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Debunking High Frame Rate Cinema Myths
John P. Hess goes through filmmaking history and gives his arguments as to why he believes 24 fps will never go away and will...
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Face to Face: “Gemini Man” (American Cinematographer)
Making a return to HFR filmmaking, director Ang Lee jumps the uncanny valley with the first plausible computer-generated human character.
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“Gemini Man:” 3D, 120 fps, 2 Will Smiths
"It is my great fortune to be able to experiment and test the limits of what new digital cinema has to offer us."
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HDR, HFR and WCG: Tools That Simply Dazzle Are Not Enough
As the cinematographer’s toolkit expands with the development of technology like high dynamic range (HDR), wide color gamut (WCG), and high frame rate (HFR), the tenet that...
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Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: VR and Other Advances
Film Journal International‘s Doris Toumarkine takes a look at how both the 120fps 3D 4K technology of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and virtual...
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‘The Grand Tour’ Cinematographer on Shooting HDR and HFR for Amazon’s Car Show
"It's been a huge step up for everyone but I think we’ve done pretty well overall actually; it’s going to look stunning."
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Tech Supervisor on the Challenges of Pioneering the Wild West of HFR
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk may have been a divisive film artistically speaking, but there’s no denying it was the most technologically advanced film...
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How to Avoid Flicker with High Frame Rate Cinematography
Digital Cinema Society‘s James Mathers writes an in-depth essay on how to avoid flicker when shooting higher frame rates. He writes, “Whether you call...
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How Mathematics Make Displaying ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Possible
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was shot in an unprecedented 120fps and in 4K 3D. But presenting that high frame rate properly seemed almost...
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Does ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”s High Frame Rate Expose Too Much Truth?
Several filmmakers and production professionals debate the merits of Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and its unprecedented 4K 3D 120 fps presentation....
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Crime, Cops & Codec Testing: Netflix Short Film “Meridian” Integrates HDR, HFR & 4K
The primary purpose of this short film is as test footage to evaluate streaming codecs and image acquisition technologies.
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’: The Challenges & Cinematic Possibilities of HFR Imaging
“The aesthetic is different when you see all that detail. You see everything. It was really intimidating,” says director Ang Lee.
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Might Be More Immersive Than VR
"Very few of us have ever seen a movie at 120fps, 3D, 4K, and 28 footlamberts, and honestly it takes a little getting used...
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How ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Exposes the Artifices of Film
"Everything about it – the movement, the staging, the focus, the transitions – feels wrong."
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Ang Lee Says He Will Continue to Explore High Frame Rate
While Ang Lee’s 120 frames-per-second experiment in his latest film Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk hasn’t exactly been met with praise (critics have overwhelmingly...
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Veteran Cinematographer John Toll on Writing a New Cinematic Rule Book to Film ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’
John Toll was not really a fan of even 3D capture when he got the call from Ang Lee to work with him on...
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Parts of ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Sing
IndieWire‘s Anne Thompson reviews Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, and praises Lee for taking a step into the unknown with the film’s...
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James Cameron Remains Bullish on High Frame Rate and Glasses-Free 3D
The reactions to Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk–Ang Lee’s film shot and presented at an unprecedented 120 fps 4K 3D–have been lukewarm, with many...
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A Critical Look at ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”s High Frame Rate
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is a technological achievement for director Ang Lee and his crew. It was shot in 120 frames per second,...
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A Step-by-Step Guide to the Technological Breakthroughs of ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk;
Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is the first feature-length film to be shot and presented in 120 frames per second. Furthermore, it...
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A Step-by-Step Guide to the Technological Breakthroughs of ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’
David Leitner carefully explains all of the technological breakthroughs and how Lee uses each one to enhance the story.
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Critics Weigh In on the High Frame Rate of ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’
Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk premiered at the New York Film Festival this weekend. The film, about a soldier coming to terms...
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Ang Lee Says His 120fps ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Is Like a New Medium
Ang Lee continues to push the technological limits of filmmaking. Four years after his 3D Life of Pi (which won him the Best Director...
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Douglas Trumbull Debuts Magi 4K 3D High Frame Rate System
74-year-old filmmaker, visual effects artist and technologist Douglas Trumbull is not slowing down. Known for, among other things, the groundbreaking effects he created for...