I am writing an essay about how technology influences entertainment, and I would like some ideas, advice, or examples that could be helpful in my research.
Hi, Madi!
Here's a resource you may find beneficial . . .
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=prize_papers
Have a great day!
--Adrian
Hello Medi,
many people would point out how much better entertainment has become thanks to technological advances, however: I am more critical in that respect. True, there is much more you can do, using that CGI and greenscreen and VR and 3D and surround sound system, but I can not fail but notice how stuffed many of the later movies have become of all those technological possibilities. I remember "Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Killer" in 3D - I had read the book and it was good fun, but the movie was different. 3D was pretty new at the movies at that time and there were a lot of scenes that were intended to make full use of 3D effects. So there was a lot of things being thrown at the audience, just because there was 3D. In other movies there are too many explosions.
Don't get me wrong, I love explosions and mayhem at the movies like the next guy, but if you compare current movies with old ones from the 1950es or 1960es or 1980es even, there is hardly any special effect, but the movies are still thrilling and entertaining. They don't look as nice and polished but still. It is because there has been put a lot of effort into scriptwriting and acting, whereas one can not fail but notice how the share of visual effects have increasingly been dominating the movies as of late.
You might have noticed that I have a more critical approach towards technology in entertainment. On a more positive note: since visual effects have become much cheaper than ever before, even small production companies can afford them and by doing so produce low budget movies of a quality they could never have dreamed of a decade ago.
All the best,
Stephan
Try going from cinema (a social event) to television (a family event) to video games (probably an individual event or one other person) to computer games (largely an individual event, unless you count remote interaction with potentially very strange distant strangers.
The categories aren't strictly correct, but hopefully you get the idea....
Christopher NOCK
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