Technology In Film

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elp the story along but is now manipulated to create entirely different realms with in a certain film. A good example of this is how cameras were manipulated in The Matrix.
With advances in film stocks as well as ways that film can be processed, it has completely changed what can be shot on film. At first, film stocks were not very sensitive, in that you needed a large amount of light to expose a picture on the celluloid of the film. For this most of the early films were still shot in studios or were shot outside, but only when there was a lot of light on the subject. If there was not a lot of light there would not be an image burned onto the film. With the slow development of film stocks, filmmakers were able to shoot in low lit situations and were finally starting to be able to tell their stories in the way that they wanted to, with out being held back by not having enough light for a particular scene. The advances of processing techniques has given filmmakers a chance to explore their imagination and the luxury of not having to worry about things that earlier filmmakers have had to deal with. Filmmakers are now able to manipulate film stocks and the way that they are processed so that they can create varied visual effects that have never been seen by audiences. With this they are able to provoke varied responses to their audiences and are able to manipulate film in particular ways to have certain effects on the viewer.
With the advances in technology have come advances in the way that films are produced and also the way in which audiences appreciate them. The implication of the computer into the post-production of films added so many more possibilities towards how a story was told. Computers have made it possible to create action sequences, locations, and entire realms that would be way to expensive if not impossible to create with normal means. For this stories have also developed, and especially science fiction stories. In most...