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Technological Innovation in Film Production
The rise of streaming is just the tip of the iceberg: Digitalization and new technologies are transforming production, as well. And we’re only at the beginning Focus on Technology By
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DEAR READER,
Just a few decades ago, our collective vision of the future involved flying cars and the ability to travel quickly and comfortably from one continent to another. Computers that control everything belonged in movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and were not viewed in a very positive light. Today, nobody talks about flying cars anymore, yet it’s only a matter of time before there will actually be self-driving, computer-controlled vehicles on the roads. In 2020, physical travel has been supplanted by video conferencing due to the coronavirus, and by now, digitalization has taken over every last inch of our daily lives. In the film industry, this has been one of the defining
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iscussions for quite some time now. While the transition d from analog production and screening technology to digital capabilities is essentially complete, the transformation goes on and on through continuous innovation. That’s reason enough to take a more in-depth look at some of the transformations and visions that are driving production, post-production, and education. Let me state in advance, though, that film locations and real-life encounters are, and remain, crucial. Florian Krautkrämer TAKE #12 Editor-in-Chief
