Debunking "High Frame Rate in Cinema" Myths
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I've gotten so many comments on my Frame Rate videos that I had to do another one address all the false analogies people keep writing...

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#FrameRate #HFR #24FPS #Cinema #HighFrameRate


History of Frame Rate
   • The History of Frame Rate for Film  

A Defense of 24FPS and Why It’s Here to Stay
   • A Defense of 24 FPS and Why It's Here...  

A 24fps Filmmaker Reacts to Gemini Man in 120FPS
   • A 24fps Filmmaker Reacts to Gemini Ma...  

The Joys and Sorrows of Interlacing
   • The Joys and Sorrows of Interlacing  

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THE ANALOGY MYTHS

#1 Color vs black and white movies 4:09

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   • The History and Science of Color Film...  

Edison’s Annabelle Serpentine Dance
   • Video  

Playlist of Early Color Films
   • ‪George Méliès - Journey Through The ...  

Intolerance
   • Intolerance (1916) Full HD Movie  

The Toll of the Sea
   • The Toll of the Sea, Anna May Wong  

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#2 Silent vs Sound 7:28

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   • The History of Sound at the Movies  
Edison’s Kinetophone
   • Edison Kinetophone Sound Film  1913  

The Jazz Singer
   • The Spoken Words That Caused A Sensat...  

Starlit Days at the Lido
   • Early three-strip Technicolor in HD -...  

Edgar Allen Poe
   • Edgar Allen Poe (Griffith - 1909)  

Wings Tracking Shot
   • Wings (1927) | (4/5) | Tracking Shot  

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#3 SD vs HD 10:15

4K Restoration of a Buster Keaton’s “The General” (1926)
   • Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL (4K Resto...  

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#4 Film vs Digital 12:19

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#5 They’re saying the same thing about 4K 13:34

Steven Yedlin “On Acquistion and Pipeline for High Resolution Exhibition”
http://yedlin.net/ResDemo/

Upgrading To 4K HDR TV: How Far You Sit From The Screen Is Critical
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmur...

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#6 Vinyl vs Digital 14:23

High Frame Rate Psychophysics: Experimentation to Determine a JND for Frame Rate
https://s3.cad.rit.edu/cadgallery_pro...

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And Other Myths:

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1. 24fps looks terrible whenever the camera pans 15:57

Too Many Cooks
   • Too Many Cooks | Adult Swim  

Filmmaker Mode
   • Filmmaker Mode  

Bad Shining Encoding
   • The Shining • first scene 1080p  

General Hospital Promo
   / abcgeneralhospital  


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#2 I saw a side by side comparison of 24 and 60 and the 60 fps video looks so much better. 19:22

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#3 We should switch to 30 frames per second as a good compromise.

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#4 Fine, maybe 24 is okay for the theater experience but you should never upload 24 fps for YouTube 22:17

Official Help for YouTube Encoding
https://support.google.com/youtube/an...

Top ten videos on YouTube
https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/mos...
#5 3-2 Pulldown is a bad thing 23:42

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#6 The problem with high frame rate is filmmakers just don’t know how to use it yet. Hollywood Filmmakers need to experiment more with technology and different frame rates: 26:39

Meridian
   • Netflix MERIDIAN Full 12min 4K 60p  

Lucid Dreams of Gabriel
   • Lucid Dreams of Gabriel - Experiments...  


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#7 Variable Frame Rates are the Future 29:07

The Larry Sanders Show Promo
   • The Larry Sanders Show Trailer (HBO)  

Video Game High School
   • Video Game High School (VGHS) - S1: E...  

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#8 High Frame Rate can’t Make actor’s performances look worse, haven’t you ever seen live theater 32:00

How High-Frame-Rate Technology Killed Ang Lee’s Gemini Man
https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/how-h...

Motion Smoothing Is Ruining Cinema Filmmakers hate it. Viewers do, too. So why is it the default setting on almost every new TV in America?
https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/motio...

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   • The Origins of Acting and "The Method"  

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#9 Well if the 24 cinematic veneer just covers up a lot of mistakes, that just means Hollywood needs to stop being so lazy and learn to act better and build better sets. 35:23

Jean Renoir Parle De Son Art
   • Jean Renoir parle de son art 1961  

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#10 You’re just used to 24fps - being used to something is not a good justification for its existence 38:22

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