At the 2011 CinemaCon, James Cameron hosted a demonstration for the attending exhibitors that showed many variations of several scenes that he had shot at higher frame rates than the standard typical 24 frame rate for a movie.
The attached document was put together to summarize the set-up that made this all work. It was put together by Reiner Doetzkies of Texas Instruments and Geoff Burdick of Lightstorm.
The document speaks to the technology but make no mention of what people thought after seeing the demonstration. Generally speaking it seemed very clear that the benefits of 48 frames to the eye was easily seen. Motion judder was eliminated. The picture looked more natural.
When 60 frames to the eye was shown, not only was the judder removed but the foreground ‘resolution’ popped out. In a sense, this is unnatural since when one is focused on a distant object the foreground objects are not focused. On the other hand, directing with focus is a tool that directors use. If the director doesn’t want to limit focus, it is nice that this resolution becomes available.
| File | Description | File size |
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 High Frame Rate Exhibition-CinemaCon/Cameron | TI/Lightstorm Information Sheet for Cameron CinemaCon High Frame Rate Exhibition | 544 Kb |
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