REALISM

 

  ‘Photography does not create eternity, as art does, it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.’

                                  by  André Bazin 

Ok so first, lets start with the explanation of what realism and reality is. 

 Reality = Photograph or real video footage , this is everything we see and we can touch and feel. It is all our surroundings.

Realism = Recreation of reality as close as possible. Most commonly used in the media like in movies, to represent the script in a believable way.

 We enjoy seeing horror movies that are really well done, judged by the criteria of believable effects. But the audience only wants to see things that look real but they could never exist or happen. These days it's really easy to achieve the effect. With the development of technology and Computer Science, 3D programms have evolved into a substitute of visual effects from reality ( the real world ).Why does the human eye want to see realism so bad? Why are we attracted to recreation of our own lives in different situations? Is it because we are bored of our own lives and want to see something that we could have done, but we don't want to make the effort. And more attention from the younger audience is thrown at the console and PC games. The interactivity of something close to the reality makes it amazingly addictive. Why control our own bodies when we can control virtual ones and we can do what ever we want. This thought  goes through  every kids mind now-a-days. I wonder what will be the next step in virtual reality :)