Emerging New Technology
Besides rapidly dominating the videotape-based, non-theatrical market, the new digital photography technology also quietly put Stark Studios ' new equipment on the minds of another group: the adult film producers in the San Fernando Valley.
This group also primarily used videotapes, previously employing tape-based television cameras. However, with the introduction of subsidized new digital cameras for promotional purposes, their operating costs were far lower than those of television cameras. Reason wouldn't these people switch sides?
Furthermore, using digital-to-film transfer technology, it is also possible to convert the film into prints that can be used by cinema projectors.
On the big screen, the effects of Stark Studios ' digital cameras are not much different from those of traditional 35mm film cameras for most ordinary viewers.
Even under the discerning eyes of professionals, the differences between the two are still apparent.
However, after the results of this research, conducted in USC School of Cinematic Arts, were published, they attracted many film aspiring individuals who were struggling with insufficient funding.
Not everyone can stick with expensive 35mm film, sacrificing a camera tool that can be continuously refined to produce better acting results, all for the sake of improved image quality.
While not all of these people joined Stark Studios ' new equipment, the fact that half of them switched jobs is quite significant.
As a result, the new equipment launched by Stark Studios has been in high demand and short supply in the rental business.
Henry did not increase the number of digital cinema cameras for rent, since there were subsidies for renting them out. In other words, Stark Studios was losing money on every digital camera rented out.
We will only manufacture and sell brand new machines if someone intends to buy them.
His current approach is simply to cultivate the market, rather than rashly launching an attack on the traditional market for 35mm film. So, it's enough to first release a batch of machines and let everyone get used to how they are used.
Henry devoted most of his energy to guiding the digital image coding team to develop the 4K, or UHD, specification.
The new equipment Stark Studios is using now is actually all old technology from Henry Cavill. The studio's engineers are simply repackaging these mature technologies into products that can be rented or sold.
However, Henry hasn't achieved 4K encoding yet. So he has to keep an eye on it now.
The reason I didn't do the editing myself is because with higher image quality comes a greater need for storage media, namely hard drives. Otherwise, if the image quality is improved but a commercially available high-capacity hard drive can only record three minutes of video, it would be a joke.
The issue of hard drive capacity is being handled by Stark Industries. This can be seen as another challenge from Henry to Tony Stark.
However, both of them tacitly refrained from personally leading the research team to tackle the problem. Instead, after making a plan, they delegated the physical labor to their subordinates and then regularly monitored the progress.
The main reason they would hand things over was, of course, that both of them were swamped with extra trivial matters.
Tony Stark, that playboy, is busy dating models.
Those supermodels who dreamed of becoming Tony Stark's girlfriend, or even Mrs. Stark, lined up to test their compatibility in bed with him, as if they believed that by doing so, they could have a chance to transcend social classes.
The young master is thoroughly enjoying himself, making it unclear who is collecting stamps of whom.
As for Henry, after the launch of the digital cinema camera rental business, he received more invitations to film industry banquets.
Occasionally, he would have to go into the campus and, in front of a group of college students and professors, boast about the future of digital imaging.
The speech wasn't entirely about rising to prominence on 35mm film. Henry always emphasized that current digital films are still inferior to traditional film, attempting to reduce the hostility of the traditional film camp.
Because the group led by Sony, who had ambitions in digital imaging technology, were blatantly hostile to Stark Studios, or rather, to Henry. They launched a full-scale attack on the issue from legal, Moral, and technical levels.
Even if the other party has no grounds for defense from a patent perspective, Sony hopes to drag Stark Studios into a quagmire of litigation. Only when their opponent is bogged down in lawsuits and unable to focus on their own matters will Sony have time to prepare a counterattack.
If Henry had been fighting this whole thing alone, whether by appearing in court in person or hiring a lawyer, he might not have fared well against the powerful legal team that Sony had hired.
In a legal battle, the other side isn't seeking victory, but merely to stall. Even the mighty fists of the Kryptonian are ultimately meaningless.
But Henry simply had Stark's legal team handle it, and those trivial matters were no longer his concern. The film industry and the studio used the same people. Henry had certainly experienced the comfort of having a powerful backer.
According to Tony Stark, since they're already paying so much in legal fees every year, it would be a waste of those fees if they didn't let them make a move and show their strength.
Secondly, if someone loses a case they can't possibly lose, it means they're not up to the task and can be dismissed.
Another reason Tony didn't explicitly state was that this training opportunity was exactly what he wanted. If he couldn't beat up Boeing or Lockheed Martin, surely he could at least beat up Sony?
As for the Moral aspects, what can they criticize? They just publish some fabricated news in the tabloids in an attempt to disturb Henry's peace of mind.
If this guy were just an ordinary young man, he probably would have acted impulsively and gone to Sony Corporation of America headquarters in New York to cause trouble.
But Henry acted as if nothing had happened, eating and drinking as usual, living a comfortable life. Having experienced the era of keyboard warriors, how could he let such comments disturb his resolve?
It's not that no one has considered making a move on Charlize Theron. But perhaps these people are judging others by their own standards, thinking that a mere girlfriend probably wouldn't make much of a difference.
After trying one or two reports and still not receiving a response from Henry, these people gave up on this approach.
The main problem is that they didn't have any dirt on her; they just fabricated stories about dirty deals and some unsavory practices between Henry and Charlize Theron.
With the intervention of Henry and JJ Harris, Charlize's anger was finally calmed down.
To the outside world, it was just a matter of using the film company's PR team to file a defamation lawsuit, which was a standard procedure. Since the news involved CEO Henry, it couldn't be considered an abuse of public power for his girlfriend.
This didn't hit her where it hurt, enraging Charlize Theron, who truly had a weakness. Otherwise, Henry wouldn't know if he could have persuaded her to calm down.
On the other hand, this minor actor, who isn't even a big star yet and basically just goes from audition to audition, really doesn't have much news value.
Even if the news were revealed, readers would only be skeptical at first, wondering who this girl was, and at most complimenting her on her beauty.
Even the CEO of Stark Studios, who doesn't appear in the public eye, is in the same situation. People are more interested in the gossip and scandals of big stars, while those behind-the-scenes producers at least need to have representative works, or be people at the level of the Big Eight film studios.
In this era Stark Studios, a relatively unknown Hollywood studio, is truly ignored by very few people.