Critically assess the impact of the computer on an established field of cultural practice and experience.
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Critically assess the impact of the computer on an established field of cultural practice and experience. Since the creation of film as an art form, there have been few truly great technological revolutions, changes which have altered the very essence of the medium. In 1927 The Jazz Singer introduced sound, in 1939 Gone With The Wind perfected colour cinematography, and now the last great revolution of Film; Computer Generated Images. This essay seeks to argue that CGI has had a meteoric impact not only on the production of film, but also on the cultural effects of film itself. In short it has changed the design and the reception of the most significant popular art form in the Developed World, and today's technology is just the beginning. Film is the most complete art form. By this I mean that film concentrates the two most fundamental human senses; hearing and vision....


