IDEA: 1000fps + Baked-in Motion Blur as a repacement for traditional 24fps cinema
Posted: 05 Oct 2021, 08:15
Now I'm probably not the first one to have thought of this idea but what if instead of filming in 24fps we film at 1000fps and then add (a lot of)motion blur to simulate a 24fps look?
This could be done via digital methods in post-processing or in the source itself.
The benefit would obviously be to not have to deal with the limitations of 24fps playback.
The result = Original 24fps film look, pretty low motion blur(1ms additional blur from the display(and even less if using BFI/Strobing/Rolling Scan) + Film Motion Blur) , no more double/triple image effect(due to the fps and hz being matched).
Of course this wouldn't be feasible until 1000hz displays become a standard which aren't even a standard at cinemas and I doubt they would want to go through the hassle of manually converting 1000fps movies to ~24-60fps for home releases(if that would be even possible).
Then there's other things to worry about such as broadcast or home release(Blu-ray) and HDMI/Displayport bandwidth.
And of course there's the logistics of shooting 1000fps film(it's not easy and it could be pretty costly).
Regardless I think this is an idea worth thinking about for the future. I've seen some film enthusiasts gloom and doom about HFR coming to Cinema in the future but I think it could potentially be used to make 24fps a better experience(that is of course if the industry wants to use it that way instead of pushing pure HFR aggressively and deprecating 24fps entirely(i.e much like what happened to traditional film vs digital cinematography)).
EDIT: Maybe I should have posted this on the HFR section instead of Area 51. Feel free to move the thread if you deem it necessary.
This could be done via digital methods in post-processing or in the source itself.
The benefit would obviously be to not have to deal with the limitations of 24fps playback.
The result = Original 24fps film look, pretty low motion blur(1ms additional blur from the display(and even less if using BFI/Strobing/Rolling Scan) + Film Motion Blur) , no more double/triple image effect(due to the fps and hz being matched).
Of course this wouldn't be feasible until 1000hz displays become a standard which aren't even a standard at cinemas and I doubt they would want to go through the hassle of manually converting 1000fps movies to ~24-60fps for home releases(if that would be even possible).
Then there's other things to worry about such as broadcast or home release(Blu-ray) and HDMI/Displayport bandwidth.
And of course there's the logistics of shooting 1000fps film(it's not easy and it could be pretty costly).
Regardless I think this is an idea worth thinking about for the future. I've seen some film enthusiasts gloom and doom about HFR coming to Cinema in the future but I think it could potentially be used to make 24fps a better experience(that is of course if the industry wants to use it that way instead of pushing pure HFR aggressively and deprecating 24fps entirely(i.e much like what happened to traditional film vs digital cinematography)).
EDIT: Maybe I should have posted this on the HFR section instead of Area 51. Feel free to move the thread if you deem it necessary.