Motion smoothing was the scourge of the earth until the DGA, PTA, and Nolan stood up and said: "No more!" We've all had to deal with the scourge that is motion smoothing. We've fixed the TVs at our friends' apartments, alerted our significant others, and sent lengthy emails to our parents. But the real fight was with manufacturers. Those were the big boys, so we needed a proverbial Magnificent Seven Samurai to take them on. Enter Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Patty Jenkins, Ryan Coogler, Martin Scorsese, Rian Johnson, and the DGA. God, I'm so happy there were seven things to write there. Anyway, these bastions of hope stepped in to preserve the cinematic integrity of their projects. And we love them for it. So how can they save us from motion smoothing? Meet "filmmaker mode," an effort to “preserve the cinematic representation of images as the filmmakers intended when it comes to color, contrast, aspect ratio, and frame rates.” Hell yes. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 8 January, 2020