Kamal-Ilayaraaja-Singeetham Rao-MUMBAI EXPRESS

**fan_ir** · 28th February 2005, 11:43 PM

IR is really setting the treands

priya(1979) - 1st use of stereo
vikram(1987) - 1st use of computers
Now ME - all goes digital

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**kiru** · 1st March 2005, 03:48 AM

http://www.editorsguild.com/newslett...tribution.html

Read about it. Anybody who has used computers knows about resolution. I dont what product is going to be used. But even at 2056p. The resolution will be half that of film. I am thinking the one being used would do only 1028p, which is even going to show up in TVs in late 2005.
Maybe there is too much special effects in this movie, they thought it would be much more cost-efficient to doing the whole thing in digital.
My concern is - instead of seeing scratches we will see 'grainy' picture throughout the whole film.

**fan_ir** · 1st March 2005, 11:24 AM

yes our TVs should also be in true digital.

**raja_fan** · 1st March 2005, 04:48 PM

fan_ir,

"Now ME - all goes digital"

What is the part of IR in this..? Kamal speaks about the picture..not sound..

Also, I feel Kamal should stop these unnecessary hypes and concentrate on real work ! who cares whether it is digital or not ! Whether it is worth watching..?

**Cinefan** · 1st March 2005, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by raja_fan

fan_ir,

"Now ME - all goes digital"

What is the part of IR in this..? Kamal speaks about the picture..not sound..

Also, I feel Kamal should stop these unnecessary hypes and concentrate on real work ! who cares whether it is digital or not ! Whether it is worth watching..?

He was talking about digital cinema during a demonstration to the media in Sathyam theatre.All his talk was quite relevant.It was not a press conference where he was hyping up the film.

**kiru** · 2nd March 2005, 01:03 AM

My feelings are similar to that of raja_fan. Technology has its place, but you have to get your priorities right. Even though, will spend all the money on recording/equipment, he will not talk about technology. (Read Manisekaran's writeup on IR. IR was so keen on buying the latest equipment in Singapore).

Somehow, I feel, some creative people are trying to use technology as their crutches (fine example, would be Spielberg, even though I feel he is a very good director, in the sense, I consider him the best Masala director, eg. Jurassic park - combination of child/parent sentiments mixed with horror/intrigue)

**raja_fan** · 2nd March 2005, 09:47 AM

"It was not a press conference where he was hyping up the film."

I agree.

But with one month left for the release, I am sure that you will soon see Kamal talking all blah..blah.. on ME , like he did for Virumandi..He will occupy every TV channel..etc..etc..

**Cinefan** · 2nd March 2005, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by raja_fan

But with one month left for the release, I am sure that you will soon see Kamal talking all blah..blah.. on ME , like he did for Virumandi..He will occupy every TV channel..etc..etc..

What is wrong with that,he has a product which needs to be advertized.Whether it is liked by the people or not will be decided on April 14th but the interest to savour the product has to be generated right?A few fans like me might follow what's happening with 'ME'&know all the details but what about a common man?It's only thro the channel of media interviews,promos&print ad's can Kamal reach out to them.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13683819

Kamal's film gets the least priority in the April/may race between CM,Sachin,Anniyan&ME which means he doesn't get the best theatres in towns&no theatres at all in B stations

.Also the producer(Oscar Ravichandran) of 'Anniyan'wants to release the movie in May in Sathyam which has signed up for 'ME'.As there is only a few weeks gap between the release of both films,Kamal will not agree to shift his film out of Sathyam(esp if it does well)&Ravi wants only Sathyam&not the other theatres like Santham etc

**tmrrmt** · 2nd March 2005, 11:16 AM

I second Cinefan: Marketing (a.k.a. hyping) is the order of the day in Hollywood, with Jerry Bruckheimer, topping the list of overhypers and producing absolute trash - what is wrong in Kamal hyping his products, which anyway are way ahead of the others, at least in India ? look at how a sc*mbag like Subash Ghai hypes his worthless products -

**krish244** · 2nd March 2005, 01:01 PM

Have one question somewhat related to this, although its about audio. Why does the audio signal coming through our cable operator is MONO? Is there anything that can be done to achieve stereo output from cable?

Is it MONO output (from cable channels) everywhere across the world aswell?

thanks

Krishnan