As my last post looked at the emerging trends in theaters, I figured this week would be a good time to look at the small screen, the really small screen. With television shows, movies, or any other programming you can think of you can now watch on portable devices, iPods, cell phones, and numerous other handheld devices. However, just because you can do something, should you?
I'll stick with films, as this blog is dedicated to the cinema. Does it seem possible that that same enjoyment and experience can be derived from watching a film on a two inch screen as a twenty foot, or at least a television? The suspended reality created by watching a film can hardly be duplicated while watching at home nonetheless a tiny LCD. Are we so obsessed with having everything when and where we want it that we don't care about the experience we get from it? I hope we're not doomed to a future where it only matters that someone has seen a movie and not experienced it.
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It would be rotten if the 1-inch screen replaced the full screen cinema experience. Hopefully, it will be seen as a different medium, with different strengths and weaknesses. I appreciate (theoretically) the ability of the small screen to give me instant news video, but I don't expect aesthetic triumphs. A musician friend of mine can't bear to listen to MP3s because of the inferior sound quality.
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