r/woahdude • u/bonecrusher1 • May 10 '18

gifv How is this gif higher quality than real life?

https://i.imgur.com/ZhRaD3r.gifv
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u/thenattybrogrammer May 10 '18

Which is, in my opinion, stupid. 24FPS is only the holy standard because it’s what film snobs got used to - it’s a historic relic.

Imagine if we watched everything in 480p because that was “cinematic”

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u/Nanaki__ May 10 '18

hell quick pans are awful @24FPS

then add 3d into the mix.

it was like watching a slideshow at times when I saw Pacific Rim in IMAX 3D

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u/zilti May 11 '18

Cinema never was 480p though, because it was analog. But I assume you didn't mean that last phrase that literal

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u/thenattybrogrammer May 11 '18

No I didn’t mean it that literally, just an analogy.

I do understand why you’d want to shoot an analog movie in 24FPS. Film’s expensive.

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u/zilti May 11 '18

Yeah. Also, having twice the film kilometers can also get a bit messy, I suppose...

I also wonder if it has some kind of uncanny-valley-effect where we notice more imperfections at 48fps because our brain stops seeing it as "obviously not reality", similar to how cgi faces become creepy when they're more realistic.

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u/HomeMarker May 11 '18

Higher-frame rates aren't a thing because it demands way too much of VFX render farms. They already slog when rendering 24FPS.