Movies at Sundance More Timely Due to Digital Filmmaking

The NY Times has an interesting article about how technology is changing the programming content.

“Sundance films have roughly had a gestation time of three to five years, chances were high that the cultural moment they were examining had already faded…..That has now changed. Because of advances in digital moviemaking, a notable number of this year’s selections took less than a year and a half to come together. Some of the entries this year, using the latest gadgets and stripped of studio bureaucracy and complex scheduling requirements, took only four months or so to be made.

This is an interesting side effect of inexpensive digital cameras and off-line editing software. You no longer have to spend valuable time raising money for your camera package and editing. You can jump right in with a Canon 5DMKII and Final Cut for a couple of grand. This lets films with a message hit screens while they are still relevant and topical. Check out the whole article for a good read.

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