ABSTRACT

In the mid-l980s, technology brought a marvelous capacity to moviemaking. With the ability to convert film stock to digital format, changes to content could be made that appear seamless to the naked eye. Filmmaking techniques pioneered in Who Shot Roger Rabbit? were made dramatic in Rising Sun, Oscar-winning in Forrest Gump, prehistoric in Jurassic Park, and totally animated in Toy Story. Placed in the hands of directorial masters, the technology can revolutionize programs shown on television and in movie theaters.