Visions of Light

Technology has allowed film to record reality better - while also blunting or limiting its inherent ability to translate more basic human emotions , through less colour or sound

Furthermore , as cameras have become more sophisticated and economical - the increased use of an independent , hand-held approach will change the look-and-feel of film for the coming generations , lending to it a more reality-based frame - and for that very same reason , a more difficult platform from which to craft the abstract

Overall , as technology advances , film evolves into a much different form from the

shape it started out . It is now a fuller and more complex medium - although perhaps less of a straightforward one

With each mounting generation , directors have to grapple with the new and profound questions about how to approach the entertainment and education of an audience . They have to learn how to emulate the traditional paths of film 's past auteurs - but also , and equally importantly , to test the limits of the undiscovered country and new technology in cinema

Film-making as an art-form is ever-evolving and re-engaging its audiences in newer and more gripping ways . The language of the motion picture , however , is fundamentally limited by the science which allows it - and so , in to direct most effectively , every last available trick of modern film-making must be employed , toward the end of showing people something they haven 't seen before , and creating a synthesis that succeeds in overwhelming the sum of its parts . Newer technologies and angles must be embraced , in to achieve a more honest form of surprise and catharsis , so that audiences are finally moved and enlightened

For as technology evolves , so too does our tool set in the medium - providing an endless art-form to perfect and exercise up to the heights of cinema , as modeled by Citizen Kane...