[Frameworks] film vs digital

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Sam Wells <silverfilm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well I was hoping we'd avoid THAT barfight again; this isn't really a
> film v digital argument per se in the sense that David responded...
>
> But really Alain, tying digital motion pictures to television makes no
> more sense than binding pure film to Hollywood,Bollywood, or narrative
> arcs.... well maybe that's what youstart to say but why would that in
> itself make you "hate video / digital filmmaking " ?   You make the
> same
> association you seem to have rejected in the previous sentence !!
>



Sam, I think you are confusing my words/comments with that of someone else
posting in the thread. I said nothing about TV. That was Carlileb at aol.com.
My comment was about Aaton's ad in the mid-1990s (HD16).

Alain






>
> (and as far as I'm concerned, the further 'digital filmmaking goes
> from video the better)
>
> I should keep quiet,now, but I like working  in digital as much as I
> ever did with film, like any passion it has its frustrations, so does
> celluloid, but really it's a young medium, it'll get where it needs to
> be but that will happen more by engaging it...
>
> > Because of TV, digital to these guys always seems to mean "following a
> > narrative arc," as if that's the extent of the medium's possibilities.
> It's
> > one more reason why I hate video-- Oops sorry, I mean "digital
> filmmaking."
> >
> > BTW, what does a "digital counterpart" look like-- do they get all broken
> up
> > when they stop making sense?
> >
> > Film is probably now better placed in the art department
>
> Art Departments never were that friendly were they ? Maybe that will
> change (cd be for the better..)
>
>
>
> >. And it has something to do
> > with Facebook etc.
>
> Huh ?????
>
>
> http://www.aaton.com/
>
> So is Penelope weaning or unweaving ?   ;-)
>
> -Sam
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