Mission To Earth

1)Using "Mission to Earth" as an example, note what is new or different about digital cinema compared to traditional film making? Consider the story and appearance of the film.

"Mission to Earth" is an example of digital cinema.It tells a story of a girl by a totally new way comparing the narrative method of traditional film making.

The frame of the film is divided into several sectors.Different sectors show different images, for example, a sector of repetitive patterns and lines and another sector is about the story of the girl.Sometimes, the patterns are quite abstract that represent the mental states of the girl.
The music of the film is harmonious, calm, peaceful and smooth.
Basically, there is a voiceover telling the story.And the tone of the voiceover is quite flat that just like the radio boardcast.But this can also gives audiences a sense of isolation, alienation and loneliness towards the girl.
The special composition of the frame encourage audiences to be an active viewers.Viewers need to focus on several different images or sectors.Also, they need to use their imagination ,creativity and sensation in linking up the relation between different sectors.
For the viewers of traditional cinema, the easy understaning of the films' plots are always taken for granted.To some extent, this film gives more space for viewers to think and have different interpretations.
Also, this film uses a very new and innovative way to present a story, more like drawing.
It breaks the limitation of traditional film making.

2) What other art forms does this film remind me of?
It reminds me of painting.The sectors include some colour forms to build composition.It is similar to a canon of painting-Piet Mondrian's Composition ll in Red, Blue and Yellow.The colour-squres just look like those in "Mission to Earth".