Technology advances in the film industry

For this assignment I chose the technological advances taking place on the film industry. Digital film is becoming more and more popular today. American moviemakers are following the lead of independent filmmakers, which has lead to digital filming taking over and changing the film industry as we know it (physorg.com, n.d.).
Digital film making, in this day and age, is the logical step because of technology advances. People who enjoy film entertainment are starting to stay home either because they have a home theater setup with surround sound or because they can download a movie at the touch of a button. Movie theaters are becoming digital cinemas and will continue with this transition for years to come (physorg.com, n.d.).
The movie industry will continue, in my opinion, to keep up with times and changes in technology. The question is if today’s technology makes is so easy to make a movie, watch it, or download it, what could make current advances easier? Sometimes technology makes things easy that did not necessarily called for a boost to make them easier. What can be faster and more time efficient than downloading a movie in a matter of seconds?
I believe that as a college graduate one of the important things that you learn is that learning never stops; that embracing change is a sought after quality; that opening the doors to the new and exciting can pay off even though it may seem like one is navigating uncharted waters. As a college student I think that a great part of your training includes lectures on how to handle technological advances, even if he or she does not have the technical training to directly handle them. The key college student have over people without that college education is that college students are trained to adapt to different environments and are given the tools to do so.


Physorg. (2011). Physorg.com. Retrieved July 26, 2011,
http://www.physorg.com/news63371606.html