Quentin Tarantino: Digital vs. Analog Cinema Quentin Tarantino’s auteur is one that speaks of gore, racism, and certain shot techniques. Above all, the aspect that Tarantino is best known for in his long history of filmmaking is the fact that he only uses traditional, or analog, filmmaking techniques. In fact, Tarantino believes that digital cameras used to shoot film will lead to the eventual demise of filmmaking. His views and ideas of digital vs. traditional filmmaking and how his films could be impacted if they were shot in a digital format are explored. Tarantino has contributed several explanations in interviews as to why the idea of digital filmmaking leaves a bad taste in his mouth. It may be because he wants his films to remain authentic with the Western and 70s time periods in which his films are set. Or, could it be, that he would like to remain faithful to his several hit and award winning films. In an interview Tarantino stated, “I’ve always believed in the magic of movies and, to me, the magic of movies is connected to 35mm.” He is referring to the most common film gauge used in filmmaking. This statement from Tarantino is harsh and truly shows his hatred of digital filmmaking. He also describes digital practices as the “death rattle” and he believes that he is being “jipped” when he watches a film shot digitally. In his words: “It does nothing for me. (Compovision)” I must mention that I am biased toward the debate of film vs. digital cinema. I am an avid Tarantino and Hitchcock film collector and my favorite decades for filmmaking are the 1950s and 1960s. I enjoy digital films just as much as the next person (because seriously, how can you not be impressed with Avatar and Muppets Most Wanted?), but there is some... ... middle of paper ... ...chine gun and you are trying to hit a target, you'll hold that trigger down and fire a million bullets. Eventually you'll hit the center of the target, but you'll make Swiss cheese out of everything around it. If you have three bullets and a revolver you are going to take your time and really aim that gun perfectly before you shoot one of your precious bullets. That's film vs. digital. (Bernstein)” This analogy may sound somewhat biased, but it is a statement of truth. Shooting film takes patience because you only have so many rolls of film to edit and splice together before you run out. With digital film, you can shoot as much as you want or as little as you want; it doesn’t matter because you can always just go back to edit and add everything in the scene like lighting, animation, background, colors, you name it. Digital film is all about creating the hyper real.
The intermix of a great literary work into a modern production is not a new concept, but the use of digital enhancement to carry a theme was unheard of prior to the making of this film. Both Director of Photography Roger Deakens, and Business Development Director Sarah Priestnall from Kodak, helped to explain that the digital process used is the modification of the film at the pixel level, in which the film is digitized frame by frame and each frame is color matched to allow for manipulation. The mastering process was done in the film developing...
Director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino has a unique style that is easily recognizable and sets him apart from other
Before Citizen Kane, filmmaking was easily predictable and virtually all the movies used the same stagnant camera angles, same lighting, and similar sets. Citizen Kane broke all the settled rules and introduced exceptional storytelling and Cinematography methods to the Hollywood.
film goes is very fast and it changes from one location to the next in
The television's new “golden age” is now upon us. As the internet continues to make filmmaking more accessible to public, Hollywood will continue being one of the biggest and greatest influences on today’s society and politics. It is much easier to create and share your ideas through film than ever before. Independent studios before, greatly expanding the number of debates and arguments people have access to. Never has the power to express yourself and your views through film been so great, and we are better off for it.
There are movies that make you laugh, that make you cry, that blow you away with jaw-dropping, ever-so-satisfying action sequences. And there is Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece, an homage to the old Pulp Magazines and crime novels popular in the 1950s. Known for their incredibly dense and complex dialogue and excessive violence, Tarantino adds his trademark nonlinear chronology and thorough character development to create a movie that celebrates the fact that chance governs all of our lives. The film consists of multiple stories that tell of the criminals, gangsters and outliers of Los Angeles, the underbelly of society. It follows Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield as they embark on their mission to recovering a briefcase that
The Analysis of Quentin Tarantino as a Director The director I have chosen to look at is Quentin Tarantino. His films have achieved a cult ang global status and I dont think anyone is going to argue that he is not an auteur. I am more interested in examining his style and seeing how this makes him an auteur and if it has changed when he was receiving a higher budget. Tarantino was born in Noxville Tennessee on 27th march 1963. Tony
As time and people are continually changing, so is knowledge and information; and in the film industry there are inevitable technological advances necessary to keep the attraction of the public. It is through graphic effects, sounds and visual recordings that all individuals see how we have evolved to present day digital technology; and it is because of the efforts and ideas of the first and latest great innovators of the twentieth century that we have advanced in film and computers.
“The biggest mistake we have made is to consider that films are primarily a form of entertainment. The film is the greatest medium since the invention of movable type for exchanging ideas and information, and it is no more at its best in light entertainment than literature is at its best in the light novel.” - Orson Welles
Tarantino revolutionized film making through his films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. This essay will focus specifically on the popularization of non-linear story telling and use of postmodernism in mainstream cinema. In addition, it will examine the films’ use of cynicism and irony to speak to the disenchantment of Generation X and the responses to these films which solidified them as cultural phenomena. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction not only impacted the beliefs and values which defined mood of the period they were born into, the film techniques and distinct aesthetics of both films are what made postmodernism in mainstream cinema not only possible, but popular. While modernism was a movement centered around rationality and progress,
...their new creations. Cinematic techniques are now associated with video games which make it more interesting for gamers out there. It is like a two-in-one package where the player can interact with the game and can spectate as the cut scenes are playing. These two media highly influence each other. Films want to become like video games and video games want to become like films. In most cases though, video games get more techniques from old films than from the new films. Newer films are highly influenced by the newer video games. They get ideas and get inspired of how video games are able to manage to depict an extraordinary scene on screen by using special effects, 3-dimenesional images and computer-generated images (CGI). Thus, both films and video games find inspiration from each other that share encouraging set of transmedia synergies that make them successful.
In conclusion it is clear that Tarantino’s film is postmodern, and Jameson’s insightful essay stands in relation to Pulp Fiction much in the same way as a prophecy stands in relation to its fulfilment. The postmodernist Tarantino expresses in a full and technicolour form what Jameson the modernist had only partially understood in the more static arts of painting and architecture.
‘Then came the films’; writes the German cultural theorist Walter Benjamin, evoking the arrival of a powerful new art form at the end of 19th century. By this statement, he tried to explain that films were not just another visual medium, but it has a clear differentiation from all previous mediums of visual culture.
Leonardo DiCaprio has established himself by having one of the most diverse careers in the film industry. His performances in films have made him one of the most well-known actors. Each film that DiCaprio has been a part of has been unforgettable. Leonardo DiCaprio has and continuously is capturing audiences through his strong performances in films.