Abstracts
Abstract
In this essay we consider some of the effects of digital film editing technology on editing. Through an analysis of this technology, as well as DVD technology, we examine the impact these new interfaces have on the film experience. In addition, a study of the effects of compositing—understood here as digital montage par excellence—permits us to dig deeper into its impact on traditional approaches to film style, as well as to question the anxiety stemming from the new technology, given that many critics today argue that digitization has obliterated film’s indexicality.
Résumé
Nous cherchons ici à étudier l’impact des technologies informatiques sur le montage, qu’il s’agisse du montage assisté par ordinateur ou du compositing, entendu ici comme montage numérique par excellence. Après avoir montré comment l’ordinateur conceptualise le film d’une façon nouvelle (conception qui trouve également à se manifester dans la technologie DVD), nous examinons l’impact du compositing sur les conceptions traditionnelles de la stylistique filmique et questionnons l’angoisse que ces technologies soulèvent trop souvent chez les commentateurs qui y voient la mort de l’indice au cinéma.
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