Digital Movies Slash Costs.Digital technology made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. . The technology is expected to replace film reels with satellites that would directly beam films into theaters, making it possible for one film to be simultaneously transmitted to thousands of cinemas worldwide. The switch to digital would mean long-term savings for the studios. It is estimated that Hollywood spends over $625 million annually on reproducing and shipping "celluloid celluloid [from cellulose], transparent, colorless synthetic plastic made by treating cellulose nitrate with camphor and alcohol. Celluloid was the first important synthetic plastic and was widely used as a substitute for more expensive substances, such as " prints around the world. With digital technology, the costs could be cut to an approximated $12 million per year, so long as cinemas were digital friendly. The cost of converting a theater to digital technology, however, is an estimated $150,000 per house. Another drawback DRAWBACK, com. law. An allowance made by the government to merchants on the reexportation of certain imported goods liable to duties, which, in some cases, consists of the whole; in others, of a part of the duties which had been paid upon the importation. is the questionable quality of digitized pictures, although advances have been made in this area. The most notable digital advocates are George Lucas Noun 1. George Lucas - United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944) Lucas of Lucas-films and Lance Weiler, director of The Last Broadcast, which was the first feature to be screened using a digital projector See data projector. . |
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