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To: Mr. Sunshine who wrote (32510)2/21/2003 3:00:36 PM
From: waitwatchwander  Read Replies (1) of 197344
 
digital goes to Hollywood

As far as some Hollywood moguls are concerned, the movie world can't go digital fast enough. It's a wish that has little to do with the creative success of computer-generated animated films like Shrek and everything to do with the everyday economics of making movies and distributing them to cinemas. Digital technology will save them a small fortune.

When a Hollywood studio shoots a typical movie, it uses about 30 kilometres of 35mm film costing around $200,000. But that's only the start. A finished movie then has to be transferred to six large rolls of celluloid for each cinema screen at a cost of around $25,000.

That was less of a problem in the past, but with the arrival of multi-screen complexes and the modern practice of having a new movie open in thousands of locations simultaneously, this has become a huge cost and a logistical nightmare.

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Complete Article ------> Is 35mm film dead?

theage.com.au

By Bill Bennett
February 22 2003
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