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Topic: Is 'film' still synonomous with 'movie'?
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Bobby Henderson
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 01-24-2012 10:18 PM
They need to stop using the term "film."
If they don't have film running through the camera they're shooting video. It doesn't matter if it's analog or digital, it's fucking video. But "video" doesn't have quite so much romance associated with it since it is synonymous with television shows (the news, soap operas, video-originated sit-coms, talk shows, etc.). So these guys say they're "filming digital" and call themselves "filmmakers." Douchebags.
Honestly, anyone saying they're "filming digital" makes them sound like an idiot. At least when the Smurfs used the term "smurf" for everything from eating to whacking it we didn't mind because they were little blue fantasy cartoon characters. I refuse to give anyone in Hollywood or any human beings elsewhere the same amount of slack over use of the word "digital" as I would a smurf for saying "smurf."
The term "digital" is an extremely broad term, it even goes well beyond stuff related to computers. For example, a clock which displays the time in numerals is technically a digital clock even if the numerals are those old, non-lit, gear driven, flippy kind of things. Your fingers are digits. A light switch on a wall can be called a "digital switch" since you use your fingers to manipulate it. If you're solving math problems you can say you're doing "digital calculations."
I can stomach the use of the term "movie" for a 2 hour feature shot with video cameras. But let's face it, it's a damned video. It sure as shit isn't film.
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