At 05:16 PM 6/24/2013, Tom Duff wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Henry Baker wrote:
Many Hollywood people hate this non-film 'look', as it eliminates most of the last vestiges of the viewer not being in the scene along with the actors.
Reference? I'd be really interested in knowing who says this.
Luckily, "The Hobbit" just came out in wide release at 48fps in December, 2012, so there's lots of articles online about this. Google "the hobbit" "frame rate". For example: http://gizmodo.com/5969817/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-masterclass-in-why-48-fp... "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Masterclass in Why 48 FPS Fails" "Therefore Peter Jackson decided to shoot the Hobbit in 48 fps to try to counter this effect, and to render a more realistic or what he deems "immersive" 3D experience if you will." "And he has indeed accomplished thatÂbut in doing so, he's killed a lot of the magic of what makes a film entrance an audience if you will, at least in my opinion. I did find myself become more "immersed" in the 3 dimensional environment and all of these details-Âbut to the detriment of the film and the narrative itself."
Movies can also be made 'frame-rate independent' by using sophisticated computer vision algorithms to figure out which objects are moving relative to other objects; once this is done, the 'in-between' positions can be simulated.
Again: reference? In this case, I don't believe it (in general, though you can certainly fake it in some easy cases.) Aliases, once introduced, cannot reliably be removed.
You are correct. The 'motion aliasing' isn't removed -- e.g., the backwards wagon wheels -- but some of the stuttering goes away. However, once again, critics hate the loss of the lower frame rate "film look", which Wikipedia dubs the "soap opera effect": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_interpolation 'The "video" look is a byproduct of the perceived increase in framerate due to the interpolation and is commonly referred to as the "soap opera effect", a reference to the distinctive appearance of most broadcast television soap operas, which were typically shot using less expensive 60i video rather than film. Some complain that the effect ruins the theatrical look of cinematic movies. For this reason, almost all manufacturers have built in an option to turn the feature off.'