Film´s crisis: Exposure criteria in the evolution from photochemical to digital image capture in contemporary Hollywood cine

Authors

  • Nadia McGowan El profesional de la información
  • Luis Deltell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2017.nov.14

Keywords:

Cinema, Digital cinematography, Lighting, Film, Digital internegative, Postproduction, Crisis, Color grading.

Abstract

The crisis affecting film production models and its paradigm shift towards digital seems to also imply an esthetic revolution. In this quantitative research we aim to explore the interrelation between exposure as an esthetic value and the implementation of digital internegative and capture in order to determine quantitative criteria relative to the adoption of these technologies. In order to do this, one frame every fourteen seconds was extracted out of 264 feature films produced in Hollywood, and their average light levels and low-light range levels were quantitatively analyzed. With this information, we aimed to relate different image-capture and image-treatment methods to their implementation in the Hollywood film-making industry and consider low-light reproduction a crucial factor.

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Published

2017-11-12

How to Cite

McGowan, N., & Deltell, L. (2017). Film´s crisis: Exposure criteria in the evolution from photochemical to digital image capture in contemporary Hollywood cine. Profesional De La información, 26(6), 1149–1158. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2017.nov.14

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 6 (2017): Diseño de la información

Section

Research articles

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