From Analog to Digital: The Evolution of Filmmaking, Part 1 – The Analog Years

There was a time when every cut meant a real razor blade, every exposure had to be guessed just right, and every mistake was permanent. In this episode, we travel back to the age of film grain, tape splices, and projectors that rattled as loud as the stories they told. It’s where so many of us learned patience, precision, and how to trust our gut long before pixels took over.

Wyatt, Gil, and Gayle dig into what it was really like to make movies in an analog world — the smell of celluloid, the discipline of film school, and the creativity born from limitations. From Super 8 home movies to IMAX and ShowScan, the conversation captures both the frustration and the beauty of working with your hands. It’s a nostalgic, funny, and surprisingly relatable look at how those early lessons still shape the way we shoot today.

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