This film opens with the introduction of television and how inclusive it is in society. It show’s how in the past, if you didn’t have a ticket to a football game you had no way of seeing it but no, with television, even your “poor friend” can see the game from home. The way it's introduced makes it seem like it is an all inclusive technology that everyone will have access to. The film then moves along to a television studio and show’s the mechanics behind which these programs are made. This film shows how motion pictures are really a series of images linked so closely together that the images blur and become one moving image in your memory. The film then goes on to explain how television is transmitted to your home screen and the mechanics behind all the different portals theses images travel through.
Watching this film really put how big of a deal the invention of television was to previous generations. Our generation grew up in the information society and we are used to seeing outrageously innovative technologies and the thought of a “simple” television seems so miniscule. I never even thought to step back and realize how much it takes to produce one television episode on my television screen. In the film they compare the making of television to the engineering of an automobile and say, “Just like the automobile…television is the result of endless experiments and discoveries made my scientists…” It was an eye opening experience to hear that something so physically small like a television screen takes as much effort, if not more, to produce as a car.
This film is useful or students to watch because it puts into perspective how much effort it takes behind the scenes to accurately use technologies that have become second nature to us. I feel as though our generation doesn’t step back and appreciate how much the generations before us did (technologically speaking) and it is good to get an inside perspective on a machine. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film.
Video Link: https://archive.org/details/Magicint1955
Video Link: https://archive.org/details/Magicint1955
The video talked about "how far along the road to perfection television has traveled", and that was in 1955. Now our TVs have 4K resolution, 3D video, and even curved displays. Makes you wonder how much further we can possibly advance, or, if we've already hit the wall.
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