Is 3D really dead again or just resting?
3D was oppressive, attention seeking and now 3D is dead. Quietly dropped by all consumer electronics firm if the 2013 CES is anything to go by. Or is it? The great thing…
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The Hobbit HFR Review - my verdict on 48 frames per second
Above: Peter Jackson in the camera department of "The Hobbit" Peter Jackson chose to take a controversial step away from the cinema look and shoot The Hobbit at 48p HFR. I've now…
4K, 48p HFR and the challenge for set designers and makeup artists
"Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second." - Jean Luc Godard "Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world." - Jean Luc Godard Cinema used to be…
48p The Hobbit - British and American critics verdict
Above: Cate Blanchett receives some all-too-real makeup on the set of The Hobbit Peter Jackson shot The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at 48 frames per second (HFR) in 3D. So what is…
Peter Jackson answers The Hobbit criticism / Zeiss anamorphic for September / Nikon D3200 with D800 image processor for $699
Peter Jackson is unfazed by criticism The Hobbit looks un-cinematic by saying the clips shown at Cinemacon were unfinished and their duration not long enough for the audience to acclimatise. Speaking about…
Advance press screenings of 48fps The Hobbit 'disappoint'
The future is here but it seems nobody checked to see if it looked any good. Shot with a 3D Red EPIC rig at 48fps, Peter Jackson's return to the world of…
Is 48p evil?
At the moment cinema purists around the world are getting out of their beds on the wrong side. Two prominent filmmakers are attempting to squash the gold standard of cinema and home…
Cameron & Jackson are right - 60p and 3D are how our eyes see reality
This is a response to Stu Maschwitz / who wrote this ProLost blog a very well articulated piece on James Cameron and Peter Jackson's plans to abandon 24p. Together, Cameron and Jackson…