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The Evolution of the Film Technology

The evolution of technology has been evident in the movies and films over the years that makes it an essential process that is also increasing the accuracy of the movies. The Technologytechnology in the movies e movies is bound to helps the producers come up with a content that is more realistic and hit home to the audience which is a major boost to the way that they do interact. The movie industry dates back to the 1800s and still then the films did comprise of some levels of technology that would help shift the way that they do interact making it one of the best principles that led to the way that they do function. The incorporation and pushing technology are a good way to help also connect with the audience or manage to pass a certain message clearly to the audience. The technology in a movie is essential because it makes up the entire movie which is a vital way of making sure that the intention of the producer does get to the intended crowd. For instance, the film might comprise some forms of the future technology but because the creator of the movie wants to create a certain picture for the audience, it will have a major impact. The issue also helps make sure that they do increase their functioning whereby one can place certain sound effects or some imaging technique to help achieve a certain goal. The evolution of the technology is essential in making sure that such interesting features in a movie do appeal to the audience and makes the concept interesting. The picture quality which implies camera and the quality of sound is vital in the creation of the films despite the story which is essential in making sure that they do come up with a good quality film thus requires an individual with knowledge and skill to utilize the techniques. Comment by Courtney Coulson: I'm not sure what you mean by accuracy here Comment by Courtney Coulson: I need to know what you mean by technology since it's a broad category. For instance, camera technology that has allowed filmmakers do hand held shots. Feel free to talk with me about this

The films “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” by Fassbinder is a film released in 1974 and did spiral the career and success of Fassbinder. The film is over 40 years oldlater is still relevant and

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interesting which makes it one of the best features of the film. The movie creator did have a major interesting technique and eye to detail that did help shape the turnout of the movie which was essential to help improve the way that they would increase the message of the movie. The intention of the director was to try to make the movie as accurate as possible to the political and social climate at the time. The film mainly revolves around Ali, an immigrant to Germany from Morocco, who then strikes a relationship with Emmi an older woman widowed for a long time. that did raise numerous issues in the neighborhood. Many Numerous people in Emmi’s life including Emmi’s her family and friends that she knew for a long time did manage to also abandoned her which was a major issue but was common at the time. The film features the personal issues that the main cast endures and have to try and overcome to help make sure that they lead a peaceful life which was beneficial and help make sure that they do lead to their growth. The film addressesfaces address serious issues that are still a problem in tourhe current society that includinginclude racism, immigration, and among other struggless which makes the film still relevant to a problem that is affecting the society almost 50 years later.

It is evident that in the film, the author is mainly invested in playing with the camera, the techniques, the sound and technology to help bring out a major picture to the audience. The movie does venture all these in the 1970s that still makes it one of the most relevant films in the current era because of its strong themes. which is a major advantage to the way that they do cast. It is important to come to the understanding that the director of the film was an invested person in the movie working to help make sure that the film was making a certain appeal to the camera. It is evident that despite the technology being primitive in the 1970s, there was still some evolution at the time that did help in making sure that the film was a success. It is evident that Fassbinder was using some camera work and techniques that would Comment by Courtney Coulson: I think you mean "experimenting" instead of playing here Comment by Courtney Coulson: You talked about this in the last paragraph. This would be a good place to talk about why the cinematography is so different. What kind of shots did the director use? What was the color palate? So on. Comment by Courtney Coulson: I'm not sure what you mean here

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help push the film towards a success to the audience. The audience does appreciate prefer some piece that there was investment of time and effort which is beneficial to the success of the film which is sufficient to their performance which is led to the film being a major success. It is important to achieve their interactions which helps in pushing the way that they help make sure that they integrate the way that they function which is a major advantage to the way that they do execute their services. Comment by Courtney Coulson: Good! I want to know more about those techniques! Comment by Courtney Coulson: I'm not sure what you mean here

