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HFR movies never worked on my eyes, and I'm the kind of person who can instantly tell when windows sets my monitor back to 60hz from 144hz. It feels like the l

HFR movies never worked on my eyes, and I'm the kind of person who can instantly tell when windows sets my monitor back to 60hz from 144hz. It feels like the lower frame rate engages the imagination in deeper ways than HFR. The obvious gaps in information are filled in by your brain in subtle ways. Yes, some types of action are almost certainly made better in an HFR setting, but then all other action has to go along for the ride. If the experience is interactive, then yes by all means - Give me the most FPS you can. But when I don't have control, slow those picture elements down a bit. Give my neural net some time to deal with each one so I can properly enjoy it.

HyperSane 4y ago
24fps is a completely arbitrary standard that is really the lowest possible usable framerate to save on film costs. It makes no sense at all to still be using it in the age of digital cameras.
joshspankit 4y ago
You open the door to something interesting: variable frame rate films.. Personally I would love to see certain action scenes in 120+, and think there could be interesting artistic choices about when to change the frame time and how quickly...
- bob1029 4y ago
  I think you'd have a nightmare of a time getting this adopted into any standards body. Constant frame rate is so fundamental to a lot of pieces throughout.
  - joshspankit 4y ago
    Definitely. Plus I suspect there are almost zero theatre projectors that could handle VFR
  - jrockway 4y ago
    24 is a multiple of 120, so you can repeat frames 5x on the 24fps parts, and play the whole video at 120fps. The question is what the on/off time is of a 24fps film. My TV has black frame insertion to make 24fps content look better; I am personally a huge fan of black frame insertion so I would imagine that theater projectors do it or something equivalent. If so, that will go away with your "play the same frame 5 times" algorithm. (Old style film projectors did it as an implementation detail; the sample and hold nature of LCD screens is a new "problem" for 24fps content.) Info, and a demo, about black frame insertion: https://www.testufo.com/blackframes https://www.testufo.com/blackframes
    - joshspankit 4y ago
      That might work. Directors would easily have access to 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120fps

HyperSane 4y ago

24fps is a completely arbitrary standard that is really the lowest possible usable framerate to save on film costs. It makes no sense at all to still be using it in the age of digital cameras.

joshspankit 4y ago

You open the door to something interesting: variable frame rate films.. Personally I would love to see certain action scenes in 120+, and think there could be interesting artistic choices about when to change the frame time and how quickly...

bob1029 4y ago
I think you'd have a nightmare of a time getting this adopted into any standards body. Constant frame rate is so fundamental to a lot of pieces throughout.
- joshspankit 4y ago
  Definitely. Plus I suspect there are almost zero theatre projectors that could handle VFR
- jrockway 4y ago
  24 is a multiple of 120, so you can repeat frames 5x on the 24fps parts, and play the whole video at 120fps. The question is what the on/off time is of a 24fps film. My TV has black frame insertion to make 24fps content look better; I am personally a huge fan of black frame insertion so I would imagine that theater projectors do it or something equivalent. If so, that will go away with your "play the same frame 5 times" algorithm. (Old style film projectors did it as an implementation detail; the sample and hold nature of LCD screens is a new "problem" for 24fps content.) Info, and a demo, about black frame insertion: https://www.testufo.com/blackframes https://www.testufo.com/blackframes
  - joshspankit 4y ago
    That might work. Directors would easily have access to 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120fps