The advancements in technology have had an extreme affect on the popularity of current superhero movies and media. Today we do not pay attention to how the innovations and inventions in production technology has changed over the past few decades and how superhero movies were so much different in the past. Without the special effects movie producers use today, superhero movies would definitely not be as exciting and action packed. So, these movies would not catch the eyes of many people. Superhero movies would not be as popular now if it were not for the technological advancement use of color, green screens, lightweight cameras and smaller recording devices, the dolly system and steadicam, and the internet which have been added to the movie production process.
The early superhero films that were produced like the 1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel were only black and white. Though there is nothing wrong with black and white movies, the introduction of color in 1939 to film greatly influenced the attitude of the audience of its time. Color changed superhero film for the better. There was a time period after the early films when there was a decline in Saturday film serials, that aimed the superheroes that were in …show more content…
This 15 chapter movie serial held the first appearances of the Batman and Robin duo. Color gave this film the ability to imitate life more realistically than the older, black and white films. At first, people were unsure about accepting this new type of advancement in pictures or films and industries were even more hesitant. Soon, studios would realize that the addition of color greatly increased its box-office appeal. Although the equipment for producing colored superhero films was extremely expensive, it brought in great amounts of revenue that left a shadow on the previous black and white films. Thus, the audience began to pay a lot more attention towards the colored
The early superhero films that were produced like the 1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel were only black and white. Though there is nothing wrong with black and white movies, the introduction of color in 1939 to film greatly influenced the attitude of the audience of its time. Color changed superhero film for the better. There was a time period after the early films when there was a decline in Saturday film serials, that aimed the superheroes that were in …show more content…
This 15 chapter movie serial held the first appearances of the Batman and Robin duo. Color gave this film the ability to imitate life more realistically than the older, black and white films. At first, people were unsure about accepting this new type of advancement in pictures or films and industries were even more hesitant. Soon, studios would realize that the addition of color greatly increased its box-office appeal. Although the equipment for producing colored superhero films was extremely expensive, it brought in great amounts of revenue that left a shadow on the previous black and white films. Thus, the audience began to pay a lot more attention towards the colored