Comments on: Film is dead… and we have killed it http://kino-eye.com/2003/02/02/film-is-dead/ "Everybody who cares for his art, seeks the essence of his own technique." -- Dziga Vertov (1922) Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:51:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sam Longoria Filmmaking http://kino-eye.com/2003/02/02/film-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-89822 Sam Longoria Filmmaking Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:35:25 +0000 http://kino-eye.com/2003/02/02/film-is-dead/#comment-89822 ...Well not ridiculous, exactly, but per Twain, perhaps "greatly exaggerated." I can appreciate the congratulatory tone of how great DV is doing as a medium of personal expression, but I can't discount the fact that only 6% of commercial filmmaking is done digitally, (the rest is 35mm film, as God and Tom Edison intended), and very little of that digital filmmaking is DV. Enjoyed the post very much, Sam <a href="http://samlongoria.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">filmmaking</a> …Well not ridiculous, exactly, but per Twain, perhaps “greatly exaggerated.”

I can appreciate the congratulatory tone of how great DV is doing as a medium of personal expression,
but I can’t discount the fact that only 6% of commercial filmmaking is done digitally, (the rest is 35mm
film, as God and Tom Edison intended), and very little of that digital filmmaking is DV.

Enjoyed the post very much,

Sam

filmmaking

]]> By: Kino-Eye.com » Blog Archive » Film or video? It depends on what you mean. http://kino-eye.com/2003/02/02/film-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 Kino-Eye.com » Blog Archive » Film or video? It depends on what you mean. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:29:05 +0000 http://kino-eye.com/2003/02/02/film-is-dead/#comment-3509 [...] We would not describe a collection of short “exerimental videos” as films, on the other hand, most people would describe The Celebration as a film, yet when they rent it on DVD, they’re more likely to call it a DVD or video. The medium used in production and distribution has a strong influence in terms of what we call something. I wrote an essay titled “Film is dead… and we have killed it” about the transition of film as a medium for making films giving way to video and digital as a medium for making films. You might find it interesting, amusing, or ridiculous. [...] [...] We would not describe a collection of short “exerimental videos” as films, on the other hand, most people would describe The Celebration as a film, yet when they rent it on DVD, they’re more likely to call it a DVD or video. The medium used in production and distribution has a strong influence in terms of what we call something. I wrote an essay titled “Film is dead… and we have killed it” about the transition of film as a medium for making films giving way to video and digital as a medium for making films. You might find it interesting, amusing, or ridiculous. [...]

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