Right. But couldn’t this be a very specific reading of the term ‘analog’? In reference only to signal? I think our language around media has evolved enough at this point where we don’t have to necessarily exclude other forms from this analog vs. digital binary which has been set up.
Looking at it somewhat algebraically, if we use the term analog to merely describe “signal" and digital signal is the opposite of analog signal - we then simplify by eliminating signal from the equation, leaving us with analog ≠ digital. It is a simplification - in every sense of the word - and this is for better or worse. The word ‘analog’, with its contemporary application to (sometimes to the point of absurdity) a variety of phenomena and situations, has gone past the point of critical mass (another analogy, this time to a process associated with nuclear fission) where it seems it can now be applied simply to that which is not digital. And this is at a moment in time when so many aspects of human life are now influenced to some extent by various digital processes and systems. I think it is a matter of language, which is never fixed at specific point in its own history, but is provisional. It adapts to the current moment - much like a city or a body or any organism for that matter. > On Nov 11, 2014, at 6:42 PM, Pip Chodorov <framewo...@re-voir.com> wrote: > > The term was used widely throughout the 20th century to describe continuous > recording processes on physical or magnetic medium (audio tape, video tape, > vinyl disk) and especially in relation to digital processes when they became > popular (remastered recordings, CDs, laserdiscs and DVDs) when the debate > between analog and digital became fervent. > But not until the past ten years was the term ever applied to motion picture > film. > I think film should not be confused with signal media. > The term "digital film" has been applied wrongly to using digital > intermediates to finish on film print stock. > This wikipedia article described analog processes best: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_signal > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_signal> > Pip > > > At 18:34 -0500 11/11/14, Matt Whitman wrote: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_photography >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_photography> >> shall we have this discussion? > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com <mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > <https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks>
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