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Peter Jackson (director of the Lord of the Rings Movies) is now shooting two prequel movies, based around J.R.R. Tolkien's earlier book, The Hobbit.
Besides being shot in 3D, he's also shooting at 48 framers per second.
Of course, the standard movie frame rate since the 20s, has been 24 frames per second. James Cameron is also on board and will likely do the same with his next movie.
I think that anyone can see that this should improve the quality of the movie, as we see it...although some purists argue that it will take away from the 'feel' of watching a movie. (likely the same people who complained when records we replaced by tapes and CDs).
The big thing, is that this will require theaters to upgrade their projectors to project the movie at 48 fps. This is a minor upgrade for digital projectors but a massive upgrade for traditional reel projectors...if those are even still in use for playing modern digital movies.
I really don't know much about videography, but I find this interesting...and it's not just because I'm a total LOTR geek.
Besides being shot in 3D, he's also shooting at 48 framers per second.
Of course, the standard movie frame rate since the 20s, has been 24 frames per second. James Cameron is also on board and will likely do the same with his next movie.
I think that anyone can see that this should improve the quality of the movie, as we see it...although some purists argue that it will take away from the 'feel' of watching a movie. (likely the same people who complained when records we replaced by tapes and CDs).
The big thing, is that this will require theaters to upgrade their projectors to project the movie at 48 fps. This is a minor upgrade for digital projectors but a massive upgrade for traditional reel projectors...if those are even still in use for playing modern digital movies.
I really don't know much about videography, but I find this interesting...and it's not just because I'm a total LOTR geek.