www.variety.com/article/VR1117983864.ht ... =1009&cs=1
It's a long article, but fascinating.
James Cameron discusses 3d tech--Geek alert!
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James Cameron discusses 3d tech--Geek alert!
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Cameron does make a compelling argument that 48 fps is the "magic" or optimal framerate for making movies look as good as they can, but that going faster than 48 fps would be pointless.
Doesn't take much to convince me, I'm all for it! So, never mind the 3D aspect of the debate, I'd be happy just to watch a movie in glorious 2D at 48 fps!
The talk of framerate reminded me that Doug Trumbull had tried to do something similar in the early '80s. I think this was just after he had made his feature film Brainstorm. I'm foggy about the details, but I think he had developed a projection system for running film at a super fast rate. It may have been 60 fps or higher. However, Trumbull ended up abandoning his pet project. I don't remember the reason, but it probably had something to do with what Cameron mentioned: the prohibitive cost of film stock when you're using it up at 60+ fps.
Doesn't take much to convince me, I'm all for it! So, never mind the 3D aspect of the debate, I'd be happy just to watch a movie in glorious 2D at 48 fps!
The talk of framerate reminded me that Doug Trumbull had tried to do something similar in the early '80s. I think this was just after he had made his feature film Brainstorm. I'm foggy about the details, but I think he had developed a projection system for running film at a super fast rate. It may have been 60 fps or higher. However, Trumbull ended up abandoning his pet project. I don't remember the reason, but it probably had something to do with what Cameron mentioned: the prohibitive cost of film stock when you're using it up at 60+ fps.
Yeah, that's exactly what it was. We played around with frame rate when I was in school, and it was shocking how much quicker we went through film (but man did it look good).
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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More about frame rate.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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