Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Digital Footprint Lab part 1

1. I have a small digital footprint.
2. I use Skype, a pair of gaming websites, and several forum websites for various projects.
3. Media plays a very important role in our lives.  It is one of our primary sources of information, and allows us to stay updated on events going on around the globe.  Additionally, we can use it to communicate with our friends and family no matter how far away they may be.  Finally, media is almost literally everywhere; it's being integrated into almost every aspect of our lives.  Therefore, many everyday tasks leave behind some sort of digital footprint.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Charlotte Movie Theater

1. The Eaton Theater is currently using 35mm film.

2. Many companies are switching to a non-film (digital) format, which will render many older projectors obsolete.  New projectors can be quite expensive, creating a problem for the Eaton Theater and others like it who might not have enough money to buy one.

3. Fox will definitely no longer be using film to create its movies.

4. Digital projectors are considered cost prohibitive because many smaller theaters simply don't have enough money to purchase them (even if it'll drive them out of business).

5. The digital equipment would cause the Eaton Theater to lose an upwards of twenty percent of its profits because of the high cost of each movie screening.

6. I think that the best thing for the Eaton Theater to do in this situation is to buy the digital projector because it's the only way for them to stay in business.