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New Film Industry
The New Film Industry is a term created for the the film industry in addition to all the changes it has had in recent years thanks to new technologies and the internet.

Trough the impact that the traditional film industry has been having during the past 15 years, mainly due to technological innovations and the internet, a new film industry has emerged with cinema innovations and a different media, marketing, and promotional usage.

Contents
1. History

1.1 1995

1.2 1996-2012

1.3 Today

2. Cinema Innovations

2.1 3D (Three-dimensional film)

2.2 Animated Special Effects

2.3 DVD

2.4 Home Theater

2.5 Computer Animation

2.6 IMAX

2.7 Blue Ray

United States

Additional References

5. References

History
1995

In 1995, the whole film industry(Link) began to change. The use of the internet(Link) and technology(Link) was taking over everything. Animation(Link) became a new form of movie making and special effects(Link) were a big part of films. This created a whole new world of possibilities for filmmakers(Link) in the industry. (Quote) This same year, movies, specially action films, upgraded their special effects(Link) and films became more engaging to audiences thanks to their visual appeal. Animation(Link) became something innovative creating large amounts of revenue for the industry with the release of the Pixar Animated Studio’s(Link) Toy Story(Link) movie. This year a mainstream resurgence of a new form of 3D (three-dimentional) film(Link) also began to occur. The internet(Link) and technology(Link), not only changed film's appearance, but also media and conventional methods of doing things in the industry.

Since 1995, The internet started enabling users to interact with media rather than consuming passively. “The internet became accessible by everyone, anytime, anywhere”[1]. Different opportunities for interaction, including posting reactions to early test screenings, self promotion, accessing cinema-related information, uploading and downloading material, and streaming, all changed the way that traditional cinema producers interacted with their audiences as well as the way people interacted with the industry. “Even copies of films were now available via the Internet while they were still in the theaters”[2]. These changes affected the industry, specially in economical ways, since profits that used to be earned through industry movie sales decreased substantially and media stations(Link) now had more competence. However, advertisement and promotion increased radically and it became easier for movie sellers to reach special audiences with the purpose of advertising films and projects. The internet(Link) was also an ideal net-working tool, and this helped movie sellers because “Constantly maintaining, pursuing, and developing social relations was key for business growth in the film industry.”[3] Whether technology(Link) and the internet(Link) were affecting or helping the industry emerged as a question. Some specialists in the field argued that these innovations had improved cinema(Link), others that it had harmed it. However, the majority agreed that it these innovations were the best thing that had ever happened to the industry of cinema. The internet and technological innovations were allowing society to be integrated and connected elaborating on ideas and ways to succeed every day. “The industry then began to rapidly change”[4]. By 1999, The web had became one of the most influential and important tools in the industry.[5]

1996-2012

From 1996 to 2012, thanks to the creation of internet web pages like Google(Link), YouTube(Link), Twitter(Link) and Facebook(Link), people were now being able to connect in different ways and create film related projects of all types in the film industry(Link). Actors, directors, producers, editors, and more were now able to easily showcase, and promote their work; and people were able to expose and share with the world anything they wanted as well as expose themselves to the film industry(Link) and net-work with ease. Also, this was the most useful medium for working with publicity and advertisement in the industry. At the same time, during this period of time, technology was rapidly evolving in the industry as well as in many other fields and this was leading to the creation of new cinema innovations that were transforming the industry in a positive way. All these changes created what it's now known today as the New Film Industry(Link).

Today

Today, both the internet(Link) and technology(Link) are used for infinite purposes in the new film industry(Link) and society in general. They both facilitate, create, and enhance cinema innovations, communication, research, net-working, and much more.

Cinema Innovations

3D (Three- dimensional film)

A 3D or 3-D (three-dimensional) film or S3D (stereoscopic 3D) film[1] is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception.

Animated Special Effects

Animated Special Effects are the illusions or tricks of the eye used in the film, television, theatre, videogame, or simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world.

DVD

DVD is an optical disc storage format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.

Home Theater

Home Theater is a sound equipment set designed to provide surround sound in a home environment.

Computer Animation

Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images.

IMax

IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems. Since 2002, some feature films have been converted into IMAX format for display in IMAX theaters and some have also been partially shot in IMAX.

Blue Ray

Blu-ray Disc (BD) is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs.

United States
The United States(Link) has been a pioneer in the utilization of the internet and technology in it’s films. Since this industry began to change thanks to these two innovations, the United States(Link) began to released successful animation films such as Toy Story(Link), Finding Nemo(Link), The Polar Express(Link), The Lord of The Rings(Link), Harry Potter(Link) etc. Also the biggest and most important social and media internet web pages, such as Twitter(Link), Facebook(Link), YouTube(Link), and Google(Link), were all created here. The United States has the oldest film industry and was the pioneer in it’s development with Hollywood. Four of the six major film studios are owned by East Coast companies. Only The Walt Disney Company(Link) — which owns Walt Disney Pictures(Link), Touchstone Pictures(Link), Hollywood Pictures(Link), Lucasfilm Limited(Link), the Pixar Animation Studios(Link), and Marvel Studios(Link) is fully based in Southern California(Link). And while Sony Pictures Entertainment(Link) is headquartered in Culver City, California, its parent company, the Sony Corporation, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. New York, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and California are considered the most productive areas for the film industry. India, however is the largest producer of films in the world.[6][7]In 2009, India produced a total of 2961 films on celluloid, that includes a staggering figure of 1288 feature films. However, no major animated films have been produced here, and there hasn’t been much impact in the film industry.

Additional references

Allen J. Scott (2005) On Hollywood: The Place The Industry, Princeton University Press See also -History of film -Cinema of the United States -Cinema of France -Cinema of India -Bollywood, Cinema of Mumbai (formerly referred upon as Bombay) -Hollywood North, Cinema of Canada -Telugu films -Tamil films -Kannada films -Malayalam films -Wellywood, Cinema of Wellington New Zealand -Independent films -Category:Cinema by country

References

[1] [2]Bakhshi, Hassan. New Technologies in Cultural Institusions. International Journa of Cultural Policy. Vol. 18. 205-222. web. 2012.

[5]Cummings, Michael A. New designs for technologies. Cinema Innovations. 1-5. web. Sept. 26. 2012.

[4]Gunning, Tom. Hand and Eye: Excavating a New Technology of the Image in the Victorian Era. Victorian Studies. Vol. 54. 495-515. web. 2012.

[6]Jones, Jeffrey P. Fox News and the Performance of Ideology. Cinema Journal. Vol. 51.Number 4. 1-20. web. 4 Jul. 2012.

[3]Owczarski, Kimberly. From Austin’s Basement to Hollywood’s Back Door. The Rise of Ain’t It Cool News and Convergence Culture. Journal of film and video. Vol. 64. Number 3. 1-20. web. 2012.

[6][7] Khanna, The Business of Hindi Films, 140.web. 2009.