The last
session of the Open Forum at
the 48th International Film Festival of India discussed the topic ‘Digital
Revolution…Changing Face of Cinema’. Ujwal Nirgudkar, Member of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sanjay Chandekar, Head of Radio FTII, Pune,
Rajendra Talak, Vice Chairman, Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), M A
Raghvendran, researcher and film critic participated in the discussion. Indian
Documentary Producers Association President Mike Pandey moderated the session.
Ujwal Nirgudkar while elucidating on digital revolution in
cinema said, “In 2008, we started to use digital technology for cinema. Now
many changes are taking place in digital revolution, so ‘High Ultra Definition’
will be reality in India very soon.”
Sanjay Chandekar said that digital
technology has offered wings for everybody to fly. It offers more options to
users. In sound industry, the problem is that sound engineers are not able to
judge digital technology. Audio is in both optical and digital.
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Talking about
ESG’s future projects, Rajendra Talak informed that new integrated complex for
the film festival will come into place in 2019. ESG is coming out with more and
more technology-driven projects.
