I am a film studies student, I am currently creating a catalogue for my coursework and I need opinions/ideas on the subject above.
Any messages will be very appreciated and will help me towards my primary research.
the subject aims towards how technology has changed the way in which we watch films and if this is a positive or negative matter, Id like to hear your opinions.
Thank you
That can vary widely depending on what you define "immersive" to mean.
For the visual portion I see immersive technologies that led to Cinéorama and OMNIMAX. That would include any film format that bends the fourth wall of the projection screen, spreading it out towards (and in some cases beyond) the periphery of human vision. The positive quality is that it makes for a more immersive viewing experience. The negatives are mostly related to the cost and complexity of production and showing such formats. There's also the fact that the technology doesn't necessarily make up for a lackluster story.
For the aural portion I think of technologies like surround sound, Sensurround and THX that have led to greatly increased audio quality for films. The positive here is the higher quality, although in practice this often becomes a negative when the film sound track is made to showcase the capabilities of the systems, and not to compliment the rest of the film. Movies with gratuitous and overly noisy special audio effects often step all over the dialog, thus obscuring the story.
Good luck!
Technology has also made the film experience less immersive:
Verizon launches GO90, a video streaming service geared toward mobile devices - http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/verizon-tries-stream-its-way-small-screen
However, with GO90's focus on sharing via social media, in some ways it is even more immersive than a large screen format presentation (albeit using a different take on the concept of "immersion").
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IMAX, D-Vision Digital Cinema Projection, projected on an IMAX-size screen, 3D and D-Box, which moves and shakes the theater seats, as well as Dolby Atmos surround sound, which is 40-channel I believe, including speakers in the ceiling, certainly have made strides toward making the film experience more immersive.
I just saw Ridley Scott's The Martian in D-Vision, 3D and Dolby Atmos, and it was totally immersive. The image, shot in Panavision 2.35:1 wide-screen, was splayed across the center of the IMAX screen like a large band-aid strip, was so crisp you could pick out pin-point specks of stars in the vastness of space, and the sound was all around, penetrated your very being.