The entertainment industry has been greatly changed since technology has developed. From CGI in films to electronic music to the entire video games industry, computing and technology in general has aided in the entertainment industry.
A very obvious example of computing in the films industry is animation, a medium for films (though it is often considered a genre). For a very long time, animated films were hand-drawn, frame by frame. This was a very tedious process and would mean artists would spend weeks or months trying to animate a single scene. The creation of 3D animation allowed for animators to make scenes quicker, as every individual frame didn't need to be drawn anymore. This form of animation rose to prominence through the 1995 movie Toy Story and throughout the 2000s, became the primary animation style, with traditional 2D styles becoming a rarity.
In the modern animation industry, 3D animation is the most prominent art style, although there are variations in design and technique, such as with stop-motion. Hand-drawn animation is still used, most prominently in Japanese anime, but the vast majority of the industry makes use of technology.
Another technique used in the film industry is CGI. Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) is typically used in movies to create and modify characters and features, from character's arms to creating whole characters. It can also be used for special effects, such as character deaths in horror movies.
Computers are often used in the production of modern music. Electronic music often involves sound board and electronic noises and as technology has improved, many recordings of songs involve virtual instruments. As technology and computers have improved, it has become more and more difficult to tell what is virtual and what is real.
The video game industry is an aspect of entertainment that wouldn't exist without computing. As technology and computing has developed, this industry has grown alongside it and become more and more popular, particularly during the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. The industry began with simple games, such as 1972's Pong, but as technology evolved, the design and capabilities of games changed alongside it, with more modern features such as ray-tracing creating photo-realistic games.
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