[mythtv-users] Not quite OT but of interest: video formats

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andre Newman" <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk>

> On 27 Jun 2013, at 17:42, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> > That's not a feature, it's a bug.
> 
> I'm guessing you are a proponent of the "dreamlike quality of 24fps"
> viewpoint?

Not a question of "dreamlike quality" at all.  5 generations of humans 
have become adapted to "frame-judder == reality".

> High frame rate is just oversampling, once the overall TV system can
> manage 120 or 150 or 300fps or whatever then it's an artistic decision
> how to portray motion, blurry and dreamy for arty films by adding
> motion blur or sharp, smooth and realistic for live sports or action
> movies. 

So you're suggesting "every film ever released except IMAX, and every 
dramatic TV series ever releases" is "arty films"?  I think not.
(said Descartes, and disappeared ;-)

>            There's some mutterings among the more progressive of
> directors about being able to vary the sense of motion that the viewer
> experiences by changing shutter angles and effective framerate in post
> production from scene to scene. In time I'm sure it will become a
> storytelling tool used in much the same way depth of field is used
> today.

Peter Jackson thinks so too, apparently.  I think he's wrong.  It will be
3 more generations before the majority thinks that, IMHO.

> Personally I think in 10 to 20 years we will look at 24fps movies
> (especially action movies) as flickery, headache inducing and slightly
> comical much like silent movies are often perceived now. I find after
> working in this field a little I'm starting to develop this viewpoint
> already! While a slow paced arty movie is a delight, action sequences
> now look absurd, unpleasant and nausea inducing at 24fps.

I dunno; I've seen quite a number of action movies in 24fps theatres, and
I have only had nausea induced by watching... 60fps Imax in a dome.

Cheers,
-- jra
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