User:Evanaugst/sandbox

Below is my final paragraph draft.

Technological Developments
As time went on there were many technical advancements made in film. The first feature length film with sound was The Jazz Singer, released by Warner Bros in 1927. A new recording technology called Vitaphone, which was developed by Warner Bros, was used to capture the sound for the film. Before The Jazz Singer, many movie studios were reluctant to go through the expensive process of adding microphones to their sets. However, after seeing how successful the film was, other studios were scrambling to start producing their own Talkies.

One of the next major advancements made in movie production was color film. Even before color was a possibility in movies, early film makers were interested in how color could enhance their stories. Early techniques included hand tinting in which each individual frame had to be painted by hand. Another more widely used development was toning, which involved dying the film in a signal color. Because it was faster and cheaper than hand tinting, toning was very popular and is seen in a large number of films in the 1920s. It was the Film processing lab Technicolor that developed the Three-Tone coloring technique that became the standard for color film. It was a complex, time consuming, and expensive process that many movie studios were not eager to try. One of the early adopters of the three strip process was Disney. Some of the most notable films Technicolor processed with three strip were The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind.

Digital Video (or DV) is a technology that has had a major impact on how films are made in a relatively short period of time. The new digital technology was first being used to create special effects and animated movies, by the late 90's digital cameras were becoming more and more common on film sets. in 2002 George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones was the first major feature length film to be shot entirely on digital cameras. With the ability to instantly playback footage and the easy transfer of footage to computers for editing, digital cinema helped to speed up post production time. Digital film making was given a big boost in 2005 when the Digital Cinema Initiative created a guide for manufacturers to create a universal standard, to make the technologies more compatible with each other and more user friendly. shooting movies on digital also lead to new technologies for distributing films. Titan A.E. (released in 2000) was the first feature film to be released for viewing over the internet. Digital distribution changed the ways people received and watched media, it also gave viewers access to huge amounts of online content on demand.

Below is a list of sources I have been collecting to use for the article.

Feature Film Sources List
Hi Evanaugst,
 * 100 Ideas That Changed Film
 * Universal Women : Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood
 * The Complete History of American Film Criticism
 * Science and film-making
 * The Jazz Singer
 * A/v A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms

I took a look at your Feature Film article. It looks great so far. The introduction and history sections of the feature film article are well developed and are backed up with credible citations from different articles. However, you need to add more to your article such as the decades of feature film. This includes the film genres that became popular from the 1890s to the 2010s, the technological innovations of film that were invented during those decades, the famous films during the different decades, and much more. This is all I wanted to let you know about for now. I made some grammar corrections on your article today. So I suggest you should strengthen your grammar skills for the future. Evanaugst/sandbox (section) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Evanaugst/sandbox Tpmsfcstudent2019 (talk) 00:31, 23 October 2016 (UTC) User:Tpmsfcstudent2019 (talk) 00:34, 23 October 2016 (UTC) Thomas McGuigan

Hi @Evanaugst,

I reviewed your draft and I have to say that it looks great. The different technological advancements you mentioned are very informative and well structured. You used a supplemental amount of citations, which is a great way to back up your writing. Maybe just break the main paragraph into smaller paragraphs for each new advancement. I took a look through and made some more grammatical corrections in a quick read through of your article; it was just some minor commas and wording. Maybe in the near future add more about the advancement of feature films up until the digital age or even add how feature films have impacted popular culture. Those are just some ideas, but I feel they could be of use here. Also, your article is very neutral and appears very encyclopedic. Keep up the good work and look forward to seeing what else you contribute. Nizzafa (talk) 03:17, 24 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello and  Thank you both for your comments! I definitely agree that I need to expand into more modern developments as well as the cultural aspects of feature films.Evan Augst 17:09, 29 October 2016 (UTC)