Kodak files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

[bitcrusher]

Funny I just found some old b&w undeveloped negatives that I just developed at home. I missed the smell of fixer, but there is no way I am going back to film. I forgot what a pain in the ass it all is.

Kodak is just one of many companies that got replaced by new technology. There will be many more to come.

 

[Jade Lane]

I forgot what a pain in the ass it all is.

But it will never really be replaced, making technology easier is not necessarily a good thing.

Art should never be easy, if it was everyone would think they we're good at it.

remember the magic of waiting for film to be developed and the little mistakes that turned out to be magic !

 

[bitcrusher]

But it will never really be replaced, making technology easier is not necessarily a good thing.

Art should never be easy, if it was everyone would think they we're good at it.

remember the magic of waiting for film to be developed and the little mistakes that turned out to be magic !

I agree. There is a wonderful intermingling of craft and art. Its hard and you need to do it with a real purpose to get the most out of it. When it all comes together its like magic.

Having said that I just don't have the patience anymore.

Film is dead, long live Film.

 

[gonzo_entertainment]

I still shoot film for stills all the time including medium format, even do some cross process stuff. I send it to Dwayne's.

 

[Searcher]

Art should never be easy, if it was everyone would think they we're good at it.

??

Is the physical act of writing a novel difficult? No, you can do it with pencil and paper. But having easy access to writing a novel doesn't make everyone a Shakespeare. Sure a few people probably think they are writing masterpieces when they are writing crap but so what? That's always been the case. Why should it be any different with filmmaking?

Filmmaking, even with all the advances made lately, is nowhere near being "easy". And it will never will be. Is it easy to write a Booker winning novel?

If anything I think you have it mixed up the wrong way.

Artists are often solitary and introverted types. Now that the physical act of filmmaking has become easier in certain ways (smaller cameras, lights that run on batteries, powerful editing software etc) the size of crews to make films is shrinking and so the classic "artistic" type personality feels less overwhelmed by the whole filmmaking process.

If you look at directors through history they were often alpha type personalities who felt comfortable working with massive crews. Now, more and more, you will have different types of people making films.

People who are creatively talented have nothing to fear from the democratisation of filmmaking.

Yes I know I'm talking in generalisations...

 

[Samuel H]

I know EOSHD is not the most popular site around, but the quote they put at the beginning of the article commenting this news is priceless:

Former Kodak VP Don Strickland -

“We developed the world’s first consumer digital camera. Kodak could have launched it in 1992. We could not get approval to launch it because of fear of the cannibalisation of film.”


http://www.eoshd.com/content/6913/k...son-for-all-camera-companies-past-and-present

 

[HDkilledFILM.]

??

Is the physical act of writing a novel difficult? No, you can do it with pencil and paper. But having easy access to writing a novel doesn't make everyone a Shakespeare. Sure a few people probably think they are writing masterpieces when they are writing crap but so what? That's always been the case. Why should it be any different with filmmaking?

Filmmaking, even with all the advances made lately, is nowhere near being "easy". And it will never will be. Is it easy to write a Booker winning novel?

If anything I think you have it mixed up the wrong way.

Artists are often solitary and introverted types. Now that the physical act of filmmaking has become easier in certain ways (smaller cameras, lights that run on batteries, powerful editing software etc) the size of crews to make films is shrinking and so the classic "artistic" type personality feels less overwhelmed by the whole filmmaking process.

If you look at directors through history they were often alpha type personalities who felt comfortable working with massive crews. Now, more and more, you will have different types of people making films.

People who are creatively talented have nothing to fear from the democratisation of filmmaking.

Yes I know I'm talking in generalisations...

+1 Just because more people can make a film does not mean that they can make it GOOD.

 

[KahL]

??

Is the physical act of writing a novel difficult? No, you can do it with pencil and paper. But having easy access to writing a novel doesn't make everyone a Shakespeare. Sure a few people probably think they are writing masterpieces when they are writing crap but so what? That's always been the case. Why should it be any different with filmmaking?

Filmmaking, even with all the advances made lately, is nowhere near being "easy". And it will never will be. Is it easy to write a Booker winning novel?

If anything I think you have it mixed up the wrong way.

Artists are often solitary and introverted types. Now that the physical act of filmmaking has become easier in certain ways (smaller cameras, lights that run on batteries, powerful editing software etc) the size of crews to make films is shrinking and so the classic "artistic" type personality feels less overwhelmed by the whole filmmaking process.

If you look at directors through history they were often alpha type personalities who felt comfortable working with massive crews. Now, more and more, you will have different types of people making films.

People who are creatively talented have nothing to fear from the democratisation of filmmaking.

Yes I know I'm talking in generalisations...

Finally someone says it. It gets really annoying with people claiming that the "art" of filmmaking is somehow now gone because that technical act of developing film and the "magic" of not knowing the final result has been removed.

Filmmaking isn't easy, hasn't been and though things are streamlined, still won't be. It takes a lot of hard work and artists will have MORE advantages now with the technical processes being more streamlined for quicker and better end results.

Stop making it seem that since physical film is dead, now the art of filmmaking is as well. It's really whiny, pretentious and frankly, selfish.
Things advance, things move on and you either evolve or die. If your entire business of photography is based around developing physical film and it ends up dying due digital filmmaking becoming a norm, then it's sad to say- your business wasn't a very good one to begin with and you probably really aren't an artist in the first place.

Being able to advance with changing technologies is a part of being an artist. Being an artist doesn't mean you DEPEND on a set technology as a crutch and fade away with it once times change.

It bothers me that Kodak is done. It really does. But, the other BS surrounding this is not only insulting to artists out there like myself, but screams of whiny babies who just couldn't keep up with the changing winds that the craft dictates.

Move on.