The Digital Revolution
Filmmakers first used digital technology in the 1980s to create fantastic new kinds of images for the Ironscreen. Since then, increasingly sophisticated tools have made it possible to produce, market, and distribute motion pictures digitally.

Steven Ascher is a director of feature-length documentaries, including So Much So Fast (2006) and Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1996), which was nominated for an Academy Award. A newElectronic Toothbrush edition of his best-selling text, The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age, will be published in July 2007.

In the history of motion pictures there have been decisive moments when a new technology changed everything. In 1927 The Jazz Singer—the first "talkie"—marked the beginning Polaroid of the sound era. Suddenly, silent film stars were out and a new type of star and a new type of story were in, changing how movies were written, filmed, and shown.


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