Friday 11 February 2011

Have online videos lowered the standards of television production?

Online videos have begun to lower the standards of television production in many different ways.
One factor that plays a huge part in this is being able to create videos simply from the comfort of your own home. Because there are so many ways to film things these days, a much vaster level of quality is being accepted. Now, not only can video cameras capture film, so can phones with low resolution and even webcams. The lower the resolution, the more pixilated the image becomes. But it is not uncommon now to see videos all over such things as the internet that have been filmed on such a low quality device. And this is making it easier for TV companies to access these videos and the use them. Things like new shows have begun showing phone clips or even soaps that show examples of people filming things on their camera phones.
As film cameras are becoming much cheaper, more and more people are beginning to make their own videos. Because of all the editing software available these days, this makes it more appealing to make a video as the idea of video editing is that it makes whatever has been filmed more quality. But it is also giving the opportunity for young wannabe film makers to have a go and get into the industry early with more experience. This could be an advantage in generations to come as people learn the jobs from a younger age so can develop those skills over their lives.
One disadvantage that some people see is that films are being filmed on a lower budget these days. Some films can be shot for a very little amount of money on almost domestic standard equipment. But with so much technology available, it is still possible for these to become big money making successes. Also, a lot more films and TV shows are relying on editing and CGI. As the years go on, more and more films are beginning to come out in 3D or even simply be animated. This almost means that as long as a good editor is at hand, it doesn’t matter so much about the film because the CGI can blow people away.

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