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There are some amazing effects shots in movies today, many of them so good you'd have no idea that they were effects shots, and techniques like digital compositing completely blow away their predecessors like optical printing. That said, shrinking post-production schedules and locked-in release...

While digital effects are more seamlessly integrated with live action photography than opticals ever were, they don't necessarily look any more "real" or convincing than older film techniques. There wasn't a moment in Avatar that I wasn't aware that I was watching a special effect - it was as...

There's no reason not to watch blu-ray on a 720p set. That's already the level of detail that most 35mm release prints have.

This gets repeated a lot, but it simply isn't true. Even on a modest system, blu-ray is clearly superior to DVD. Whether it's enough of a difference to justify an upgrade or repurchase is obviously a personal decision. And many times, perfectly decent transfers are criticized when what people...

This has been happening in Canada for a while now. There are essentially three companies that control the entire cable, satellite, telephone, internet and wireless industries. In addition, they have all bought up the broadcast and cable networks to ensure that no matter how you choose to consume...

How is it inferior? It's easy enough to make bit-for-bit perfect copies of commercial DVDs and blu-rays.

I'm not convinced there's going to be a single standard. I think 24fps may co-exist with 40 and 60fps, 2D with 3D, film with digital, and so on, for many years to come.

But again, that doesn't take into account television production. It would have been easier and cheaper to film at 30fps, but dramatic shows have always opted for 24fps. They still opt for 24, even when shooting digital, where the cost of film isn't an issue. In TV, using 24fps is clearly an...

Sure. But over the years, 24fps has become an inseparable part of the "look" of film. And at this point, its use is as much an aesthetic, creative decision as it is a practical one. Or do you think it's a coincidence that digital only took off once it could do 24fps and emulate the look of film?

Again, 30fps has been an option for television production for decades. Care to name a single dramatic series that has used it?

Filmmakers are primarily concerned with telling a dramatic story, not creating images that mimic looking out a window. The 24fps frame rate is popular precisely because it doesn't look too "real" - there's a dreamlike quality to it. Higher framerates look too true to life, too immediate. That's...

True for feature films, but again, television production has had the option to shoot at a smoother 30fps since the beginning and has chosen not to exercize it. And while there are a few high-profile exceptions (Cameron, Michael Mann, Peter Jackson), there isn't a groundswell of support for...

Actually I do.....I HATE the look of 60fps. Its okay for the evening news and sporting events, but little else. Doug Likewise. It still looks like video, only sharper. It may simply be the result of familiarity, but 24fps has come to define the look of film. No one shoots a dramatic...