The working of the camera work in the film did incorporated some a frame within a frame technique which is a major boost to the way that they do execute their functioning and performance. it is important to come to the agreement that the work of the frames is essential to the way that they do execute their functions thus making it essential to their viewership. The producer did incorporate the technique because, they do believe that the technique was making a major impact to the way that the audience will look at the picture. The frame within a frame technique does portray the entire concept of making sure that the audience did not connect with the cast directly even within the picture which is essential to their functioning . 1 The camera is making a major improvement in the way that they do function as the way that they lead to a certain platform which is essential in their development. The camera functioning is a major boost to the way that the audience looks at the film and the way that the producer wants them to look at the film that is essential to the way that they do use technology. It is important to come up with a positive environment and try to sway the audience to a certain thinking which is vital in making sure that they understand that there is a deeper meaning to the functioning of the society. The concept is a major adaption of Comment by Courtney Coulson: I'm not sure what you mean here

Thompson, Kristin, and David Bordwell. Film history: An introduction. Vol. 205. New York: 1 McGraw-Hill, 2003.

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technology which makes it easier to incorporate and make a difference in the way that they do look at the work. Comment by Courtney Coulson: I feel like you are starting to go somewhere really good with this paragraph! But I don't understand what you mean by frame within a frame and how it is significant. If you could clarify that it would help a lot!

The film brings out the technique whereby the do shoot away from the cast who are close while the audience will view them from a distance. The intention of the producer was to try and pass the statement that the concepts of immigration, segregation in the society were high and thus they could look at the component with a more serious angle. The film did incorporate the technique because they did believe that the audience was a major boost to the way that they did function which was a major influence to the way that they would function leading to a positive way of functioning thus making it beneficial to the way that they look at the interactions. It is a major improvement and boost to the way that they do function in a way that making a major improvement and boost to their functions which is a major basis of interactions. It is important to come to the conclusion that the interactions and the technique of frame within a frame is still a common technique in most films even in the present day. The technique is essential because it helps in swaying the thinking of the audience which helps in making sure that they do increase the way that they do perform and interact that increases the way that they do pass some information to the audience while also proving that they do not have a major difference and interactions . The technique is a major improvement 2 in the technology in the film industry and this concept makes it easier for the audience to follow the story because it makes a major presence to the way that they do interact. It is important to understand that the employment of the technique is a major boost to the way that the entire film industry did depend on the improvement of the technology. Comment by Courtney Coulson: I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you mean long shot? Or shallow depth of focus?

Cottingham, Laura. Fear Eats the Soul:(" Angst Essen Seele Auf"). Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. 2

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In the film, the camera movements are also in constant motion across all the scenes that impliedimply that the director was keen on trying to capturinge all the emotions and additions in the movie. It is important to come to the understanding that the technique did work because it did imply that they did function on purpose which was a major boost to the way that they do execute their functions thus making it a major advantage to the way that they do carry their functions . It is important to come to the understanding that there was a major difference to 3 the way that they did utilize the technology and make sure that they did incorporate their functions. The film takes the advantage of the same whereby the Emmi and Ali were seated in a restaurant and people around them were looking at them with disgust while they did confessed their love for each other. It is evident that in another separate scene, Ali is scene opening up his hands to embrace her love, which implies that they did have a major impact to the entire story in the film. The film makes a major impact to the way that they did function which is a basis to the way that they do execute their functions in the society. It is important to come to the understanding that the concept is a better illustration of how technology is evident in the film sector and how it influences the way that the directors do use it to get to the audience. The audience would watch and also get the gist or the understanding of the film creator that would then influence the way that they feel and show emotions while following the story . It is important to understand that the incorporation of the technology did give the 4 director some room for being creative and using the emotions of the audience into the movie. The movie was an emotional piece which is essential in their functioning which is vital in their functioning thus making it an important principle which is relevant to their functioning Comment by Courtney Coulson: Wrong word maybe? Comment by Courtney Coulson: Good example! Comment by Courtney Coulson: In this paragraph, you mention the camera movement so you should point out how the camera movement speaks to the emotional intensity of the scene Comment by Courtney Coulson: You are using technology too broadly here. What specifically do you mean by technology?

