Technology and film notes

Abbie Shuttleworth

New media –

New Media is a 21st Century catchall term used to define all that is related to the internet and the interplay between technology, images and sound.

http://www.newmedia.org/what-is-new-media.html

Criteria Pro Con

Quality More clear to see More expensive

Cost-cutting Allows companies to save money

Other aspects could suffer such as the quality of the film

Piracy Allows people to watch films easier, bigger audiences

Film producers lose out on money

Exhibition Allows people to watch the film and get profit from it

Expensive to print films to allow cinema to get access

Marketing More aesthetically pleasing, bigger audience

Cost more

The impact of new technology on media industries

Criteria Pro Con

Access Aesthetically more please than a film without new technology such as 3D

More expensive to go to watch for example a 3D ticket at the cinema costs around £9

Marketing Attracts more people People might not be into new technology

Audience as producers

The impact of new technology on media audiences