I Am Wishing To Learn To Be A Projectionist

I am wishing to learn to be a projectionist so, assuming the inevitable happens and the wily George Lucas has his way, at least I can still see movies on film and the likes. I have been told of a work-study job, which is, essentially, this type of work and I would very much like to be involved in said activity.

I like film. Better than video. Than digital mediums of any sort. Better than this Blu Ray (now available from Netflix) -- though I watched Babel, yesterday, on the Blu Ray and it was quite enjoyable. I think. Honestly, the difference was lost on me entirely.

I like film. I like a haiku or two about film. Here are two:

Twelve million pixels
Eight hundred million colors
and twenty-four frames

I need emulsion
and silver halide crystals
or else I feel dead.

I had to go on Google and type in "the difference between film and video" to determine the exact numbers of things like pixels and hues, but I remembered, without Google, that the difference between film and video was big. Real big. Apparently, in my search the "AND" operator was unnecessary because Google includes all search terms by default. Also, technically, I typed in " the differenc ebtween video and film," but Google was kind enough to correct it for me.

My digital camera is very sad because it has contrast envy (150:1 is a sad comparison to 1000:1 -- the sort of competition you don't go to at all), but it's OK because I use it for convenience and it'll always have that niche in my heart.

George Lucas is a silly man with his digital projectors and 24p video cameras. Doesn't he know how silly Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith looked? Very silly is the answer, but he probably does not think that.

Babel was shot on film.