UNIT 8 - Development of technology

Development of technology

Technology has been developing from the get go, day by day new gadget/software are being produced and put out into society to help or entertain the lives we live. In terms of the TV and film the film industry technology has advanced highly from the early 1900's. Film can be seen to have more quality as the cameras are now one of the biggest developments. This can be seen in the quality of the films that we see in cinemas nowadays in comparison to what you would see in he cinemas back in the 1960's. This can be seen not only in Films but in television, if you were to go back to any show back in the 1950's for example, the screen would only be viewed in black and white, this also goes for films in the Cinema, it was in the year 1962 when the BBC2 produced and published the first coloured production on TV. This was seen as revolutionary as viewers were so used to watching TV in only Black and White. Nearly every BBC2 programme was in colour. Six months later, colour came to BBC1. By 1969, BBC1 and ITV were regularly broadcasting in colour. 

The development of TV and Film can also be seen in the area of audio, the quality of sound not only in TV but film also has advanced a lot. If you were to watch something from the years of 1960's to 70's you would notice the difference in audio quality in comparison to today's sound quality. An example would be seen in he commercials as they were seen in almost everyone's households. The reason why sound these days sounds so much better is that technology has allowed us to create more advanced systems in which we can develop and produce quality pieces. The sound systems and technology they had back in the years of 1970 and below weren't as advanced as they are now. Again in film there are different techniques and technology that allows us to not only record sounds but make our own artificial sounds. This could add to the creativity used today. Sounds are heard to be more crisp and sharp to add realism into our watching experience whereas before sounds were normally recorded as they were or recorded separately and added later. These were the main two ways of recording sounds, today the quality in TV and Film can be seen as revolutionary.

Mainly in films the use of CGI editing was definitely not around as there was no knowledge of it. This has been one if the biggest advancements in TV to this day. CGI stands for computer generated images and can be edited into a film y a technical editor. Most people find films more appealing if there is more action and unreal events going on. This can be shown through CGI editing seen in many films today such as 'Transformers', 'Avatar' and 'The Avengers'. Although CGI editing was first seen in the year 1982 in the film 'Tron' and in 1984 in the film 'Starfighter' the quality of which this is editing has improved since then, production companies are now able to edit their wildest imaginations into film reality as there are various ways to bring ideas to life through different types of editing equipment which are all electronically produced. The shots are now seen to be more smooth and sharp, this again adds reality into the film and in affect makes the viewers watching experience a lot better. 

Analogue TV and digital TV can be seen as a change for the future. TV first started off as Analogue and slowly transitioned to the Digital TV we see/watch today. Terrestrial TV was the name given to the channel switch were seen on TV across the UK, these were the channels everyone had. Some of these channels were as listed. BBC1, BBC2, ITV1,Channel 4 and Channel 5. These channels have been around since the early 1920's onward's. Across the country people who could afford a TV had the channels, These were on air until about roughly the years 2007-2012. This was called the Digital switch over. Everyone would now have to be watched on Digital TV.