I was born in '94, and by the time I was old enough to really appreciate the arts, analog media was already something you used because it was cheap or because digital hadn't quite caught up yet.
And I never did much of anything creative myself until well into the digital era.
There was definitely still a real mystique to things that were more than ones and zeros, but it's not the same as growing up or having strong early experiences close to analog.
So I didn't really form much of an attachment to physical media. It's just a way to make it so faraway people can see your performance, and digital was the cool new thing that does it with less resources..
But I wasn't quite expecting the art itself to change so much. These days almost all music is very heavy on effects and synthesized sounds.
I wasn't expecting CG to replace practical effects to that degree.
Seeing CGI become more common than Jurassic Part style animatronics, and Autotune become it's own style, was my death of film moment.
There might really be something to be said for the idea that the medium is the message. Maybe film really was an important part of filmmaking after all, and not just "The thing people had to use because they didn't have digital yet".
I don't see any reason why so much should change on an emotional and creative level just because the tech changes, and I don't actually want analog to take over again... but it does seem like digital tech can change anything it touches.
Maybe one day digital will seem like a normal part of life, but for now, adding tech sometimes does change the feel.
It almost makes me sad I never experienced analog film directly, aside from a week long class(Mostly digital).
But I'm also very glad to live in the digital era, where I can share a picture on Facebook and people can see it without burdening their lives with another object. Where we don't have to mine silver for every frame. Where only pros need a camera that doesn't fit in a pocket, and sometimes not even pros do.
I was born in '94, and by the time I was old enough to really appreciate the arts, analog media was already something you used because it was cheap or because digital hadn't quite caught up yet.
And I never did much of anything creative myself until well into the digital era.
There was definitely still a real mystique to things that were more than ones and zeros, but it's not the same as growing up or having strong early experiences close to analog.
So I didn't really form much of an attachment to physical media. It's just a way to make it so faraway people can see your performance, and digital was the cool new thing that does it with less resources..
But I wasn't quite expecting the art itself to change so much. These days almost all music is very heavy on effects and synthesized sounds.
I wasn't expecting CG to replace practical effects to that degree.
Seeing CGI become more common than Jurassic Part style animatronics, and Autotune become it's own style, was my death of film moment.
There might really be something to be said for the idea that the medium is the message. Maybe film really was an important part of filmmaking after all, and not just "The thing people had to use because they didn't have digital yet".
I don't see any reason why so much should change on an emotional and creative level just because the tech changes, and I don't actually want analog to take over again... but it does seem like digital tech can change anything it touches.
Maybe one day digital will seem like a normal part of life, but for now, adding tech sometimes does change the feel.
It almost makes me sad I never experienced analog film directly, aside from a week long class(Mostly digital).
But I'm also very glad to live in the digital era, where I can share a picture on Facebook and people can see it without burdening their lives with another object. Where we don't have to mine silver for every frame. Where only pros need a camera that doesn't fit in a pocket, and sometimes not even pros do.