Since the 1990s, more and more films have been shot on

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and

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rather than

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. Some of them are independent, low-budget productions, while others are major studio productions. Since the mid-2010s, most films have been captured and

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digitally. Among the 200 highest grossing theatrically released films each year, a majority of films were shot on digital video for the first time in 2013, in 2014 over 80% were shot digitally, and by 2016 over 90% of films were shot digitally.

Notable firsts

* First major studio film shot primarily on digital video: '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002) * First film shot digitally in Official Competition at Cannes Film Festival: ''

Russian Ark ''Russian Ark'' () is a 2002 experimental historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. The plot follows an unnamed narrator, who wanders through the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, and implies that he died in some horrible accident a ...

'' (2002) * First nominees for the

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shot mainly on digital video: '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' and ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Patel ...

'' (2008) * First winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography shot mainly on digital video: ''

'' (2008) * First winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography shot entirely on digital video: ''

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'' (2009) * First film shot with the Red One Camera: '' Che'' (2008) * First film shot with the Red One MX, and first film projected in 4K theatrical distribution: ''

The Social Network ''The Social Network'' is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book '' The Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networkin ...

'' (2010) * First film to be shot mainly with the Arri Alexa: ''

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'' (2011) * First film to be shot mainly with the Red Epic Dragon and in 6K resolution: '' Gone Girl'' (2014) * First film shot mainly with the Arri Alexa 65: '' The Revenant'' (2015) * First film shot mainly with digital

IMAX IMAX is a proprietary system of High-definition video, high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and movie theater, theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (image), aspect ratio (approximately ei ...

cameras: '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019) * First film shot mainly with the Red Weapon Vista Vision and in 8K resolution: ''

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team), Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios M ...

'' (2017)

List of films

The movies listed are shot mainly digitally. The list includes films released before 2012.

References

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External links

* ''American Cinematographer'
article about ''Star Wars: Episode II''
* ''American Cinematographer'

* ''DigitalCinemaNow'
article about "HD 2K 4K Digital hi-end cameras"
* ''HD Magazine'
"All about HD in all its guises - capture to distribution"

Official Panavision Media Center & Reference Library
* ''Light Illusion'

* ttp://pro.sony.com Official Sony Professional Website Film and video technology Digital movie cameras

Cinematography Cinematography () is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens (optics), lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sen ...

Notable firsts

List of films

See also

References

External links