But many theaters didn't upgrade their systems to the new rate. There are 6 versions to choose between to see for the Hobbit. IMAX 3D 24 or 48 fps. 3d 24 OR 48. 2d 24 OR 48.
Another example is the new speaker sound system for theaters. It is expensive to install, so only a hand full of theaters have it.
Authentic Cinema Sound by Dolby Atmos:
http://www.dolby.com/us/en/consumer/technology/movie/dolby-atmos-details.html
And here:
http://gizmodo.com/5904802/sounds-will-come-from-everywhere-with-dolbys-new-theater-speaker-system
http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-12-14/the-hobbit-is-changing-the-way-you-watch-movies-so-how-should-you-see-peter-jacksons-prequel/
‘The Hobbit’ Is Changing the Way You Watch Movies, So How Should You See Peter Jackson’s Prequel?
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey may be set in a mythical ancient past, but the new movie presents viewers with a 21st-century, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technological dilemma.
If you’re planning to see the fantasy epic when it opens on Dec. 14, you may be faced with as many as six different 2D and 3D formats to choose from, thanks to director Peter Jackson’s controversial decision to shoot in a new format that truly alters the way we see movies, with results that you may find visually dazzling, dizzying, or disorienting.
HFR, 48 FPS, HFR IMAX 3D — if all this alphabet soup just looks like Elvish runes to you, then read on for our consumer guide to the six formats The Hobbit is screening in, from the familiar to the strange and brand new, along with the pros and cons of each viewing option.
What Is HFR?
If you read the movie listings this weekend to find The Hobbit at your multiplex, you may notice those three initials. They stand for High Frame Rate. It’s a new format for commercial film, resulting from Jackson’s decision to shoot the movie at 48 frames per second (FPS), or twice the rate of 24 FPS that’s been the standard in movies for 85 years, since the beginning of the sound era.
With HFR, twice as many frames means twice as much visual information stuffed into each second of the movie. It also means more fluid depiction of movement, nearly eliminating the strobe effect that’s more perceptible at 24 FPS. And it means sharper, clearer images, with less of the painterly grain that characterized celluloid film (and that digitally-shot movies often mimic).
Reviews of the new format have been mixed. To some viewers, HFR more fully immerses them into Jackson’s fantasy world; to others. the format takes them out of that world because it can’t help but call attention to itself. (After all, we’ve all been watching 24 FPS movies our whole lives.) Some liken the new look to that of videotape or videogames, and some liken it to seeing a stage play, where there’s more immediacy but also more apparent artifice in the sets, costumes, and makeup.
FULL story at link.
http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-12-05/the-hobbit-vfx-supervisor-joe-letteri-defends-high-frame-rate-filmmaking-you-now-see-any-motion-more-clearly-exclusive-video/
And this: ‘The Hobbit’ VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri Defends High Frame Rate Filmmaking: ‘You Now See Any Motion More Clearly’ (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
As reviews for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poured in on Monday, a generally positive reaction to the story was almost invariably paired with a decidedly more mixed one about the technology used to tell it: HFS (high frame rates), which director Peter Jackson used to photograph the film in 3D.
Among the criticisms of the format were the complaint that the motion seems too fast, and a repeated question of what is “the point” of using higher frames rates for moviemaking going forward.
But during a conversation with Celebuzz about the The Hobbit on Wednesday, VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri insisted that even those persistent observations about the clarity and speed of the image were simply a result of audiences being exposed to more information than ever before.
“There’s no difference,” Letteri told Celebuzz. “It’s just that you now have more information. That gap [between frames] is filled by another picture with sort of a micro-movement in between, but the overall flow of the motion, the movement, it’s exactly the same.
FULL story at link.
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