Many things have greatly influenced the film in throughout its history, such as methods of filming and progressing technologies used. When films were first being created they were nothing more than sequences of scenes put together one after the other. Back then people couldn’t just create their own films and publicly display them for the world to see, like today.
The internet and digital cameras opened up a whole new world for amateur filmmakers. People could grab their cameras, make a short film of whatever they wanted, then turn around and post it on the internet. This has desensitized many people from the experience of new films. Movies and films used to be for the professionals only, and the only way you could watch is if you went to a movie theater. As if televisions weren’t enough to cause heartbreak to the movie theaters. Today we have the internet, and other options such as ‘Redbox’ or ‘Netflix’, which allows us to comfortably sit at home with little to no cost and not have to waste the gas to go watch an outrageously priced movie in an overcrowded theater.
Cinerama and Cinescope used to be the new big thing that attracted audiences to the theatres. But like anything else, people got board with it and new things were needed to come out all the time to keep the interest of the audience. First it was larger than life screens, then it was blood and gore, and after that large explosions. Now it has gotten so bad that every other movie has to come out in 3-D, because there seems to be nothing else other than plots that can really surprise us. Advanced digital technologies have allowed our generations to become used to watching somebody’s leg get cut off, or watching a building being blown into a million pieces.
3-D technology has become so appealing and popular to the general public that people for some reason see the urge to buy a $3,000 3-D flat screen. So they can put on the annoyingly oversized glasses and watch their everyday shows in “3-D”. Have you ever watched a regular show in “3-D”? There is virtually no difference. People can essentially watch a 3-D movie at home and not have to go to the theaters to watch a movie.
All of these innovations in technology have desensitized us from the ‘WOW’ factor of anything Hollywood tries to throw at us. We no longer get surprised from blood and gore and we no longer become shocked from huge explosions, although we still enjoy it. We can now go attempt to film out own ‘block-buster’ in our own backyards and hope it becomes a huge success. It is time for something new to be thrown at us, we are over due for something amazing in theatres, and yet we get stuck with 3-D. Is that all you’ve got Hollywood?
Some really good points made in this blog. I think going to the movies is fun and is an experience, but it is true, a lot of the time i turn to Netflix, Redbox, or the internet just to save money.
ReplyDeleteI agree that audiences have become desensitized with the effects in film. i remember being told in class that when film first came out people ran out of the theater because they thought a train was actually coming towards them. your right though now if we see somebody lose a leg its just a normal thing Hollywood can do its something were used to. i would love to experience the WOW feeling of watching a movie but the only thing that actually impresses me now with movie is what happens in them and how good the acting is its hard to be impressed with the effects and i think some movies deserve more credit than they get.
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