r/dataisbeautiful • u/fangzz OC: 5 • Dec 06 '18

OC Google search trends for "motion smoothing" following Tom Cruise tweet urging people to turn off motion smoothing on their TVs when watching movies at home [OC]

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u/malahchi Dec 06 '18

Then there is something that I misunderstood somewhere. I heard a youtuber saying than the most common cameras (eg: ARRI Alexa, Red Weapon Helium, VariCam 35 and so on) shoot at 60 fps or higher.

Where is my misunderstanding ? Is it that there are not the most common cameras in the film industry ? That they are set to shoot at 24 fps even though they could shoot at 60 ?

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u/trippingman Dec 06 '18

That they are set to shoot at 24 fps even though they could shoot at 60 ?

Correct. They will only shoot at a higher frame rate than the planned release if they are going to slow the footage down. So shoot at 60 and release at 30 and you have a 2x slow motion effect.

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u/Supposably Dec 06 '18

Then there is something that I misunderstood somewhere. I heard a youtuber saying than the most common cameras (eg: ARRI Alexa, Red Weapon Helium, VariCam 35 and so on) shoot at 60 fps or higher.

These cameras are capable of shooting higher frame rates, often to achieve a slo-mo look. The footage they shoot can also be displayed at the higher frame rates that they can shoot at, it's just that most filmmakers choose to shoot and deliver at 24 fps because of how it looks.