James Cameron is really pushing hard for higher framerates, with talk of releasing Avatar 2 at either 48fps or 60fps.
This is great news; our scripts are great at guessing what should be there, but it will be much better to have the real frames.
There are a couple of good articles on The Hollywood Reporter about this:
James Cameron Urges Industry to Use Faster Frame Rates
James Cameron ‘Fully Intends’ to Make ‘Avatar 2 and 3’ at Higher Frame Rates
Considering the massive success James Cameron has had throughout his career (obviously Avatar is the one on everyone’s lips, but my personal favourite of his is The Abyss) this means there is a lot of attention on higher framerates from people who have enough influence to make it happen.
The articles also mention Peter Jackson and George Lucas being on board, so basically that is 3 of the most well-known, financially successful directors wanting this.
We – the readers of this blog – often watch higher framerates with 2D content, but with 3D content it becomes even more important as the filmmakers are trying to increase the level of immersion but are stuck with this unrealistic framerate. The level of realism will increase by a lot.
People are really divided on the issue since a lot of people are used to 24fps and see it as “cinematic”, they don’t want more realistic motion because to them it looks “cheap”.
All I can say is that I think we all have that impression at first, or at least the majority of us.
When I first started converting my 24fps movies to 60fps using the scripts which later became InterFrame, it was a difficult adjustment to make, but I knew that I would never play a video game at 24fps so why should I settle for less in movies? So you spend a few days getting used to it, and after that adjustment period if you look at 24fps content it looks like a slideshow instead of motion 🙂
April 3, 2011 at 2:04 pm
If there’s someone who can single handedly make a new standard in the film industry it’s James Cameron. That being said I personally don’t really care way or another, it’s the content what matters in the end, not the way it’s presented.
April 3, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Yessss, about dern time someone in the film industry really pushed for this =D
April 3, 2011 at 4:42 pm
@Joni: I completely agree. Content is better than presentation, and a great presentation can really enhance great content 🙂
@Andate: About time is right!