O'Brien, Charles William, and Charles O'Brien. Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film 3 Style in France and the US. Indiana University Press, 2005.

Cottingham, Laura. Fear Eats the Soul:(" Angst Essen Seele Auf"). Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. 4

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thus making it vital to the way that the movie industry even in the present day do cast and input the concept. The technique of (what is the technique?) istechnique is not new and it is is still being practicedal in the present day which is essential in the current film technique which was vital to make it easier to helps us to understand their the directors contributions in to the society.

Technology is an important tool in the creation and interactions in the society which is a basic ingredient in their functions. The adaption of technology into the movie industry is essential because it makes it easier to increase the way that they do function and how they can communicate well to their audience. The incorporation of the technology helps in improving the way that the audience looks at the piece that makes it interesting. For instance, the film “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” incorporates the technology to help make sure that the story that they do make is interesting in the sense that they do and capture the emotions of each of the characters. The expression of the love between the two characters is essential to theessential in their functioning which is a major advantage because it is the entire backstory of the movie. It is also evident when the supporting characters do show anger, disgust and disappointment in the film whereby it is clear because even the room thud change and become angry accommodating the colors and settings of cameras that make it essential to improve the way that they function. The changes in the moods of the love and anger, racial discrimination, disgust was quite evident in the film which makes it an important practice that movies should incorporate . It is important to understand that the director did incorporate the technology as a 5 way to help show the authenticity of the film and the story that they were trying to incorporate which is a major advantage to the way that they do make the changes. The film Comment by Courtney Coulson: I don't know what you mean here. Clarify, please

Thompson, Kristin, and David Bordwell. Film history: An introduction. Vol. 205. New York: 5 McGraw-Hill, 2003.

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did have the major uses of the cameras which was beneficial to the way that they do communicate which is a basic interaction changing the entire picture and how to get the message across the viewers.

The evolution of the film industry over the years has been rapidly improved implying that some of the technology in the film is despite it not being relevant in the current generation ,but it is still a development. and a major concept that helps in the pushing for the new technology. It is important to come

to the understanding that the technology is a major improvement to the way that they do integrate the way that they do tell their stories. For instance, most of the movies including “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” in the past did incorporate the technology that did comprise of some dense coloration and some of the main basic colors that include dense red, orange which did cover most of the back scenes. The dense surroundings did imply a traditional technology because most of the movies and the settings did comprise of the type of the cameras and they did take advantage of the technology. It is important to realize that the present technology comprises of sharper pictures with sharp colors which includes blue, white and other sharp images that shape and change the way that they do function. The technology has brought about advanced cameras that can come up with sharp contractions which is a major way to help in making sure that they will connect to their audience . It is easier to create a western or 6 a historical drama movie in the current technology because they will easily adjust and play with the cameras which make a major difference in the way that they do make comparisons. The movie industry is evolving fast, but the appreciation of the movie creation in the past is vital since they did bring about the idea and developments that do make a major difference. Fassbinder does manage to come up with a major picture telling some of the social stories in

Cunningham, Stuart, Jon Silver, and John McDonnell. "Rates of change: Online distribution as 6 disruptive technology in the film industry." Media International Australia 136, no. 1 (2010): 119-132.

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history and a time when people did not want to speak about some of the sensitive stories. It is important to come to the understanding that the director did utilize proper camera and technology technique to help in pushing the extreme of the technology at the time to help come up with a masterpiece that is still alive in the present day winning numerous accolades.

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Bibliography

Cottingham, Laura. Fear Eats the Soul:(" Angst Essen Seele Auf"). Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

O'Brien, Charles William, and Charles O'Brien. Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the US. Indiana University Press, 2005. Cunningham, Stuart, Jon Silver, and John McDonnell. "Rates of change: Online distribution as disruptive technology in the film industry." Media International Australia 136, no. 1 (2010): 119-132.

Thompson, Kristin, and David Bordwell. Film history: An introduction. Vol. 205. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.