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The problem is that 24 FPS is now part of the Hollywood "look". 24 FPS is associated with high quality high budget productions in people's minds; 60 FPS looks like a home movie or low-budget TV sitcom. It may take a while to change people's perceptions.
Notice he's leaning towards 48p as opposed to 60p, which is an already standardized framerate that your modern TV likely supports. I do not think that is an accident. After all, once we all buy our new 3D TVs, something will have to happen for people to buy new TVs again in 3-4 years. And before you mention bandwidth considerations, I do not have actual data, but I suspect that when using H.264 High Profile, the diff…
There are some televisions that have the ability to interpolate a 24fps format and produce an apparent higher frame rate. Watching sports on these televisions is great, but I tried watching Iron Man on one and it made it look like an after school special. I believe this is colloquially know as the 'soap opera effect'. Google for 'samsung soap opera effect'.
> The filmmaker said that when he begins shooting the "Avatar" sequel in about 18 months, he will be shooting at a higher frame rate, though he has yet to decide if that will be 48 fps or 60 fps. He said George Lucas was "gung-ho" to make the conversion, and also called Peter Jackson one of his allies. Jackson, he said, had at one point been heavily weighing shooting "The Hobbit" at 48 fps. Awesome! It's finally happ…
I'm not a cinematographer but having gone to USC I met and talked with some (both aspiring and those who came back to give guest lectures). There was a digital projection system back in the 80's which had 60fps video, the output was much more 'real' in the sense of looking at the screen seemed more like you were looking at real life, and it jarred folks. One of the directors who was giving a lecture on the future of…
The problem is that 24 FPS is now part of the Hollywood "look". 24 FPS is associated with high quality high budget productions in people's minds; 60 FPS looks like a home movie or low-budget TV sitcom. It may take a while to change people's perceptions.
60fps also looks like a high-budget video game. I think that can play a role in overcoming a high-frame-rate aversion.
What would be the impact on movie theaters? I am looking at this from the perspective of the simple 2D (non 3D) projection system. I assume if they have a modern digital 2D playback system this may not be a problem. However, what if they have just good ol' projectors that require film reels? Questions on my mind: - Can we roll film at a higher speed on the projector? Can we double the reel intake rate it if we go wit…
- sound is either on the same reel or on a DTS disc synced to the reel. - I was surprised that a rather small theater in my metro area (no stadium seating, out in the boonies) has digital projectors in all of its screening auditoriums.
For modern movies, I would imagine that in 10 years or less there will be no more acetate prints and all distribution will be digital. For digital prints framerate is solely limited by the response rate of the projector and the throughput available in the playback system.
Hm, I was still stuck into the "above 30 FPS the eye cannot notice the difference" mindset. What's going on?
Hm, I was still stuck into the "above 30 FPS the eye cannot notice the difference" mindset. What's going on?
http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_see.htm
Humans can notice stuff that hapens in 1/200th of a second.