22/12/2005

These futuristic scenarios as predicted by the ARP is food for thought, with the arrival in 2006 of the widespread use of HD and 2K digital cameras for shooting, the growth in the standardisation of Digital Intermediate in post-production, the increase in digital projectors in theatres, the success of VOD (Video on demand) and the rapid growth of TV on mobile phones. Even more spectacular developments are planned for 2010. These include the direct saving of images on servers of post-producers or in laboratories thanks to the increase in high-speed Internet access, a new generation of digital cameras allowing a reframing of the image in post-production without a loss in quality, widespread use of 3D relief in digital cinema theatres, piracy of servers blocking the release of films, growth in the production of alternative films destined for release in DVD HD and on high power mobile phones only. With regard to the outlook for 2015 and 2020, as seen by ARP's Stephan Faudeux (director of the HD club and development director at Avance Rapide), they exceed the current limit of a simultaneous release on 150,000 screens, real time post-production with one single laboratory holding an international monopoly, disposable multimedia devices, the demise of the DVD HD format and the supremacy of VOD, holographic production and so on.