philosophically mute

i said that the other difference between film and video wasn't important, but it is. so i'm going to obsess on it for a while. don't mind me.
film projection involves a fancy-pants contraption that shines pure white light through translucent film- either black and white or colored- that is made up of a base layer and an emulsion layer. the emulsion layer is made up of, among other things, silver particles. when the pure white light shines through the film, it projects silhouettes onto a screen (or a wall, or the side of a van... whatever you happen to place in front of it). a dance of light and dark.
digital projection involves a different fancy-pants contraption that shines colored light that has been digitally manipulated to combine itself into various images.
the difference between these two is this: in digital projection, there is no darkness. the blacks are colored light, rather than shadow. shadows are not shadowed.
this will probably be expounded upon in the future.
it's important.
i swear.