macqdor
02-24-2003, 01:49 PM
Canada Begins Use of HD Technology
Mon, Feb 24, 03 09:19:39 AM EST
The Toronto Star has a new article on expanding the use of the new HD digital cameras and projectors, including some TV and film work in Canada. Here's an excerpt from the feature:
"HD offers some cost savings now and probably more in the future. But I still don't feel it's ready to completely replace film."
"HD" — the acronym is already well-established — is touted as the video technology that spans the chasm between the sharp, cold look of conventional videotape and the soft, warm glow of film, which was developed more than a century ago.
HD has been in the works since the late 1980s, but has burst into major use in the last three years. Indeed, HD is starting to replace traditional 35-millimetre motion picture film for television series, commercials and made-for-TV movies.
It is even slowly making its way into full-fledged, big-screen movies, getting its first full-scale tryout on director George Lucas' recent episode of the Star Wars saga. In the majority of theatres, which are equipped only for conventional film projection, the HD master had to be converted to film for projection on to the silver screen.
But at a few places in the GTA, the digital circuit is complete — movies recorded digitally are being played back using digital light projection at the AMC Winston Churchill cinemas in Oakville and Famous Players' Colossus in Woodbridge. The latest Star Wars installment was shown this way.
Mon, Feb 24, 03 09:19:39 AM EST
The Toronto Star has a new article on expanding the use of the new HD digital cameras and projectors, including some TV and film work in Canada. Here's an excerpt from the feature:
"HD offers some cost savings now and probably more in the future. But I still don't feel it's ready to completely replace film."
"HD" — the acronym is already well-established — is touted as the video technology that spans the chasm between the sharp, cold look of conventional videotape and the soft, warm glow of film, which was developed more than a century ago.
HD has been in the works since the late 1980s, but has burst into major use in the last three years. Indeed, HD is starting to replace traditional 35-millimetre motion picture film for television series, commercials and made-for-TV movies.
It is even slowly making its way into full-fledged, big-screen movies, getting its first full-scale tryout on director George Lucas' recent episode of the Star Wars saga. In the majority of theatres, which are equipped only for conventional film projection, the HD master had to be converted to film for projection on to the silver screen.
But at a few places in the GTA, the digital circuit is complete — movies recorded digitally are being played back using digital light projection at the AMC Winston Churchill cinemas in Oakville and Famous Players' Colossus in Woodbridge. The latest Star Wars installment was shown this way.