You Should Be in Pixels

摘要

Who needs film? evidently George Lucas doesn't He shothis next "Star Wars" movie digitally, on tape instead. In 1996, when the science-fiction director saw movie production costs soaringpast the $ 100 million mark, Lucas approached Sony with achal-lenge: find a way to capture images digitally, but deliver the picture quality of film. Sony put a prototype machine in his hands by November 1999. Ayear later he had completed shooting "Star Wars: Episode II"-using only high-definition digital technology. It's set for release in May 2002.