For some reason I found myself at an IATSE event. IATSE is a union for motion picture professionals. At the end, they projected a scene, once in 24fps, the second time in 48fps.
48fps looked "real" to my eyes, insomuch as it looked how I imagine it would've looked to have been in the room.
Unfortunately, that's not the look I like in films and movies. It truly looked like a soap opera.
There's a chance that 30 minutes into the Hobbit, peoples eyes will acclimate, and you'll forget, but I think those initial scenes are going to be a bit of a disappointment.
My friend saw the 10 minute Hobbit footage and said the exact same thing.
He felt like he was looking at a play of the Hobbit--watching costumed people walk around a set. He couldn't get it to shift into that "watching a movie" place in his mind.
But you're right--it might be that 10 minutes is just not long enough to adjust. I'm skeptical but I do want to try it.
I half wonder if PJ has just spent so much time seeing his movies as they are being made,that he's frustrated that audiences don't see them -that way-... maybe on set is normal for him, and in order to get the audience to see "normally"...
For some reason I found myself at an IATSE event. IATSE is a union for motion picture professionals. At the end, they projected a scene, once in 24fps, the second time in 48fps.
48fps looked "real" to my eyes, insomuch as it looked how I imagine it would've looked to have been in the room.
Unfortunately, that's not the look I like in films and movies. It truly looked like a soap opera.
There's a chance that 30 minutes into the Hobbit, peoples eyes will acclimate, and you'll forget, but I think those initial scenes are going to be a bit of a disappointment.