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Shot at 96 frames-per-second at remote locations all across the globe, “Aquarela” is a monumental new documentary about the elemental power of ice and...
Making a return to HFR filmmaking, director Ang Lee jumps the uncanny valley with the first plausible computer-generated human character.
John P. Hess goes through filmmaking history and gives his arguments as to why he believes 24 fps will never go away and will...
"It is my great fortune to be able to experiment and test the limits of what new digital cinema has to offer us."
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...
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...
"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."
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...
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...
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...
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....
The primary purpose of this short film is as test footage to evaluate streaming codecs and image acquisition technologies.
“The aesthetic is different when you see all that detail. You see everything. It was really intimidating,” says director Ang Lee.
"Very few of us have ever seen a movie at 120fps, 3D, 4K, and 28 footlamberts, and honestly it takes a little getting used...
"Everything about it – the movement, the staging, the focus, the transitions – feels wrong."
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...
John Toll was not really a fan of even 3D capture when he got the call from Ang Lee to work with him on...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
David Leitner carefully explains all of the technological breakthroughs and how Lee uses each one to enhance the story.
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...
Ang Lee continues to push the technological limits of filmmaking. Four years after his 3D Life of Pi (which won him the Best Director...
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...
Netflix’s new noir-tinged sci-fi short film “Meridian” actually came about as an engineering direcitve. The film was designed to push the limits of high...
In a free webinar on Tuesday, August 16th, industry analyst Thomas Coughlin & Quantum’s Tom McDonald will discuss technology trends that are driving an...
SMPTE Standards Director Howard Lukk visits the Home Theater Geeks video podcast to discuss high dynamic rate, high frame rate video, virtual reality, and...
Ang Lee will be shooting his next film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, in 4K, 3D and at an unprecedented 120 frames per second....
The below presentation from Mark Schubin gives a primer in understanding frame rate and how it affects the final image. Watch below.
Digital Arts speaks to two experts who reiterate that great 4K is not just about resolution, but ultimately relies on higher frame rates, higher...
"It delivers extreme fluidity of motion and amazing clarity with no strobing, no double flickering and a viewing experience that far exceeds conventional movie...
Wired reports from a recent event where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented an experiment where they screened the same short...
In the below recorded webinar, Mark Schubin discusses 4K, high frame rate, high dynamic range and wide color gamut to see which really is...
Michael Goldman of SMPTE explains the next steps for standardizing HFR. He writes, “Among the many digital cinema standardization processes currently in various stages...