For an extremely dumb example just to illustrate the extreme: Is Raiders of the Lost Ark “higher quality” than an average tech YouTuber video made today? Well, the sensor size on the tech YouTuber’s Canon DSLR is larger than the film gate they shot Raiders on.
"Well, if you’re going to write a whole voiceover script for yourself, you may as well film it on a nicer camera.
The quality of creative work can only be discussed in the context of the work’s intention, and
When we speak about a work’s “quality,” it helps to be clear what we’re judging that quality against. This applies equally to all media, but I’ll just use filmmaking as an example because I know it well. 👇