The Shift to Digital in Recording Films

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David Bianculli: We don't really see many of those movies in the cinema. It's usually these major block busters, as you say, that are made with these expensive cameras and all this post-production work done with them. The shift to digital is not the only part of this; there is also the move to streaming that has occurred,. he says. And when that shift to streaming happens, what does that focus on content mean for the type of entertainment that ultimately gets produced? Brendan O'Brien: That's a great question. Streaming has been very useful for studios in the sense that it is a direct consumer model that is much more appealing to audiences than the multiple

Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss the history of the film industry, how the digital revolution was promised to democratize film, and how it actually helped cement the power of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

Will Tavlin is a writer and fact checker based in New York City. Follow Will on Twitter at @wtavlin.

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