Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Join the debate: Should Film be shot at 60FPS?

I thought you guys should begin to discuss this, if you haven't already. Film speeds are currently at 24 FPS. This is the physical speed in which film is able to move through a camera and be able to portray actual, real time movement. Any faster would slow motion down, any slower would speed motion up. Now with digital cinema, we are able to playback (and shoot) movement as fast or slow as we would like with only a software upgrade. Two articles have been published on First Showing regarding this issue. Directors (Mainly Jim Cameron) are hailing the process as the greatest technological upgrade to cinema since color film. I would have to agree, but this raises other issues, from a post perspective. If you are working at a higher frame rate, does that effect the cost of post production? Do more frames equal more pay? Will this higher frame rate increase the quality of film, thus increasing your work load? Read and discuss. Cheers, - Eve.
Peter Jackson is shooting Hobbit at 48 FPS.
James Cameron discusses 60 FPS Cinema
VFX Master Doug Trumbel to Shoot 3D Film at High Frame Rate

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