The Future of Film

Hello out there,

Yesterday, we talked about Daredevil and how it inspired me. You can read that here.

Today, we’re going to talk about the future of film.

Okay, so I’m going to geek out a bit and give you a little bit of my film history. If you want a more detailed account of my film history check out this post.

In my early years, I was always interested in cameras. I got an inexpensive cannon really early. A sony camcorder and half a dozen other cameras later. I settled on a Panasonic G7.

It’s a 4k camera and I was so super hyped when I got it. I still get giddy thinking about pulling it out of the case and filming something.

I mentioned that the camera is 4k because it’s pretty important in this discussion.

Right now most of us watch movies in 1080p. Blue ray is capable of 4k but beyond 4k it’s pretty much not usable until we get another format capable of holding such big files. In fact I don’t think owning a movie at home is going to be a thing soon. Streaming is king and it’s going to eventually take over the medium altogether.

Does that mean we shouldn’t even bother making more detailed cameras? 8k cameras are pretty common and affordable.

In Febuary of this year the Linea HS 32k TDI was announced. 32k, that’s crazy!

With a camera like that, you could film a wide shot with the character deep into the scene and be able to zoom in and use it as if it were a full shot without losing much detail. You can already do this in part with 4k and 8k.

Imagine being able to take a close up, medium shot and full shot all with one take on a single camera. It’s absolutely mind-bending but right around the corner.

When you combine that with cellphone bokeh technology (which will only get better), we may be able to completely stop messing with aperture. That is unless you want to mess with old technology. Learning how to use a camera lens could soon be a thing of the past.

There’s already big budget movies made on phones and I can only foresee more of that coming in the future.

Phones are also getting better at software that steadies your shot. When that tech gets even better imagine what you can do with cellphones! Anyone can just walk around and look as if they are using a steady cam.

Can’t forget to mention the low light capabilities of phones. Generally, you need to use the higher end phones to get good low light capabilities. Eventually, these phones will get better than the human eye. The possibilities will be endless.

This is just the technology I can see coming in the future. Who knows what crazy things people might come up with between now and then.

Either way, editing a film is about to get much more challenging!

Maybe you can see tech going in a different direction? Let me know in the comments below!

Hope you have a great day!
Katherine