by moviemakers like Norman McLaren, Len Lye and Stan Brakhage, is painted and drawn directly onto pieces of film, and then run through a projector.
Venues
When it is initially produced, a feature film is often shown to audiences in a movie theater or cinema. The first theater designed exclusively for Movie Editing Software cinema opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1905.[4] Thousands of such theaters were built or converted from existing facilities within a few years.[5] In the Movie Editing Software United States, these theaters came to be known as nickelodeons, because admission typically cost a Movie Editing Software nickel (five cents).
Typically, one film is the Movie Editing Software featured presentation (or feature film). Before the Movie Editing Software 1970s, there were "double features"; Movie Editing Software typically, a high quality "A picture" rented by an independent theater for a lump sum, and a Movie Editing Software "B picture" of lower quality rented for a percentage of the gross receipts. Today, the bulk of the material shown before Movie Editing Software the feature film consists of previews for upcoming movies and paid advertisements Movie Editing Software (also known as trailers or "The Twenty").
Historically, all mass marketed feature films were Movie Editing Software made to be shown in movie theaters. The development of television has allowed films to be broadcast to larger audiences, Movie Editing Software usually after the film is no longer being shown in theaters. Recording Movie Editing Software technology has also enabled Movie Editing Software consumers to rent or Movie Editing Software buy copies of films on VHS Movie Editing Software or DVD (and the older formats of laserdisc, VCD and Movie Editing Software SelectaVision � see also videodisc), and Internet downloads may be available and have started to become revenue sources for the film companies. Some films are now made Movie Editing Software specifically for these other venues, being Movie Editing Software released as made-for-TV movies Movie Editing Software or direct-to-video Movie Editing Software movies. The production values Movie Editing Software on these films are often considered to be of inferior quality compared to theatrical releases in similar genres, and indeed, some films that are rejected by their Movie Editing Software own studios upon completion are distributed through these markets.
The movie theater pays an average of about 50-55% of its ticket sales to Movie Editing Software the movie studio, as film rental fees.[6] The actual percentage starts with a number higher Movie Editing Software than that, and decreases as the duration of a film's showing continues, as an incentive to theaters to keep movies in the Movie Editing Software theater longer. However, today's barrage of Movie Editing Software highly marketed movies Movie Editing Software ensures Movie Editing Software that most movies are shown in first-run theaters for less than 8 weeks. There are a few movies every year that defy this rule, often limited-release Movie Editing Software movies that start in only a Movie Editing Software few theaters and actually grow their theater count through good word-of-mouth and reviews. According to a Movie Editing Software 2000 Movie Editing Software study by ABN AMRO, about 26% of Hollywood movie studios' worldwide income came from box office Movie Editing Software ticket Movie Editing Software sales; 46% came from VHS Movie Editing Software and DVD sales to consumers; and 28% came from television (broadcast, cable, Movie Editing Software and pay-per-view).[6]
Future state
While motion picture films have been around for more than a century, film is still a relative newcomer in the pantheon of fine arts. Annie The Movie In the 1950s, when television became widely available, industry analysts predicted the demise of Movie Editing Software local movie theaters. Despite competition from television's Movie Editing Software increasing Movie Editing Software technological sophistication over the 1960s and 1970s, such as the development of color television and large screens, motion picture cinemas continued. In the 1980s, when the widespread availability of inexpensive videocassette recorders enabled people to select films for home viewing, industry analysts again wrongly predicted the death of the local cinemas.
In the 1990s and 2000s the development of digital DVD players, home theater Movie Editing Software amplification systems Movie Editing Software with surround sound and subwoofers, and large LCD or plasma screens enabled people to select and view films at home with greatly Movie Editing Software improved audio and visual reproduction. These new technologies provided audio and visual that Movie Editing Software in the past only local cinemas had been able to Movie Editing Software provide: a large, clear widescreen presentation of a film with a full-range, high-quality multi-speaker sound system. Once again industry analysts predicted the demise of the local cinema. Local cinemas will be Movie Editing Software changing in the 2000s and moving towards digital screens, a new approach which will allow for easier and quicker distribution of films (via satellite or hard disks), a development which may give local theaters a reprieve Movie Editing Software from their predicted demise.
The cinema Movie Editing Software now faces a new challenge from home video by the likes of a new Movie Editing Software DVD format Blu-ray, which can provide full HD 1080p video playback at near Movie Editing Software cinema quality. Video formats are gradually catching up Milf Movie with the resolutions and quality Movie Editing Software that film offers, 1080p in Blu-ray offers a pixel resolution of 1920?1080 a leap from the DVD offering of 720?480 and the paltry 330?480 offered by the first home video standard VHS. Movie Editing Software The maximum resolutions that Movie Editing Software film currently offers are 2485?2970 or 1420?3390, UHD, a future digital video format, will offer a |
